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Technology quotient - the ability of an individual, team or organization to harness the power of technology
On 1 October 2021, we submitted our responses to the UK Government’s parallel consultations on Reforming Competition and Consumer Policy and A new pro-competition regime for digital markets. Views on ...
Author(s): Andrew Austin, Sharon Malhi, Sarah Jensen, Rikki Haria, Karen Slaney, Lily Elliott
As part of an ongoing commitment by the international regulatory community to ensure new technologies are treated using the principle of ‘same risk, same regulation’, the Committee on Payments and Mar...
Author(s): Claire Harrop, Melanie Fitzsimons, Claudia Rugue
The UK government has launched its long-awaited consultation on the future of the UK’s data protection framework. If the proposals are implemented, they will have a significant impact on how businesse...
Author(s): Giles Pratt, Rachael Annear, Joseph Mason
In our global data breach risk report, we covered litigation risk and damages claims across a range of jurisdictions.In a new series of blog posts, we dive deeper into the current case law on non-mate...
Author(s): Gernot Fritz
Further to our earlier publications on the new law regulating foreign tech companies’ activities on the Russian internet (the Law), in this post we continue describing sanctions that may apply to fore...
Author(s): Olga Chislova
Last week, on September 21, 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added a foreign cryptocurrency exchange and a number of crypto addresses to its Specially Desig...
Author(s): Nabeel Yousef, Kimberly Zelnick, Stephanie Brown Cripps, Brock Dahl, Andrew Bulovsky
On September 22, 2021, the California Privacy Protection Agency opened the next chapter under the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CCPA) by issuing a general invitation for public comments ...
Author(s): Christine Lyon
In Warren v DSG Retail Limited, an individual who alleged that his personal data was compromised in a cyber-attack on a company brought various claims against that company, seeking compensation for di...
Author(s): Rhodri Thomas