Oliver Lock

Sep 11, 2024 | farrer.co.uk | Thomas Rudkin |Oliver Lock

In an age where personal information is increasingly accessible and easily disseminated online, protecting the privacy and security of your home has never been more crucial. Whether you’re concerned about the visibility of your property online, press intrusion or the amount of information available in public property records, there are several practical and legal steps you can take to safeguard your privacy.

Oct 12, 2023 | farrer.co.uk | Oliver Lock

“BEWARE!!” wrote Tom Hanks on social media recently, referring to a video circulating online in which he appeared to be promoting a… dental plan. Except that it wasn’t Tom Hanks. It was an AI-generated version of Tom Hanks, which Tom Hanks had no involvement in and had not consented to. The context may seem comparatively trivial (how many people are reading – or care – about random online videos regarding dental plans?). But that’s not the point.

Oct 5, 2023 | farrer.co.uk | Thomas Rudkin |Athalie Matthews |Oliver Lock |Emily Costello |Molly-May Keston

Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Lexology GTDT – Defamation & Reputation Management. For further information, please visit: https://www.lexology.com/gtdtFarrer & Co are pleased to have authored the United Kingdom chapter of Getting the Deal Through guide on Defamation and Reputation Management and acted as lead authors for the full guide.

Apr 21, 2023 | farrer.co.uk | Oliver Lock

Barack Obama, Emma Watson, David Attenborough and Keanu Reeves. The link between them? Each of these well-known figures has been featured in videos that depict events, statements or conversations that never took place. Colloquially, this technology is known as "deepfakes" (a portmanteau of "deep learning" and "fake"). This term was once largely confined to a scientific lexicon.

Mar 16, 2023 | lawgazette.co.uk | Oliver Lock

Barack Obama, Emma Watson, David Attenborough and Keanu Reeves. The link between them? Each of these well-known figures has been featured in videos that depict events, statements or conversations that never took place. Colloquially, this technology is known as ‘deepfakes’ (a portmanteau of ‘deep learning’ and ‘fake’). This term was once largely confined to a scientific lexicon.