The UK government has published a series of proposals to shake up the UK’s competition law regime. The proposals relate to the establishment of the Digital Markets Unit (“DMU”), a regulatory body with expertise in digital markets recommended by the CMA following its market study into online platforms and digital advertising. Under the proposals, the…
The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 (CPR) come into effect today, 6 April 2021. The 127th Practice Direction Update (PD) came into effect variously on 29 January 2021, 30 March 2021 and 6 April 2021. A summary of the main changes to the CPR and PD is outlined below. Overriding Objective and PD 1A CPR1.1 Overriding…
The Council of Europe has published new guidelines on the automatic processing of personal data for facial recognition. The Council of Europe press release can be found here. The guidelines can be found here. While quite generic, they should provide companies with some clarity on the interplay between the European data protection regime and the…
