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The Great Encryption Standoff: Apple vs. the UK’s Surveillance Push

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In the quiet corridors of Apple’s headquarters, executives face a decision that could reshape the future of digital privacy for billions of users worldwide. The catalyst? A controversial order from the United Kingdom’s...more

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Google’s U-Turn on Device Fingerprinting: ICO’s Response and Subsequent Guidance

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In a December, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) responded to Google’s decision to lift a prohibition on device fingerprinting (which involves collecting and combining information about a device’s software and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The UK Sets Out to Prove That You Are You

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There is a reason we don’t all have a definitive digital identifier. I am describing a digital ID to be used by everybody for everything we do online – any bank would know you anywhere and know what funds it could give...more

Hogan Lovells

Privacy and common standards underpin UK Government’s strategy for technology-driven healthcare

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The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a new policy paper “The future of healthcare: our vision for digital...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Employment Law Commentary, October 2017, Volume 29, Issue 10

HOT TOPICS FOR MULTINATIONAL EMPLOYERS: PRIVACY IN THE WORKPLACE, THE EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, AND BREXIT - Increasing digitalisation of the workplace means that many routine activities nowadays entail the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A Cautionary Tale: UK Intelligence Data Found on Thumb Drive in London Street

Not all cybersecurity risks are the stuff of super-secret code hacks or high-tech digital attacks. One of the biggest culprits: off-the-shelf thumb drives (also known as flash drives or memory sticks) that you can purchase...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Big Data an Ongoing Concern for EU Competition Law"

The question of how "big data" should be treated in merger control and antitrust enforcement was a key issue for the European Commission and national regulators in European Union member states in 2016, with competition...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The UK ICO’s Vision for the Future

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The United Kingdom Information Commissioner’s Office (UK ICO), the UK regulator of information rights, has issued a consultation document to get feedback from consumers and stakeholders on the role and impact it should adopt...more

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