Lexology PRO | European Union | 17 May 2022
The GDPR is being used to regulate increasingly complex cases involving automated decision-making and similar technologies, according to a new report that examined more than 70 decisions, opinions and guiding documents.
Lexology PRO | Canada, European Union, Global, etc. | 16 May 2022
Hong Kong raises fines for H&S offences, the US recognises discrimination risks in AI recruitment practices, and a UK Tribunal says calling someone “bald” can be sexual harassment – plus other key updates.
Lexology PRO | Australia, Canada, European Union, etc. | 28 Jun 2021
A new Joint Cyber Unit in Europe, measures to tackle privacy issues in Canada, the UK and the EU’s differing views on AI, and new AI guidance in Australia and Germany – plus other key data protection updates.
Lexology PRO | European Union, United Kingdom | 17 Jun 2021
EU member states have voted in favour of UK adequacy, edging the country closer to full approval and unrestricted bilateral data flows.
Lexology PRO | European Union, United Kingdom | 16 Jun 2021
A government-appointed regulatory reform taskforce has suggested replacing the post-Brexit UK GDPR with an AI-friendly framework that would cull individuals’ right to object to automated decision-making.
Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 14 Jun 2021
Despite investigating the deal for almost a year, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority still cannot show that it has jurisdiction to review Facebook’s $400 million acquisition of Giphy, the merging companies have claimed.
Lexology PRO | European Union, France | 3 Jun 2021
Facebook has committed to preserve the accessibility and transparency of its online advertising services in a bid to end an abuse of dominance investigation by France’s Competition Authority.
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 1 Dec 2020
Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) has announced it has closed its THL Automation Fund at $900 million. THL indicated the fund will pursue equity…
Taylor Wessing | United Kingdom | 30 Nov 2020
Privacy issues around health data have come into sharp relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. From test and trace apps, to vaccine trials, to data…