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May 29, 2024 | 
matctimes360.com | Paul Maynard
A head start with any challenge is always welcome. M-cubed, a program that allows high school seniors a chance to begin taking college classes early, and earn college credit, is doing just that. I’m in the M-Cubed Program and one of a group of Milwaukee Public School students who took college classes here at MATC (and at UW-Milwaukee on Fridays) in our senior year of high school.
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May 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Paul Maynard |Marty Hansen
On April 25, 2024, the UK’s Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (“IP(A)A”) received royal assent and became law. This law makes the first substantive amendments to the existing Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (“IPA”) since it came into effect, and follows an independent review of the effectiveness of the IPA published in June 2023. The most significant amendments are: Introduction of requirements to notify the UK Government of changes to services.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Mark Young |Paul Maynard |Aleksander Aleksiev
In six months’ time, on 17 October 2024, Member State laws that transpose the EU’s revised Network and Information Systems Directive (“NIS2”) will start to apply. As described in more detail in our earlier blog post (here), NIS2 significantly expands the categories of organizations that fall within scope of EU cybersecurity legislation.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mark Young |Paul Maynard |Aleksander Aleksiev
In six months’ time, on 17 October 2024, Member State laws that transpose the EU’s revised Network and Information Systems Directive (“NIS2”) will start to apply. As described in more detail in our earlier blog post (here), NIS2 significantly expands the categories of organizations that fall within scope of EU cybersecurity legislation.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
matctimes360.com | Paul Maynard
Have you noticed prices rising recently when purchasing from local retailers? While inflation is definitely playing a role, there are also two new taxes for people who purchase items in the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County. The city of Milwaukee implemented a 2% sales and use tax that went into effect on January 1, 2024. At the same time, Milwaukee County’s sales tax increased from 0.5% to 0.9%.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
matctimes360.com | Paul Maynard
Did you know that when you buy, sell, or trade cryptocurrency in the United States, there are tax rules to follow? Yep, just like with regular money, you’ve got to keep Uncle Sam happy by reporting your crypto transactions. In essence, delving into cryptocurrency requires a good grasp of tax rules, especially for people in the U.S., which includes us Wisconsinites.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Mark Young |Paul Maynard
Yesterday, the European Parliament approved the Cyber Resilience Act (“CRA”), which sets out cybersecurity requirements for “products with digital elements” (“PDEs”) placed on the EU market. The term PDE is defined broadly to include both hardware and software products, such as antivirus software, VPNs, smart home devices, connected toys, and wearables. The approved text is available here.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mark Young |Paul Maynard
Yesterday, the European Parliament approved the Cyber Resilience Act (“CRA”), which sets out cybersecurity requirements for “products with digital elements” (“PDEs”) placed on the EU market. The term PDE is defined broadly to include both hardware and software products, such as antivirus software, VPNs, smart home devices, connected toys, and wearables. The approved text is available here.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Mark Young |Paul Maynard
On 6 March 2024, the ICO issued a on so-called “Consent or pay” models, where a user of a service has the option to consent to processing of their data for one or more purposes (typically targeted advertising), or pay a (higher) fee to access the service without their data being processed for those purposes. This is sometimes referred to as “pay or okay”. The ICO has provided an “initial view” of these models, stating that UK data protection law does not outright prohibit them.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
coventrytelegraph.net | Robert Rowlands |Paul Maynard
The Minister for Pensions says he is on a mission to ensure that pensioners are making the most of all the support available to them. Guy Opens, minister for pensions, says too many are missing out on thousands that they could claim each year in pension credit.
