The Government’s Digital Strategy, published at the beginning of this month, provides some encouraging indications that regulation in this area will continue to be a priority in the UK post-Brexit. A key stated objective of the Digital Strategy is to improve public trust and confidence in...
On 1 June 2014, three statutory instruments came into force which make changes to copyright legislation, allowing more activities to be carried out without the permission of the copyright holder. This is achieved by broadening the scope of the copyright exceptions which already existed under...
Several recent developments suggest that the data protection regime is being put to effective use in developing a new area of law, "misuse of private information", which could offer greater privacy protection to internet users. A recent Preliminary Opinion from the EU Data Protection Supervisor looked...