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Parliament approves ICO code of practice which aims to make children safer online On 12 August the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued the long awaited Age appropriate design code of practice for online services, which seeks to enhance the safety of the online environment for children. The code, which has now been approved b... Brexit's impact on the new P2B (Platform to Business) Regulation This month the UK Government published a Brexit SI amending the EU’s new Platform to Business Regulation to ensure the regulation works for a post Brexit (or more accurately, post transition period) UK. What is the Platform to Business Regulation (“P2B Re... Brexit's impact on the new P2B (Platform to Business) Regulation This month the UK Government published a Brexit SI amending the EU’s new Platform to Business Regulation to ensure the regulation works for a post Brexit (or more accurately, post transition period) UK. What is the Platform to Business Regulation (“P2B Re... Accounting standards equivalence: it doesn't need to be mutual In the non-binding Political Declaration that accompanied the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK and the EU committed, in relation to their respective financial services regulatory frameworks, to “start assessing equivalence with respect to each other under the... Prospectus equivalence: it doesn't need to be mutual In the non-binding Political Declaration that accompanied the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK and the EU committed, in relation to their respective financial services regulatory frameworks, to “start assessing equivalence with respect to each other under the... The next normal: what comes after the "new normal"? The last few months have, I think, made it clear that there will be no single sweeping return to "normal". However, as restrictions start to lift (however temporarily) and the end of both lockdown and the Brexit transition period appear on the horizon, th... Brexit designs update As the end of the Brexit Transition Period nears, both the European Commission (EC) and UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) have released stakeholder notices in relation to the treatment of Registered Community Designs (RCDs) and Unregistered Communit... First criminal judgement on cum/ex transactions published in Germany The 12th Criminal Division of the Regional Court of Bonn gave its judgement in the first criminal trial on cum/ex transactions in Germany on  18 March 2020 (it had found a rather sudden end due to the COVID-19-Lockdown in Germany). On 25 June 2020, the Bo... Consumer smart devices: spotlight on cyber security From wearables to home appliances, internet-connected smart devices are rapidly changing the way we live. The average consumer may not be losing much sleep over the prospect of their shiny new digital companion being hacked, but recent UK government propo... New AI guidance from ICO confirms retrofitting compliance rarely works The opening statement from the ICO’s new AI guidance states that “the innovation, opportunities and potential value to society of AI will not need emphasising to anyone reading this guidance” – I presume the same can be said of this blog. However, it has ...