Bytesize Legal Updates | Fieldfisher

Sep 12 2024 19 ep. 13 mins 3
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Fieldfisher are experts in European digital regulation and guide businesses through the complexities of the EU’s rapidly evolving regulatory environment. Europe is one of the world’s largest internal markets - with our focus on digital regulation for online platforms, social media and emerging technologies (AI, automation, AR/VR etc.) we keep you up-to-date with the EU’s digital agenda, and latest impacting European legislation for the industry. 

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Bytesize Legal Update – Snap's DPIA for MyAI scrutinised by the UK data protection regulator

Sep 12 2024 12 mins  
The Fieldfisher Silicon Valley team delve into the final decision issued by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in relation to Snap's data protection impact assessment (DPIA) for its MyAI chatbot. Megan Ward and Hannah El Gazzar discuss how Snap's initial DPIA fell short of the UK GDPR requirements and why the ICO concluded that Snap's revised DPIA was compliant, and hig

Bytesize Legal Update - The EU AI Act becomes law - what now?

Jul 18 2024 13 mins  
It's finally here - the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) has now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union and will enter into force on the 1st of August 2024. So what happens now?In this episode, we explore what the timeline for implementation of the Act looks like, what are the priorities businesses need to be considering now, and what steps they ca

Bytesize Legal Update: Pay or OK Models for Behavioural Advertising

May 10 2024 16 mins  
On April 17, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its guidance on "consent or pay" models implemented by large online platforms for behavioral advertising. The headline is that, in the EDPB's opinion, in most cases it will not be possible for large online platforms using "consent or pay" models to demonstrate that they have obtained valid consent under European

Bytesize Legal Updates: The UK guidance on Loot Boxes

Mar 05 2024 12 mins  
In this episode of Fieldfisher's Bytesized Legal Updates podcast, James Russell and Paul Lanois, technology and data specialists at Fieldfisher Silicon Valley, discuss the UK's recent guidance on loot boxes in video games. They explore the industry's self-regulatory approach, transparency standards, probability disclosures, and responsible play. The guidance, which provides 11 prin

Bytesize Legal Updates: Spanish DPA guidance on analytics cookies

Feb 16 2024 7 mins  
The recent guidance issued by the Spanish Data Protection Authority (DPA) on cookies proposes a new exemption for analytics cookies used for strictly limited first party anonymised and aggregated statistical purposes. In this episode of Fieldfisher's Bytesize Legal Update podcast, legal advisor Pardeep Dhanoya and senior associate Andrea Ortega provide an overview of the EU and UK

Bytesize Legal Updates: The French data protection authority fines Amazon France Logistique

Feb 13 2024 15 mins  
The French data protection authority, the CNIL, has fined Amazon France Logistique €32 million for its use of excessively intrusive employee monitoring systems and failing to provide transparency and adequate security to personal data in relation to the use of video surveillance systems, in breach of the GDPR. In our latest Bytesize Legal Update, Fieldfisher's Moira Campbell and

Bytesize Legal Update: The evolving legal landscape of the requirements for age assurance

Jan 19 2024 14 mins  
The FTC's proposals to amend COPPA and the updated Information Commissioner's Opinion on Age Assurance, are just two of the most recent updates in the area of Age Assurance. With governments and regulators heavily prioritising children's data and their online safety, understanding when you need to implement Age Assurance and how to select the most appropriate method for your busine

Bytesize Legal Update - The Lithuanian Ministry of Health Decision

Jan 12 2024 11 mins  
The recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decision in the Lithuanian Ministry of Health case grapples with the definition of "controllership" under the GDPR. In this case, nearly 4,000 users' personal data had been collected by a Covid-19 mobile app released to the public without the Lithuanian Ministry's express approval, and yet the Lithuanian ministr

Bytesize Legal Update - The SCHUFA case

Dec 15 2023 17 mins  
The Court of Justice of the European Union handed down two landmark judgments last week aimed at the credit reference agency SCHUFA which considers what constitutes automated decision-making under Article 22 of the GDPR, and the issues around the lawfulness of retaining public registry data for commercial purposes. In our latest ByteSize Legal Update episode, Fieldfisher's Megan Wa

Bytesize Legal Update - The EU AI Act: A Comprehensive Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

Dec 14 2023 17 mins  
In this latest podcast Oliver Proust, a Partner in Fieldfisher's Technology and Data team based in our Brussel's office, delves into the latest developments surrounding the EU AI Act. Olivier provides a comprehensive overview of the key provisions and implications of this ground breaking legislation that aims to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) systems and their applications.