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Online regulator Digital Markets Unit launches in the UK

Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 14:03 By Alston Asquith

New regulator the Digital Markets Unit to recommend new legislation for tech giants such as Google

A new regulator, the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) has just launched in the UK and will oversee tech giants such as Facebook and Google to ensure they do not exploit their market dominance to push out new competition. The regulator is a unit within the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and …

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Ministers face legal challenge over WhatsApp messages

Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 15:20 By Alston Asquith

ministers are using self deleting messages on WhatsApp to make it difficult to document their communication

Ministers in the UK government are facing a legal challenge from campaigners over their use of self-destructing WhatsApp messages who say that it is undemocratic, prevents transparency and that it may block ministers being held to account. Ministers have been sending such messages on both …

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Tackling hackers with injunctions against persons unknown

Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 15:31 By Alston Asquith

fighting hackers with injunctions against persons unknown

Modern problems require modern solutions and that's exactly what individuals and companies that are victims of cybercrime are doing by fighting hackers with injunctions against persons unknown. Being hacked has become more common as the technology required has become more accessible in addition to …

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Deepfake and the law

Monday, 8 March 2021, 15:26 By Alston Asquith

deepfake and the law

Deepfake impersonations made the news recently with a TikTok account called deeptomcruise went viral. To the untrained eye, the replication was impressively deceptive and was clearly labelled as a parody however now the technology has been proven to work what implications could deepfake videos have …

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Amazon Fresh launches checkout free store in London: Dangerous tech or the future of shopping?

Thursday, 4 March 2021, 13:23 By Alston Asquith

Amazon Fresh launches in London

Global giants Amazon have continued to expand their reach in the UK by launching the first of their Amazon Fresh branded grocery stores in a leafy suburb of London. This isn't simply a copy of a Tesco Local store though, Amazon has taken a giant step into the future of food shopping by making the …

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Latest Legal News

First reported successful judgement on COVID-19 commercial rent claim for a premises in Westfield Shopping Centre, West London

First reported successful judgement on COVID-19 commercial rent claim

Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 15:34 By Alston Asquith

European Super League set for mammoth legal dispute with UEFA

European Super League set for mammoth legal dispute with UEFA

Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 16:57 By Alston Asquith

Marks & Spencer take on Aldi over Colin the Caterpillar trademark infringement

M&S takes on Aldi over Colin the Caterpillar trademark infringement

Monday, 19 April 2021, 16:47 By Alston Asquith

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