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marzo 2023

Driving innovation and growth in Life Sciences

Driving innovation and growth in Life Sciences

After the many challenges that the life sciences and healthcare sectors have faced in recent years, the last few weeks have seen a number of proposals ...

Cybercriminals vs law enforcement. Who is winning?

Cybercriminals vs law enforcement. Who is winning?

The worldwide successes of law enforcement against ransomware groups are increasing, and essential to that success is the international collaboration, ...

The UK’s Online Safety Bill: What’s next?

The UK’s Online Safety Bill: What’s next?

The OSB is the UK’s draft legislation for regulating online content. In our December edition, we reported that the Online Safety Bill (“OSB”) was back ...

Look smart: Preventing cyber security risks in a clean energy future

Look smart: Preventing cyber security risks in a clean energy future

There is arguably no more significant element of a nation’s critical infrastructure than its energy supply. The importance of the energy sector makes ...

Replika, a ‘virtual friendship’ AI chatbot, receives GDPR ban and threatened fine from Italian regulator over child safety concerns

Replika, a ‘virtual friendship’ AI chatbot, receives GDPR ban and threatened fine from Italian regulator over child safety concerns

The Italian Regulator (Garante) has recently issued an order banning the Replika app from processing Italian users’ data following an investigation. L ...

Data Protection: Scottish Courts consider interpretation of Schedule 2 of the DPA 2018

Data Protection: Scottish Courts consider interpretation of Schedule 2 of the DPA 2018

This recent decision of Courtney Timothy Riley v The Student Housing Company (ops) Limited saw the Scottish Courts being asked to interpret the exempt ...

Allianz Insurance plc v University of Exeter - Court holds that damage from controlled explosion of a WWII bomb was not covered by property policy

Allianz Insurance plc v University of Exeter - Court holds that damage from controlled explosion of a WWII bomb was not covered by property policy

The Technology and Construction Court has handed down judgment in the case of Allianz Insurance plc -v- The University of Exeter [2023] EWHC 630 (TCC) ...

MEES – The final countdown

MEES – The final countdown

Next month heralds a new era for energy efficiency in buildings in England and Wales.   From 1 April 2023, under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented ...

Credit Suisse emergency rescue – lawsuits threatened after USD 17 billion Co-Co writedown

Credit Suisse emergency rescue – lawsuits threatened after USD 17 billion Co-Co writedown

Following weeks of turmoil within Credit Suisse, which saw a massive fall in share prices and investor confidence, UBS has agreed an emergency takeove ...

Cyber Newsletter - March 2023

Cyber Newsletter - March 2023

Welcome to the March edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin which looks at issues including recent successes by law enforcement against a major ransom ...