Isaac Asimov famously coined the three laws of robotics in the 1940s*, but these didn’t explain whether a robot (or artificial...
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two in Brussels – and I am at the European Consumer Summit organised by the Commission.
This afternoon, I listened to Didier...
On 21 January, the Council of the EU adopted its report (PDF) on the application of the general data protection regulation (GDPR). This...
Today, the new Commission published its work programme for 2020, which sets out its legislative priorities for the year ahead. Changes...
For those who have missed the (admittedly quite restrained) fanfare, 28 January marks Data Protection Day. The original purpose of Data...
Introduction The English high court has considered whether Bitcoin (and other similar cryptocurrencies) should be considered to be...
On 23 January 2020, Belgium's Constitutional Court annulled a law of 30 March 2018 that introduced the so-called Cash for Car initiative,...
In 2020, further steps will be taken to make German competition law fit for the digital economy and to modernise the rules on the abuse...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK's data protection authority, has launched a public consultation on its draft code of...
Put another way, who needs a trial when FRAND ain’t in issue? The English Patent Court was forced to consider this logical conundrum...
As we await the EU Commission’s review of the general data protection regulation (GDPR), let’s take a look at five data protection trends...
The EU Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently held a workshop on data subject rights, allowing interested stakeholders to attend for the...