Israel's government-led and one-of-a-kind initiative to ease traffic congestion (also known as the Israel National Drone Initiative ("INDI")) had 11 drone operating and delivery companies involved in tests and experimental flights at the beginning of June 2023.

South Korea's parliament has approved on the 31st of August 2021 a bill that prohibits Apple and Google from forcing app developers to only use their proprietary billing systems.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has today announced a £50.5 million fine against Facebook.

Following the Queen's speech last week, the UK Government has published the Online Safety Bill (the "Bill"), draft legislation aimed at tackling a range of ‘online harms'.

In December 2020, the US Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") filed a lawsuit against Facebook for a "buy or bury" strategy to new entrants. The claim argued that Facebook was illegally maintaining its...

The UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO"), has issued a "notice of intent" to Tiktok. This notice is a precursor to imposing a potential £27 million fine...

On 25 October 2021 the UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") announced the opening of a Market Investigation into Motorola's Airwave Network. This is a mobile radio network used by emergency services across the UK to communicate.

On 19 May 2021, the UK's national competition authority, the CMA, and its data protection authority, the ICO, published a joint statement on finding a balance between competition law...

The CAA has approved trial of beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone flights.

Since Brexit, on 31 January 2020, the EU and the UK's development of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") could begin to diverge. The European Commission...

Google has agreed to allow developers to offer alternative payment options in its app store after the CMA launched a probe into its control over Google Play in-app purchases.

On 12 August 2021, The Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") announced its provisional findings that Facebook's completed acquisition of Giphy is likely to harm...

The French Autorité de la Concurrence ("ADLC") has announced a €220 million fine against Google for breach of antitrust laws by its advertising business.

Following full implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC), Ofcom introduced new contract requirements with an aim to protect consumers and end-users.

On May 4th 2023, the French competition watchdog, l'Autorité de la concurrence, issued interim measures against Meta for discrimination in its ad verification criteria.

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.

On 2nd September 2021 the Irish Data Protection Commission ("DPC") imposed its biggest fine to date on WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook.

On 7 October 2022, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has posted a news alert regarding the risks from use of biometric technologies. The alert provides a warning that the ICO views...

On 14 September 2023, Google and the California Attorney-General's Office reached a $93 million settlement. This agreement follows allegations that Google's location-privacy practices breached...

From the 1st of July, the NHS plans to collect and share patients' data. Individuals are given until the 23rd of June to opt out by filling out a form and returning it to their GP practice.