In this week’s episode, Jonathan and Eric look at the problems and consequences of Deepfakes. A Deepfake is a human synthesis method based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) usually for economic, political or personal reasons. Deepfakes are used to disseminate fake news and are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from reality due to the sophistication of the underlying algorithms. Google Read more »
Unsung Heroes – Cordery’s Armstrong wins award
Photo courtesy of Dan Raywood Security Serious – Unsung Heroes Awards Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong won an award for leading data security compliance recently at the annual Security Serious “Unsung Heroes” awards. The fourth annual awards celebrate the people of the cybersecurity industry, recognizing the individuals and teams working hard to fight cybercrime and raise awareness of Read more »
Client Alert: Doors open for data protection class action as appeal court allows Google claim to proceed?
Introduction The UK Court of Appeal today allowed a representative action brought by Richard Lloyd against Google to proceed. Whilst this does not mean that US-style class actions are set to hit the UK, it is likely to lead to more litigation over data protection violations, including security breaches. This note includes some technical data Read more »
Episode 256: Prosecutors Seek To Crackdown On Romance Scams
In this week’s TechLaw10 podcast Eric and Jonathan look at the issues with romance scams on the internet. Jonathan talks about recent FTC enforcement action which is detailed here https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/09/ftc-sues-owner-online-dating-service-matchcom-using-fake-love and about a recent BBC article into scammers being seen as role models in Nigeria here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-49759392 TechLaw10 is a 10-minute audio podcast update Read more »
Client Alert: Right to be Forgotten Back Before ECJ
Introduction We have written before the about the right to be forgotten and two new rulings from the European Court of Justice last week add some clarity as to what that right entails. There are some technical terms in this note which you can check by looking at our glossary at www.bit.ly/gdprwords. What’s the history? Read more »
ICO data sharing code consultation
Introduction As required by the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), the UK’s data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is currently updating its existing data sharing code of practice. As part of that process the ICO has opened a consultation for interested parties on the draft revised code that the ICO has Read more »
European Court Ruling on Joint Controllers and Website Social Plug-ins (Facebook “Like” button)
Introduction Generally-speaking the issue of joint controllership of personal data is becoming more and more prominent. Under this concept, where two or more data controllers jointly determine the purposes and means of data processing they are considered as joint controllers (as opposed to being e.g. in a controller-processor relationship), which has particular consequences for data Read more »
Episode 255: The Role of Third-Parties in Data Breaches
In this podcast Eric and Jonathan talk about the role of 3rd parties in data breaches. Many corporations now rely on 3rd parties to process data for them on their employees and customers. Third party security breaches have been a real feature of many of the largest data breach investigations recently including British Airway (https://www.corderycompliance.com/uk-dpa-to-fine-ba-for-data-breach/) Read more »
Episode 254: CDA Section 230 ISP Immunity Coming Under Attack
In this week’s TechLaw 10 Jonathan and Eric discuss immunity for internet service providers. Is it time to review the protections they have? Are some internet operators too big to feel the punishment of a fine? TechLaw10 is a 10-minute audio podcast update from U.S. lawyer Eric Sinrod (Duane Morris) and UK lawyer Jonathan Armstrong (Cordery) where Read more »
Episode 253: Top EU Court Decides There’s Lots Not To Like in Likes
In this podcast Jonathan and Eric discuss a ruling of the European Court of Justice on 29 July 2019 on a challenge from a German consumer organisation, Verbraucherzentrale NRW over the social media likes promoted by fashion ID, a German online clothing retailer. They discuss the potential ramifications for any business that has social Read more »
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