On 18 September 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published guidance on complying with consumer law when making environmental claims in the fashion retail sector (Guidance). It provides a practical guide on the CMA’s 2021 Green Claims Code for the sector. The CMA also sent letters to 17 fashion brands asking them to review their business practices in light of the Guidance. The Guidance and letters sets the scene for the CMA to take…
The UK Government passed the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the “DMCC”) on 24 May 2024. The DMCC will bring radical change to the enforcement of consumer law in the UK, introducing new powers for the CMA to issue direct fines of up to 10% of global annual turnover for breaches. The DMCC also introduces changes to substantive UK consumer law provisions, including changes related to subscriptions, online reviews and drip pricing. This…
The UK Government passed the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the “DMCC”) on 24 May 2024. The DMCC will bring radical change to the enforcement of consumer law in the UK, introducing new powers for the CMA to issue direct fines of up to 10% of global annual turnover for breaches. The DMCC also introduces changes to substantive UK consumer law provisions, including changes related to subscriptions, online reviews and drip pricing. This…
The UK government has published its long-waited response to the AI White Paper, “A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation” published back in March 2023. Here’s what you need to know. 1. Endorsement of principles-based approach The UK is sticking with its principles-based regulatory framework for AI, continuing to take a very different path to its EU neighbours (as discussed in our previous alert). Unlike the EU there will be no new AI regulator, new legislation…
With the passage of the Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 (Adequacy Regulation), the UK government has made good on its intention to establish a data bridge with the US. This follows the commitment-in-principle reached by President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on June 8 2023, when the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”) was still being evaluated by the European Commission under the EU GDPR. With the DPF’s completion and…
In brief As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology advances at a rapid pace, global efforts to establish appropriate legislative frameworks are also fast developing. Since the beginning of 2023, there have been announcements from several countries, including the United Kingdom, highlighting the developing legislative actions being implemented to keep pace with this era of emerging technological development. The trend from the UK is that it intends to take a relatively conservative approach to legislation by leaving AI…
Our London employment team is delighted to share the first edition of our quarterly HR Privacy newsletter keeping you updated with key cases, developments and trends in UK and EU-wide HR data privacy matters. This edition includes an interesting employment tribunal decision considering whether an employee had a reasonable expectation of privacy over her private Facebook posts, the latest guidance on data subject access requests and an update in relation to the EU-US Data Privacy…
On 8 June 2023, US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minster Rishi Sunak announced the US and UK had reached a commitment in principle to establish a UK/US “data bridge”. From a UK GDPR perspective this new mechanism would be an extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which is currently being assessed by the European Commission under the EU GDPR. The European Commission is expected to issue an adequacy decision under the EU…
28 January 2023 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2023, Baker McKenzie’s Global Data Privacy and Security Team is pleased to present this special edition update of key data protection and privacy developments and trends across the globe, as well summarising future legislative changes, predictions, and enforcement priorities to look out for during 2023.…
The UK’s Health Research Authority (HRA) has unveiled new guidance which signposts the three essential steps to access health and care data for research purposes. The guidance delves into a point that researchers often miss: the common law duty of confidentiality runs in parallel to data privacy laws, and each regime needs to be considered separately to ensure data access requests can stand up to regulatory scrutiny. Step 1: Scoping – What are the data…