An in-depth investigation into PayPal’s acquisition of Swedish mobile payments start-up iZettle will be carried out by the UK’s main competition authority. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →A ‘European Electronic Communications Code’ has been finalised by EU law makers, with the new rules, on issues such as the rights to install new telecoms equipment and the use […]
Continue Reading →Amazon is likely to “fiercely defend” claims that it is a dominant platform for sellers in Germany, a competition law expert has said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →BT and KCOM have been provisionally chosen as the UK’s universal service providers for broadband. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The issue or offer of digital tokens could fall outside the scope of Singapore’s securities laws even if the activity is found to be subject to US law, the city […]
Continue Reading →A contentious law under which arbitrators and court-appointed experts risked temporary imprisonment for breaching “the duty of objectivity and integrity” has been amended by the UAE legislature. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →New rules which prevent online sellers from restricting cross-border sales based on the nationality, residence or place of establishment of their customers have come into force across the EU. Read […]
Continue Reading →US prosecutors have charged Mike Lynch, the former chief executive of UK software business Autonomy, with fraud. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →ANALYSIS: A letter published by an EU data protection watchdog earlier this year offers clues as to how a new cloud computing code of conduct will be assessed for approval […]
Continue Reading →Telecoms operators in the UK will find out before the end of the year if Ofcom intends to place them under a duty to deliver minimum-standard broadband services across the […]
Continue Reading →New laws in Spain provide for out-of-court enforcement of copyright. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The number of outages that financial services firms reported to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) more than doubled in a year, according to new data published by the regulator. […]
Continue Reading →Businesses are free to pay ethical hackers for flagging up security vulnerabilities to them, but should not reward malicious attackers that steal personal data after exploiting such vulnerabilities, the UK’s […]
Continue Reading →A new UK inquiry will look into the common causes of bank IT problems and their impact on consumers. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Two men behind a major data breach at UK internet service provider TalkTalk have been jailed. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The process of verifying someone’s identity when they use online public or business services in the UK can be streamlined by learning lessons from the way things are done in […]
Continue Reading →The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Singapore has been ‘upgraded’ in a move Singapore’s leader would expand trade and investment between the two states. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Businesses hoping to register new EU trade marks or Community designs should accelerate any pending applications to try to obtain those rights prior to Brexit, an intellectual property (IP) law […]
Continue Reading →The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will be responsible for the UK enforcement of new rules on ‘geo-blocking’ set to take effect early next month. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The taste of food cannot be copyrighted in the EU, a recent ruling has confirmed. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →ANALYSIS: The blame for the disappointing progress of the UK’s smart meter rollout should not be laid at the door of the UK’s large energy suppliers. Many of the problems […]
Continue Reading →Third parties seeking access to payment account information held by banks must distinguish their requests to process customer data from broader requests for acceptance of the terms and conditions for their […]
Continue Reading →ANALYSIS: A recent report on the regulation of cryptoassets provides clues about how UK authorities will support technological innovation after Brexit while addressing some of the risks that technology presents […]
Continue Reading →The UK government is to fund pilot initiatives aimed at finding new ways to deliver ‘full fibre’ broadband networks to rural areas of the country, according to an announcement made […]
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