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Sep 25, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald |Daisy Jones |Gemma Nash
EU Commission plans to create new SCCs for data transfers to third country controllers and processors subject to GDPRThe European Commission has announced that it is planning to consult on a new set of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) to specifically address the scenario where personal data is sent to a data importer who is located in a non-EEA country, but is directly subject to the EU GDPR.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Robyn Trigg |Tamara Quinn |Luke Maunder
High Court's decision overturned, with the Court of Appeal finding an AI invention was not patentableThe Court of Appeal has recently held that an AI invention was a computer program "as such" and therefore was not patentable, overturning a High Court decision. The decision concerned a system for providing media-file recommendations to end users based on an artificial neural network (ANN) that had been trained in a distinct manner.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald
Summer call to action
Data-oriented businesses and enterprises developing new and
innovative products will be encouraged by the mention of a new
Digital Information and Smart Data bill in the King's Speech
and the potential for the setting up of smart data schemes.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald |Daisy Jones |Gemma Nash
UK King's Speech 2024: new Digital Information and Smart Data Bill | ICO publishes annual report 2023/24 | TechUK and others call on the new government to modernise UK's data protection frameworkSummer call to actionData-oriented businesses and enterprises developing new and innovative products will be encouraged by the mention of a new Digital Information and Smart Data bill in the King's Speech and the potential for the setting up of smart data schemes.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Xavier Pican
The phased compliance timetable is now set, with the first
deadline in just six months' time
The AI Act was
published in the Official Journal of the EU on 12 July 2024, a
couple of months
later than expected, and will become law on 1 August 2024. Businesses need to start preparing now to ensure compliance at the
right time for the different types of AI categorised in the AI Act
(see our earlier
Insight, which also sets out the potential consequences of
failing to comply).
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen |Gregoire Dumas |Xavier Pican | +2 more
The phased compliance timetable is now set, with the first deadline in just six months' timeThe AI Act was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 12 July 2024, a couple of months later than expected, and will become law on 1 August 2024. Businesses need to start preparing now to ensure compliance at the right time for the different types of AI categorised in the AI Act (see our earlier Insight, which also sets out the potential consequences of failing to comply).
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald
The two main political parties (Conservative and Labour)
competing to win the general election on 4 July 2024 have published
their manifestos.
The Conservative Party manifesto does not mention the Data Protection
and Digital Information Bill (DPDI Bill), which fell after the "wash-up" period. However it does
say that "only the Conservatives will keep on removing EU
laws from our statute book". The bill aimed to clarify
and simplify obligations under the UK GDPR.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mark Taylor |Tamara Quinn |Georgina Graham |Jonathan McDonald |Daisy Jones |Gemma Nash
UK general election: what the main parties say about data | EDPB adopts opinion on facial recognition at airports | ICO publishes its finalised Enterprise Data StrategyUK general election: what the main parties say about dataThe two main political parties (Conservative and Labour) competing to win the general election on 4 July 2024 have published their manifestos.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Catherine Hammon |Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn
The compliance deadlines for the European Union's (EU) new
cross-sector legislation on artificial intelligence (AI) have been
revised following a delay in publication, notwithstanding that the
text is settled.
EU officials have recently confirmed to Osborne Clarke that the
final step in this process – the publication of the
definitive text in the EU's Official Journal – has been
delayed until mid-July, with some commentators suggesting 12
July.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Catherine Hammon |Jens Schefzig |John Buyers |Tamara Quinn |Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen |Gregoire Dumas | +3 more
The compliance deadlines for the European Union's (EU) new cross-sector legislation on artificial intelligence (AI) have been revised following a delay in publication, notwithstanding that the text is settled. EU officials have recently confirmed to Osborne Clarke that the final step in this process – the publication of the definitive text in the EU's Official Journal – has been delayed until mid-July, with some commentators suggesting 12 July.
