Europe progresses revised ePrivacy rules
EU progresses revised ePrivacy Regulation
Rob Bratby
UK proposes statutory backing for Huawei 5G ban
On 24 November 2020, the UK Government started the legislative process for a new Telecoms (Security) law which will, when passed into law, provide statutory …
Ofcom sets 4 December deadline for UK 5G spectrum auction applications
In a notice published today, 18 November 2020, Ofcom specified that the days for receipt of applications to participate in the 2021 UK 5G spectrum …
Data export: EU provides more clarity after Schrems II
In documents published last week, the EU provided some welcome clarity on how organisations should address the invalidation of Privacy Shield as a basis for …
EDPB guidance on ‘supplemental measures’ for data export
On 10 November, the European Data Protection Board adopted a recommendation on supplemental measures which might be used to ensure compliance with the EU level …
European Data Protection Board releases updated controller / processor guidance for comment
Are you sure you are a data processor? Introduction On 7 September 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), successor to the ‘article 29 working …
UK Intellectual Property Office seeks views on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
On 7 September 2020, the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) published a call for views on the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the UK’s …
Europe proposes lower voice termination rates
On 25 August 2020, the European Commission proposed a regulation to set Europe-wide (lower) voice termination rates of 0.2 euro cents per minute for mobile …
EU and US start work on enhanced Privacy Shield: Mr Schrems to be persuaded…
On 10 August 2020, Following the European Court’s Schrems II judgment invalidating the US Privacy Shield (and calling into question the legal basis for other …
UK 5G spectrum auction date set for January 2021
On 3 August 2020, Ofcom confirmed that the UK’s 5G auction would go ahead, with bidding starting in January 2021. The auction is set to …