When Tim Berners-Lee created a system that used hypertext links to retrieve research papers at his research institute in Switzerland in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s he probably never thought his insight would spawn a worldwide commercial network. 30 years later we can see that people’s daily lives have been changed by the internet…
An adequacy decision for the US under Article 45 of the GDPR is expected to be issued this week by the European Commission, which would in practice deem the level of data protection in the US as essentially equivalent to that in the EU, thus re-enabling seamless transatlantic data flows. However, activist groups including Nyob…
Preiskel & Co client, Nadira Murray’s film “Winners” has won the following awards: 1. Two awards at the British Independent Film Awards: Breakthrough Producer sponsored by Pinewood and Shepperton Studios; and The Raindance Discovery Award 2. The Audience Award at Edinburgh International Film Festival; and 3. The Best UK Feature Film Award at the 30th…
The UK Government is introducing a new telecoms security framework (the “TSF”) through the Telecommunications (Security) Bill (the “Bill”). This is a particularly important development, given that fines could be significant – up to 10% of annual turnover and/or £100,000 per day of contravention in certain circumstances as further described in the Financial Penalties section…
As a result of the EU Commission updating the implementing decision on spectrum for mobile communications on-board aircraft, designating certain frequencies for in-flight 5G technology, commercial airline companies will soon be able to offer state-of-the-art 5G facilities on their aircraft, together with prior mobile technology generations. Travellers onboard flights in the EU will be able…
On the 16th of November 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted Recommendations 1/2022 (the “Recommendations”) on the application for approval and on the elements and principles found in Controller Binding Corporate Rules. The EDPB’s Recommendations are open for feedback from the public with submissions to be made by 10 January 2023. The Recommendations…
The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has revealed a revised guidance on international data transfers, including a new section on transfer risk assessments (“TRA”) and a TRA tool. The UK GDPR contains rules about transfers of personal data to importers located outside the UK, which are referred to as restricted transfers. One way to comply with…
New regulations for telecoms providers were revealed by Ofcom on 15 November in order to tackle increasing scam calls and scammers using the identity of a caller for fraudulent purposes. The new rules are specifically intended to enhance the accuracy of calling line identification (CLI) data. CLI data CLI data consists of the caller’s identity…
AI is perhaps one of the fastest evolving technologies ever devised, with enormous capabilities to entirely reshape the very foundations of a range of businesses, enable significant financial development and forever alter our way of living and interacting with one another. There are high expectations that the metaverse, which relies greatly on AI technologies, will…
On 20 October 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its decision in Case C-77/21 Digi Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft. (“Digi”) v. Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, “NAIH”), relating to the request for a preliminary ruling presented by the Court of Budapest-Capital. Specifically, the…
