The DRCF is made up of the Information Commissioner's Office, Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority, and was formed in July 2020.

The ICO has fined transgender charity Mermaids £25,000 for failing to keep the personal data of its users secure.

A Connecticut federal court recently held, in Bechtel v. Competitive Techs., Inc., that a Connecticut technology company must reinstate two whistleblowers while it appealed a decision of the Secretary of Labor under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

These wallets may be provided by public authorities or by private entities, provided they are recognised by a Member State.

The long-anticipated Medicare therapy "caps" are now in place for calendar year 2006. Exceptions to the caps will be available for services that HHS determines to be medically necessary, which may largely diminish the impact of the caps for 2006.

Poster presentations at scientific meetings are now viewed as "printed publications" that may be used as prior art references to prevent patenting the information contained in the presentation. On August 18, 2004, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) upheld the USPTO's rejection of a patent application because the claimed invention was made publicly accessible in the poster presentation more than one year prior to the filing date.

The Government says that digital identities are an easy way to help people prove who they are without the need for physical documents.

During its 51st plenary session on 8 July 2021 the EDPB adopted draft Guidelines on Codes of Conduct as a tool for transfers.

The EDPB considers that UK bulk access practices, onward transfers and its international agreements need to be clarified further.

In January this year, the CMA published a research paper on the potential impact of the use of algorithms from a competition and consumer perspective.

Advertisers placing age-restricted ads online are required, under the Advertising Code, to take care to target their ads away from child audiences.

This Independent Review, announced by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden on 19 April 2021 in response to the attempt to launch a European Super League, aims to be a ...

IMPALA says that some of the recommendations in the report are in line with its assessment of today's streaming economy.

The subsequent assignment stage allowed the companies to bid for the specific frequency positions they preferred for these airwaves.

Ofcom has published proposals to amend the universal broadband service rules to clarify how BT should provide quotes to customers who have applied to be connected under the scheme.

Ofcom is proposing to update the technical conditions for spectrum licences in the 800 MHz band, which Ofcom says could help mobile companies improve the coverage and capacity of their networks.

The ICO is calling for views on the first draft chapter of its Anonymisation, pseudonymisation and privacy-enhancing technologies draft guidance.

The ICO says that it will continue to update its regulatory approach, to provide clarity to organisations both during the pandemic and beyond.

The Commission explains that journalists and other media actors are increasingly facing threats and attacks (physical and online) across EU Member States.

The Report provides a detailed overview of the work carried out by the EDPB in a year marked by the worldwide pandemic.