Cyber lawyers Our cyber response team can help clients proactively with cyber challenges through our full range of legal services. This includes helping with cyber strategy, regulatory cyber breach notifications, UK/EU GDPR compliance, Data Protection Impact Assessments, IT systems or services procurement or supply, reputation management and training. Find out more
27 September 2024 Insight Dark patterns Are your subscription sign up flows, online promotions or websites using dark patterns? The ASA has continued to shine a light on these practices. Bookmark this page 4 min read
13 August 2024 Insight No fixed charge over IP addresses Having considered the circumstances relating to, and the security granted over, various IP addresses (the “addresses”), the Court held that the security granted over the addresses, was floating charge, rather than fixed charge, security and ordered accordingly. Bookmark this page 2 min read
16 May 2024 Insight Greenwashing: Where are we now? Organisations are feeling the pressure more than ever to offer sustainable and environmentally conscious products and services to consumers. However, with the push to appear more eco-friendly comes the risk of over-exaggerating or misleading others with statements about green credentials. Bookmark this page 4 min read
9 May 2024 Insight TECHtalk Q&A: Navigating the data protection tightrope to the USA…without falling off! We received excellent delegate feedback to our most recent TECHtalk webinar, in which we considered the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), as well as the UK-US Data Bridge (Data Bridge): “As I've expressed before, one of the best, if not the best, sessions out there on Data Protection matters in my opinion”. We received lots of questions as well as part of the session, so in this Q&A, we answer some of those raised during the webinar, which we didn’t get time to answer during the TECHtalk. Bookmark this page 6 min read
8 May 2024 Insight When smart devices go bad Smart devices, or the Internet of Things (IoT) devices, have become a common and integral part of consumers’ lives. Therein lies an inherent problem, as the associated increased connectivity brings heightened cybersecurity risks. These risks can lead to cyber fraud, loss of personal data, as well as physical injury. They can also give rise to significant business disruption. Bookmark this page 5 min read
8 May 2024 Insight Not on my video playlist! – Customer personal data Roku, a prominent video streaming service provider in the USA, with approximately 80 million active users, recently identified that it had been subjected to two cyber attacks this year. The first came to its attention in March of this year, and it became aware of the second incident in April. Bookmark this page 4 min read
8 May 2024 Insight Don’t let your AI chatbot get too chatty! Earlier this year, leading parcel courier company, DPD, had a rather unfortunate experience with its use of its AI chatbot, following a system update to the chatbot. Bookmark this page 3 min read
21 March 2024 Insight The computer isn’t always right: safeguards are needed to ensure data accuracy Widespread use of computerised processed and electronic datasets, without appropriate safeguards, can result in personal data breaches plus wider breaches of the data protection principles set out in UK data protection legislation. Bookmark this page 4 min read
21 March 2024 Webinar Inspiring Women in Technology A series of virtual discussions with leaders, key players and “up and coming” specialists in the tech scene on how women can break into the industry, overcome challenges and forge a meaningful and successful career in tech. Bookmark this page 1 min read
11 March 2022 Webinar Life sciences legal forum: AI collaborations for the life sciences sector James Fry and Isabel Teare focus on AI technology collaborations for the life sciences sector. Bookmark this page 1 min read
25 June 2021 Webinar Securing funding for your tech business Paul Johnson is joined by a panel of industry experts to discuss securing investment for tech businesses. Bookmark this page 1 min read
5 November 2020 Webinar Digital charity and cybercrime We team up with Crowe UK to bring you two webinars discussing key topics for charities. Bookmark this page 1 min read