GCHQ warns that AI will increase the global cyber threat
The UK’s national cyber security centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, has warned that AI will likely increase the global ransomware threat over the next two years, and that organisations need to implement protective measures to combat this growing threat.... Read more.
ICO develops generative AI guidance
Generative AI is now ever present, giving rise to new questions and challenges both on the work and home front. My kids' school were quick to tell parents that it was not to be used for homework, whilst my father had no qualms using it at... Read more.
European Commission seeks views on virtual worlds and generative AI
Competition authorities around the globe are ramping up their interest in and examination of nascent technologies such as AI and virtual worlds - a trend that is only going to continue. Today, the European Commission has announced that it is... Read more.
NCSC Publishes Guidelines on Secure AI System Development: a Concerted International Approach
Everyone’s talking about AI at the moment (see our round-up of recent developments here and here). A consensus is building across regulators, industry, experts and sceptics, that realising any benefits from AI requires mitigation of its risks. One... Read more.
Quantum Security for the Financial Sector: FCA and World Economic Forum publish a collaborative report
The risks and rewards posed by quantum computing have been on our mind for some time now, and last week the World Economic Form and the FCA catapulted this topic back into the headlines with a collaborative report on quantum security for the... Read more.
Is your website cookie compliant? ICO issues warning
We’ve known for some time now that cookie compliance is on the ICO’s radar. However, recent ICO action confirms that now is the time to check whether your cookie banners comply with GDPR and PECR rules. Last June, the ICO warned... Read more.
UK Supreme Court confirms that AI cannot be an inventor for UK patent purposes
Shortly before Christmas, in one of the most highly anticipated decisions of 2023, the UK Supreme Court confirmed that AI cannot be an inventor for UK patent purposes. Background and appeal to the Supreme Court In 2018, Dr Thaler filed two UK... Read more.
Adequacy rebooted: data flows continue after EU Commission review
On Monday, the EU Commission concluded the review of its 11 ‘historic’ adequacy decisions that pre-dated the GDPR, finding that all 11 countries still provide an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the EU. The EU... Read more.
Changes in Cyber Governance
When I was a child, if you had asked me about cyber, I would have thought you were talking about the classic film of ET rather than anything to do with my rather snazzy sinclair spectrum (anyone else remember those….?). Things have come a long way... Read more.
Watch out! Court of Appeal confirms Samsung liable for trade mark infringing watch face apps
The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision finding Samsung liable for trade mark infringement as a primary tortfeasor where consumers had downloaded third party digital watch face apps from the Samsung Galaxy App store for use on... Read more.
SPAM! HelloFresh fined by the ICO
On 12 January, the ICO fined HelloFresh £140,000 for breaching the marketing rules in PECR. The fine was issued in relation to “a campaign of 79 million spam emails and 1 million spam texts over a seven-month period”. This is is yet another fine... Read more.
