Alex Heshmaty of Legal Words looks at the implications of the European Data Protection Board’s recent WhatsApp decision.
Topic: I2 Internet law and regulation
Big tech, small tax: time to pay?
The internet has been a significant contributing factor to globalisation over the past couple of decades, notably leading to the creation of tech giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. Although many of these companies are based in Silicon Valley, their customers and users live all over the world. One of the issues which […]
The Post Office Horizon scandal: the law says computers are reliable
The Post Office Horizon scandal will probably have come to the attention of most lawyers over the last 12 months. There are a number of significant issues other than legal that surround the scandal, and Paul Marshall of Cornerstone Barristers, Gray’s Inn, succinctly summarises them in a lecture he gave at the University of Law […]
How will the Online Safety Bill affect my online service?
No-one could fault the ambition of the new Online Safety Bill. It aims to keep children safe, reduce online racism, fraud and harassment, protect democracy and enshrine free speech. All of these are laudable aims, but those who practise in the field of online publication and safety know how hard it has historically been to […]
The EU AI Regulations: taming the machine
Joanne Frears of Lionshead Law considers the intent and effect of the proposed new EU AI Regulations.
Regulation of the gig economy
Alex Heshmaty considers the gig economy: what it is, how it works and how it is regulated
Electronic witnessing of documents
Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk discusses the validity of electronic witnessing of documents
Internet law pre- and post-Brexit
As we leave the EU, Graham Smith of Bird & Bird takes a snapshot of where we are with internet law and what lies in store
Getting cookie consent right
Eduardo Ustaran of Hogan Lovells explains how to get cookie consent right, compliant and applying best practice
What is data misuse?
Alex Heshmaty of Legal Words on how the misuse of data legitimately acquired is being tackled