Politico reports that an unexpected effect of the struggle on the Northern Ireland protocol related to Brexit, the European Commission has banned any official coordination with British officials on key digital policy issues like policing online content, hobbling the dominance of Big Tech companies, and protecting people’s online data. This involves any exchange of documents...
A release of the US Department of Justice reports that the US and UK intend to bring into force the Agreement on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime (“Data Access Agreement”), which was signed in 2019, on Oct. 3, 2022. It will be the first agreement of its kind, allowing...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for a review on the potential risks and areas for improvement of private correspondence channels at the governmental level. The review includes not only private emails but also messaging apps like Whatsapp. Read the ICO news here.
The UK government has published its response to the consultation on the Data Reform Bill that was opened in September 2021. The Government intends to adopt several changes to boost businesses while protecting consumers’ personal data. With a series of measures, the Government would improve data protection standards, reform the UK DPA institution (Information Commissioner’s...
The press release of the UK Information Commissioner Office (ICO) informs that the Commissioner has called on the criminal justice sector to immediately stop collecting excessive amounts of personal information from victims of rape and serious sexual assault cases. The call is published in a Commissioner’s Opinion which informs the sector how to use victims’ personal...
The British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Google’s practices in ad tech, following launch of probe into Google and Meta’s ‘Jedi Blue’ agreement. The suspicion is that Google has broken the law by restricting competition in the digital advertising technology market. Read more in the CMA press release here.
Stephen Bonner, UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Executive Director of Regulatory Futures and Innovation stated that the ICO welcomes the “news of Google’s revised approach to cookie consent. It’s a change we’ve been seeking through our ongoing discussions with Google and broader adtech work. The new ‘reject all’ option gives consumers greater control and balance...
H&L Business Consulting was fined 80,000 GBP by the British Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for sending thousands of unsolicited marketing text messages. H&L was discovered to have sent 378,538 spam marketing messages between January and July 2020, resulting in over 300 complaints. The communications offered a “government-backed” debt management organisation that the Financial Conduct Authority...
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