23 Apr, 2024 ICO’s Serco enforcement for biometric data use – what employers need to know By Helena Davies The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced that Serco Leisure and associated organisations have been issued with...
09 Apr, 2024 When GDPR and Data Act clash: what Businesses need to know By Gernot Fritz Elisabeth Pferschy Estella Dannhausen Like other parts of the EU Digital Strategy, also the Data Act reaffirms the supremacy of data protection laws, ensuring that the rights...
02 Apr, 2024 California Privacy Protection Agency Publishes Enforcement Advisory By Maria Nava The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has published its first ever enforcement advisory regarding data minimization. Here, we...
01 Apr, 2024 GLIF launches points program for storage and liquidity providers on their network By Parker Jay-Pachirat Filecoin capital market and re-staking protocol GLIF recently launched a points program for storage and liquidity providers utilizing the...
01 Apr, 2024 Playgrounds’ BRC20 Substream enables streamlined access to Bitcoin data on The Graph By Parker Jay-Pachirat Playgrounds' new BRC-20 Substream module enables streamlined access to historical Bitcoin data, making access to Bitcoin-related data...
22 Mar, 2024 Unlocking the treasure trove: The EU introduces mandatory Business-to-Government data sharing By Gernot Fritz Estella Dannhausen Tina Fokter Cuvan The EU Data Act has brought a new rule for businesses. Chapter V requires that businesses share their data with the government:...
21 Mar, 2024 Who’s who? ICO clarifies rules for biometric recognition By Rebecca Cousin Facial recognition has been in the headlines over the last year, both in usage by police and more widely, such as shops identifying known...
21 Mar, 2024 The first of its kind: exploring the European Health Data Space By Gernot Fritz Estella Dannhausen Carolina Costa Ludwig Hartenau +1 more... Show less We are going through what is known as the third major global economic wave at an unprecedented pace. This wave is driven by the growth...
20 Mar, 2024 Freshfields AI thought-leadership events: Key takeaways for global businesses By Beth George Natasha Good Giles Pratt Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been at the heart of two major events focusing on the implications of AI for global businesses. ...
18 Mar, 2024 The 'lead claimant' model - the future for data privacy mass claims? By Cat Greenwood-Smith Charlie Fisher The Supreme Court’s ruling in Lloyd v Google (on which we have previously blogged), coupled with the vast upfront costs of bringing...
14 Mar, 2024 UK data protection reforms may be coming soon – after more reforms of the reforms By Rachael Annear Giles Pratt Claudia Chan Adam Gillert +1 more... Show less In November 2023, the UK government introduced further amendments to the already-extensive set of data protection reforms proposed in the...
14 Mar, 2024 Data scraping: ICO’s first attempt at legal clarity By Lucie van Gils Data scraping or “web scraping” has various definitions but essentially means the process of gathering, copying or extracting information...
13 Mar, 2024 ICO Consultation Series on Gen AI: Second Call By Reinhardt Biermann The ICO has launched its second call for evidence as part of its consultation series on data privacy and generative AI. The ICO’s first...
08 Mar, 2024 “Pay or consent” models – a way forward? By Cindy Knott This week the ICO launched a call for views on the use of “pay or consent” models in the context of ad-funded online business models,...
08 Mar, 2024 The 2024 Responsible AI Forum: Making the rules for AI By Giles Pratt Freshfields is Knowledge Partner for the Responsible AI Forum 2024. Hosted by the Rothschild Foundation and organised by Tortoise Media,...
05 Mar, 2024 Regulating AI Globally Mimics a Six-Dimensional Game of Chess By Giles Pratt Natasha Good Beth George Freshfields attorneys address the global nature of regulating AI and the many factors companies must monitor as governments and...