Recent global developments have reiterated the importance for Singapore to be able to adapt to a changing economic landscape. The Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) was set up to identify strategies to keep the Singapore economy competitive and able to meet future economic challenges. In response to the CFE’s...

India’s ongoing transformation into a digital-first economy has left the government grappling with a rise in cybercrime. Traditional businesses, striving to adopt digital strategies to stay competitive, and new technology businesses, of which India has a large number including some unicorns, are racing to comply with new legislation and have...

Binding corporate rules (BCRs) have been referred to by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) as the "gold standard" transfer tool. The introduction of a new UK BCR Addendum at the end of 2023 has eased the post-Brexit compliance burden and for those considering BCRs covering both the EU and...

As businesses look for new revenue streams, many who would typically be software as a service (SaaS) consumers are commercialising their software assets and becoming vendors. However, this switch is not always straightforward and the ideal contracting positions for customers and vendors do not often align. What are the key...

Digital Revolution Knowledge Lawyer Catherine Hammon considers the disruption and transformation that new technology is bringing – along with the potential impact and legal issues that it poses. Watch our full Digital Revolution video series Our Digital Revolution series explores a range of disruptive topics from blockchain and AI, to...

On Wednesday 28 September 2016, Russell Bowyer and Tom Sharpe spoke at the Society Of Motor Manufacturers & Traders’ (SMMT) Aftermarket Sector Meeting. Chaired by Peter Lawton (Senior Section Manager, SMMT) the event, held at Morgan Motors headquarters in Malvern, focused on issues affecting the aftermarket sector in the automotive...

Dynamic IP addresses collected or processed by website and app operators will now need to be treated as personal data. We discuss the material implications of today’s ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the case of Patrick Breyer v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-582/14). Background The case arose when...

Blockchain developers need to consider a range of regulatory regimes and issues when building the governance framework and supporting and protecting the development of for blockchain, distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrencies. And Singapore has offered plenty of opportunity this decade, as regulators in one of the world's strongest economies look...

The data collected, shared and derived from smart buildings as well as the manner in which infrastructure itself is linked is becoming increasingly important to the success of smart buildings and smart cities and also a source of potential revenue. However, these developments raise potential issues relating to data privacy...

Artificial Intelligence (AI), an idea first conceived in the 1950s and a reliable sci-fi staple in the backlots of Hollywood studios ever since, is now a one of the hottest topics in Silicon Valley. Whilst notoriously difficult and nebulous to define as a concept, AI is fast finding its way...