Resolving the tension between stopping the coronavirus and safeguarding legal freedoms

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MITLA’s Deo Falzon discusses technology law and privacy issues during COVID-19 on LovinMalta’s #COVIDTALKS

MITLA publishes Privacy during Covid-19 FAQs

MITLA’s Raising Awareness on Cyber-Security Project published

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MITLA publishes Reaction Document to the Consultation on Malta’s Ethical AI Framework.

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Content monitoring duties at centre of CJEU case

Hosts of online content could face greater obligations to monitor their services for illegal content if the advice of a senior court official is written into EU case law. Read […]

Money2020: progress needed on digital IDs

ANALYSIS: Financial institutions have an opportunity to build on the trust customers have in their handling of sensitive data to develop market-leading digital identity (ID) solutions that can be used […]

‘Model clauses’ data case moves to EU court

A legal challenge against the use of EU-endorsed standard contractual clauses for underpinning the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US has successfully navigated its way through […]

Money2020: PSD2 deadline threatens e-commerce but drives broader innovation

ANALYSIS: Banks, fintechs and retailers are wrestling with the technical challenge of payment security standards as EU deadlines approach but, whilst compliance is the immediate priority and treat to transactions, […]

CJEU asked to rule on German copyright ‘framing’ case

The scope to display content belonging to others on websites and apps is set to be clarified in a case before the EU’s highest court. Read Complete Article

Money2020: financial services must ‘own’ ethical use of AI

ANALYSIS: There is growing recognition of the importance of ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI), but there remain challenges for financial services institutions over how to operationalise guidelines that have […]

BBC presenter wins personal service company case

ITV’s ‘Loose Women’ presenter Kaye Adams has won a tax tribunal case in which HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) claimed that her personal services company (PSC) should have applied IR35 […]

‘Data trusts’ can support competing interests, studies find

The conflicting interests different organisations have in using information can be managed through ‘data trust’ models, the Open Data Institute (ODI) has said at the end of a piloting scheme. […]

Expect further debate over EU copyright reforms, says Rauer

The debate over controversial reforms to EU copyright laws will not end with the adoption of the Digital Single Market Copyright Directive, an intellectual property law expert has said. Read […]

UK ‘leading market’ for autonomous vehicles

The UK will be the best place in the world to deploy connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) over the next 10 years, provided the country avoids a ‘no deal’ Brexit, […]

Online platforms to face new ‘duty of care’ in the UK

A new statutory ‘duty of care’ will be imposed on online platforms operating in the UK under plans outlined by the UK government. Read Complete Article

Technology can be a catalyst for positive change in higher education

Technology can be a catalyst for positive change within the higher education sector, with the potential to improve student engagement and help higher education providers keep up to speed with […]

Tribunal unable to impose new Code agreement over occupied site

The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has no jurisdiction to impose rights under the Electronic Communications Code (‘the Code’) in favour of an operator of telecommunications equipment, where a third party […]

Cloud tech for education providers gets UK government backing

Education providers in England have been encouraged to consider moving their IT estate into the cloud. Read Complete Article

Court finds repudiation in software customer’s non-co-operation’

A recent ruling has highlighted how businesses might be said to be responsible for a repudiatory breach of contract through the indications they give in their words or conduct, an […]

Geo-blocking: businesses must act to ensure compliance

ANALYSIS: Businesses should check whether they need to make changes to their online sales methods to account for new ‘geo-blocking’ rules that came into force late last year. Read Complete […]

UK approach on EU copyright reforms depends on Brexit

The UK government may not implement controversial new copyright laws that are set to be fixed in EU law in the coming weeks, the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has […]

UK opens up access to oil and gas data

Terabytes of data on the UK’s oil and gas fields and infrastructure has been made freely available for use by industry. Read Complete Article