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Children’s privacy in focus: ICO fines Reddit £14.47m Whereas 2025 saw the ICO’s penalties firmly aimed at data security and cyber breaches, this year has seen the issue of two significant fines to online services, Imgur (£247,590) and Reddit (£14.47m), highlighting the regulator’s long-standing focus on... Consumer investments in 2026...and beyond: why tech matters 2026 is set to be a pivotal year for consumer investments. While policy debates focus on fostering a more risk‑embracing investment culture to unlock capital and competitiveness, the transformative potential of technology is often underplayed. This blog... How does Ofcom set penalties under the OSA? Insights from its recent decisions With intense public and political scrutiny falling on online safety enforcement, triggered by X’s Grok AI chatbot, enforcement action under the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) has been gathering momentum. In recent weeks, Ofcom has announced an investigation... The EU Data Act in practice: Key recent developments Support for Data Act compliance has been bolstered in recent months by the launch of the EU’s new Data Union Strategy, which aims to address the need for access to high-quality data in Europe, particularly to fuel AI developments. A key pillar of this... Commission makes preliminary finding that TikTok’s “addictive design” breaches the DSA On 6 February 2026, the European Commission issued preliminary findings that TikTok has breached the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) due to what it terms the platform’s “addictive design.” The announcement marks the latest in a series of enforcement steps by... Side-by-side: will acceptance of US minimum taxation standards impact EU competitiveness? On 5 January 2026, the OECD published the Side-by-Side (SbS) Package. This package complements the OECD Inclusive Framework's model rules aimed at securing global 15% minimum taxation for large multinationals (referred to as "Pillar 2"). These minimum... Emotions run high in UK Supreme Court as Aerotel approach rejected On Wednesday, the UK Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated decision in Emotional Perception v Comptroller General of Patents, finding that an artificial neural network (ANN) is a computer program, but that Emotional Perception’s claimed ANN... ICO updates on plans for supporting economic growth as key parts of the DUA Act come into force This time last year, the ICO published a letter to the UK government setting out five new initiatives to support innovation and sustain economic growth (which we discuss in our blog). The ICO has now published its follow-up letter, providing an update on... New year, new cybersecurity package? Changes to strengthen the EU's cyber resilience The European Commission has kicked off 2026 with a new cybersecurity package. It sends a clear message that the current cyber threat landscape has outgrown the EU’s existing toolkit, that ICT supply chain security is a priority and that the Commission’s... Effective geo-blocking is a bar to communication to the public in blocked territories, says AG Rantos Advocate General (AG) Rantos has opined that websites using effective geo-blocking to restrict access to copyright-protected works in certain countries do not communicate those works to the public in those countries.  This will be seen as a welcome...