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The Lens Newsletter - November 2023 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. AI update – will the EU AI Act get agreed next week and what’s happening in the UK? The last few months have been a busy time for AI Re...

The Lens Newsletter - February 2024 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. GCHQ warns that AI will increase the global cyber threat The UK’s national cyber security centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, has warned that ...

The Lens Newsletter - April 2024 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Cyber update – what’s been happening in Q1 2024. As Q1 2024 comes to a close, I look back at some of the key cyber developments that h...

The Lens Newsletter - June 2024 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Tech companies to see digital regulation come to the UK More than a year after its first reading in the House of Commons, the Digital M...

FRC publishes updated Corporate Governance Code and Associated Guidance On 24 January the FRC published the final version of the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 (Code), with the accompanying Corporate Governance Code Guidance (Code Guidance) published a week later. This briefing looks at the key changes and highlights some ...

How does the National Security and Investment Act affect AI? The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the “NSIA”), sees the UK Government having the power to scrutinise and potentially intervene in corporate transactions which raise national security concerns. AI is classified as a “high risk” sector under th...

Reinventing the 9-5 - Working from... where? And when? The legal restrictions preventing us from attending the workplace unless it is not “reasonably possible” to work from home no longer apply. Instead, we now have legal restrictions on gatherings, unless these are “reasonably necessary” for work purposes. H...

How should you respond to a personal data breach in Hong Kong? A major hotel group has recently reported a data leak to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (the “PCPD”) in Hong Kong. Reportedly, it was hit by a cyber hack a few months ago and, as a result, certain data files concerning personal d...

New Regulatory Requirements for Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operators come into effect This briefing highlights the main features of the licensing regimes, the key requirements under the VATP Guidelines, details on the transitional arrangement, as well as practical steps for VATP operators. INTRODUCTION The Securities and Futures C...

The Lens Newsletter - April 2025 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Government publishes the 2025 Cyber Security Breaches Survey On 10 April 2025, the Government published its latest Cyber Security Breach...