The Online Safety Act (the OSA) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and is now in force.
The OSA establishes an extensive regulatory framework for providers of online user-to-user services and search services with...more
8/16/2024
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The proposals includes fines for non-compliance of up to the greater of £18 million or 10% of a provider’s annual global revenue.
On 12 May 2021, the UK government published the Online Safety Bill (the Bill), which aims...more
6/28/2021
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The guidance provides helpful clarity on key regulatory changes impacting life sciences companies in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published a...more
4/4/2019
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The English High Court has declared that UK legislation which expanded government powers to require communication providers to retain communication traffic data is incompatible with human rights, and is unlawful.
The...more
On July 17th, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (“DRIP”) came into effect in the United Kingdom reinstating the Government’s powers to require communication providers to retain traffic data (also known as...more