The first EU & UK AI Round-up, published on 15 January 2025, discussed the important regulatory updates affecting the AI ecosystem in both the EU and the UK that occurred towards the end of 2024. Notably since that update,...more
3/12/2025
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Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
UK
The second half of 2024 saw a myriad of Artificial Intelligence (AI) related legal and regulatory developments for the EU and UK, critically with the EU AI Act coming into force on 1 August 2024. This has been followed by...more
1/15/2025
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Copyright ,
Copyright Designs and Patents Act ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Transparency ,
UK
On October 23, the UK Government’s House of Lords had its first reading of a new proposed data protection bill, the Data (Use and Access) Bill (“DUA Bill”), as sponsored by the Department of Science, Innovation, and...more
Data is yet again at the top of the agenda in the UK Parliament. Seeking to balance the need for the protection of privacy of data and enabling data-driven growth, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology...more
What are the legal issues for employers to consider?
During the pandemic, many employers have been dealing with requests from employees to work abroad. With the move to remote working, employees have asked to work from...more
6/30/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Protection ,
Employment Contract ,
Foreign Workers ,
Income Taxes ,
Lawful Permanent Residents ,
Remote Working ,
Social Security ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Visas ,
Workplace Safety
The Dubai International Financial Centre (the DIFC), a financial free zone in the United Arab Emirates (the UAE), is the leading financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. It has implemented the new enhanced...more
9/17/2020
/ Africa ,
Asia ,
California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Dubai ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Middle East ,
Personal Information ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Dubai International Financial Centre (the DIFC), a financial free zone in the United Arab Emirates (the UAE), has become the leading financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The DIFC is located in Dubai...more
On July 20, 2018, Elizabeth Denham, the Information Commissioner (“ICO”) for the United Kingdom (“UK”), released an Annual Report for 2017/18 (the “Report”). In the Report, the ICO commented that new laws and high profile...more
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”), established under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), said in a statement that the use of so-called “cookie walls” should be prohibited under the proposed EU e-Privacy...more
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into force on May 25, 2018. With so much recent focus on preparing for and meeting this deadline, there is no doubt that companies will have breathed a sigh of relief to...more
The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has published its international strategy for 2017-2021, which sets out the UK’s strategy for its relationship with the European Union on data privacy matters...more
A report by professional services firm PwC, using figures from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), confirmed that the number of fines handed out for breaking UK data protection laws almost doubled last year,...more
On 15 March 2017, Steve Wood, the Head of International Strategy & Intelligence for the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) (the UK’s data protection authority), confirmed during a keynote speech at the International...more