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The European Parliament has asked the EU Commission to take another look at the UK's data protection adequacy assessment...

This week the EU Commission published its legislative proposals for regulating artificial intelligence...

Around the world, autonomous vehicles are being developed and tested, different business models and use cases analysed, and connection systems created...

Where an individual is hired to do creative or innovative work, the employer will normally expect to be the owner of their work product...

Currently, transfers of personal data from the EEA to the UK are protected on a transitional basis only until 30 June 2021 under last December's post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement. However, the situation after that is currently uncertain...

A post-Brexit trade deal was finally pinned down on Christmas Eve. This will provide some comfort to organisations around data flows...

The UK's departure from the EU reaches a new stage at the end of December 2020, with the transition period drawing to an end...

The European Court decision in the Schrems II case earlier this year left data controllers with a huge headache as much of the legal structure for transatlantic data transfers was left in limbo...

The UK's Department for Transport and Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles have been consulting on the use of Automated Lane Keeping System (ALKS) on Great Britain's motorways. The proposal aims to see the technology introduced for motorway use in a safe and considered way...

A tragic accident involving an autonomous test vehicle in 2018 has been extensively analysed by the US National Transportation Safety Board, with the safety driver now facing criminal charges...

The UK Supreme Court's ruling on Standard Essential Patents is a disappointment to implementers, and leaves considerable power in the hands of SEP owners...

The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to an unusual level of disputes between commercial partners. It is also putting serious strain on court resources...