The Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered its judgment in Case C-604/22 IAB Europe v Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit, involving questions around the processing of personal data by IAB Europe, the digital marketing and advertising association, through the use of its Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF). The framework is employed...

The Online Safety Bill could be introduced into Parliament any day. While publication of a Draft Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny has allowed market participants to familiarise themselves with the future regulatory regime, there are increasing signs from the government that the Bill it introduces into Parliament could contain significant changes...

The forthcoming online safety legislation will create huge challenges to "regulated services" that fall within its scope, including significant compliance costs and the ever present threat of regulatory action. Ofcom, the nominated regulator, will have extensive powers, including to levy fines of up to £18million or 10% of global annual...

The UK government's long-awaited Online Safety Act (OSA), which has finally received royal assent, aims to create a new regulatory framework to protect users from objectionable content and make the online world a safer place. The coming into force of the OSA represents a seismic shift in the regulatory environment...

One of the main areas of concern at the heart of the public debate about the protection of minors online is age assurance: to give children greater protection, it is necessary for content and platform providers to check the age of their users. This is particularly necessary when regulations prohibit...

Understanding AI Artificial intelligence (AI) takes centre stage as a major theme throughout the report as industries including media, entertainment, sports, and telecoms are getting to grips with the unique challenges posed by it. From intellectual property concerns to bias and accuracy risks, the understanding of AI-related issues continues to...

Ofcom has published an updated roadmap that sets out its progress in implementing the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) since it became law a year ago and presents its implementation plans for 2025. The online safety regulator has confirmed that it will publish its code of practice on illegal content...

To date, the two main political parties hoping to form the next government (Conservative and Labour) have been relatively quiet on their plans for digital and data policy. However, a few snippets of information have been revealed in their manifestos and along the campaign trail and the TMC sector can...