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17 Nov 2024

The future of food and feed: Exploring investment in cultured meat and alternative proteins

Jessica Burt is joined by Zickie Lim, a corporate partner who leads our venture capital and investment team, to discuss the investment landscape in this innovative sector.

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13 Nov 2024

Consent or else you'll pay!

Behavioural advertising continues to be an area of scrutiny by data protection authorities in the EU and UK, particularly in relation to the legal basis that controllers rely upon in order to conduct the processing. Unsurprisingly, Meta continues to be the focus of that scrutiny.

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30 Oct 2024

Recruitment, how automated should you get? Part 3

In our blog series so far, we’ve looked at basic know how around automated decision making in recruitment and vendor risk management. In this last blog of the series, we’ll cover some of the more finite data protection provisions that organisations will need to consider when o...

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24 Oct 2024

Recruitment, how automated should you get? Part 2

In part two of our blog series on automated decision making in recruitment, we look at vendor input. Unless an organisation wanting to automate its recruitment process can develop its own software, it will be sourcing the tools from a vendor. 

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24 Oct 2024

ICO launches new data protection audit framework

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a new data protection audit framework to help organisations assess their compliance with UK data protection laws. This will allow businesses to identify gaps, mitigate risks and improve transparency.

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21 Oct 2024

Dear AI, predict what I want better, but don’t use my data!

Most companies are now using some element of AI, whether that’s through targeted advertising, chat boxes or, for more tech-savvy companies, generating content to give users a head start. While some welcome the use of AI and others are more skeptical, the expectation on what AI...

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17 Oct 2024

Recruitment, how automated should you get? Part 1

Employers looking for efficient automated solutions in the recruitment sphere will have no trouble finding software vendors at the click of a button. It’s an attractive method to conduct the recruitment process although legally there are risks an employer should be aware of.

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25 Sep 2024

Patents, AI implemented inventions and the effect of the Emotional Perception appeal judgment

Having had a bit of time to take in the Emotional Perception AI Court of Appeal decision, it seems it will now be harder to potentially gain patent protection for AI implemented inventions.

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01 Aug 2024

All change to the UK's competition law regime

Representing the most significant reform to UK competition and consumer protection laws for over 20 years, the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act introduces substantial changes in relation to digital market regulation and merger control. We highlight the key takeawa...

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30 Jul 2024

What do the consumer parts of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 mean for the technology sector?

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 impacts UK consumer protection law in a number of ways. Businesses across the technology sector which provide goods, services and/or digital content to (or otherwise interact with) consumers will be impacted and will need...

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26 Jul 2024

Digital identities washed up or kicked out?

We examine how the dropping of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and the change of government has impacted the proposed changes to digital identity verification.

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24 Jul 2024

Computer says "No". The use and Misuse of AI in hiring and performance evaluation contexts

HR, like any other business function, is not immune to technological development. We examine how AI is already impacting some aspects of HR, the legal risks this may pose and steps you may wish to consider to mitigate those risks...

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24 Jul 2024

The future of sustainability - is it all blue skies and Green Clouds?

In response to the global climate crisis, a wave of green technologies, expertise and energy sources have emerged, giving rise to a green economy. We explore the concepts of Green IT and the Green Cloud and how they respond to the challenges faced by cloud providers and compan...

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10 Jun 2024

Making a “happy” meal out of classifications and genuine use of trade marks

In an ongoing trade mark dispute between Supermac’s and McDonald’s, the European General Court’s decision in Case T-58/23 of 5 June 2024 partially revoked the registration of “BIG MAC”, in relation to goods corresponding to the chicken version of their well-known burger, as we...

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07 May 2024

Online retailers beware - Amazon US website found to target UK consumers and infringe UK trade marks

The Supreme Court has upheld a Court of Appeal decision that Amazon’s USA website targets UK consumers in a landmark judgment on the issue of whether UK consumers are being marketed to (targeted) by a foreign trader. Following the judgment, non-UK websites should ...

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