‘The UK’s cybersecurity agency has taken down more scams in the last year than in the previous three years combined, with coronavirus and NHS-themed cybercrime fuelling the increase.’
The Guardian, 5th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Online seller eBay says it is handing regulators the power to take down dangerous listings without consulting the company.’
BBC News, 10th May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who used a fake online profile to dupe children into sending him graphic images of themselves may have targeted “many more”, police have said.’
BBC News, 28th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The City regulator has warned social media sites that it may take action if they continue to promote risky and sometimes fraudulent investments to often inexperienced consumers.’
The Guardian, 20th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘TikTok is facing a legal challenge from former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield over how it collects and uses children’s data.’
BBC News, 21st April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An update to England and Wales’s contact tracing app has been blocked for breaking the terms of an agreement made with Apple and Google.’
BBC News, 12th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A blogger has been jailed after making anti-Semitic comments on a radio show.’
BBC News, 7th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘London mayoral candidate Laurence Fox is being sued for libel after he called three people “paedophiles” on Twitter.’
BBC News, 7th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A paedophile who groomed an 11-year-old boy through online gaming has been told by a judge he may have to serve all of his eight-year jail sentence.’
BBC News, 6th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.com
‘Two men have been jailed for grooming and sexually abusing three vulnerable teenage girls.’
BBC News, 29th March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sexual harassment and assault claims made by school pupils on a website may be the “next child abuse scandal that engulfs the nation”, police have said.’
BBC News, 29th March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘We live in an increasingly automated, data-driven world where choices and decisions are made for us, and sometimes, against us, and in which we are being subconsciously manipulated, based on the data trail we leave behind us. As a consequence, increasingly humanity is losing agency in favour of globally operating technology and media companies, who are building empires based on big data, data mining, and artificial intelligence. Their wealth and power stems from targeted advertising, but increasingly rests on the wealth of data and profiles of individuals which can be packaged and re-packaged to be sold to the highest bidder. The data collected is not just used for advertising, but also for surveillance, differential pricing, influencing elections, targeted misinformation, predicting sentiments in investment markets, and selling the data for managing corporate risk to the detriment of the consumer, particularly in respect of credit and insurance. Likewise, cybercrime uses techniques of profiling and exploitation of the vulnerable. The global data-driven economy is wide-ranging, has many benefits, but equally, high risks.’
OUP Blog, 24th March 2021
Source: blog.oup.com
‘Legislation this year could introduce radically simplified procedure rules for the proposed online civil court, Supreme Court justice Lord Briggs has revealed. Addressing a Cyprus conference on civil procedure rules, Lord Briggs said the online court – whether for civil, family or tribunal cases – might have only one rule: “Do what it says in the electronic form.”’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th March 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The UK advertising watchdog has warned social media influencers that they face being named and shamed, after a spot check of posts found widespread flouting of advertising rules.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘HM Land Registry has launched its first Digital Identity Standard, which provides a step-by-step list of requirements for conveyancers’ use of digital services to verify their client’s identity securely and conveniently online.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th March 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Metropolitan Police officer involved in the investigation into Sarah Everard’s disappearance has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for sharing an “inappropriate graphic” with colleagues.’
The Independent, 15th March 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is to press ahead with increasing online court fees in money and possession claims to bring them into line with paper claims in the face of opposition from the legal and credit sectors.’
Litigation Futures, 9th March 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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