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Same Warnings. Same Threats. Bigger Consequences… Increase in highly and nationally significant cyber-attacks in 2025, NCSC announces.

It feels like we cannot go more than a couple of weeks without news of a cyber attack hitting the headlines. With household names such as Marks and Spencer’s, the Co-op Group and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) all falling victim to incidents this year... Read more

Can Brussels change? One year after Draghi – the EU's Digital Simplification Package

On 16 September 2025, almost a year after the European Commission published the landmark Draghi Report on lagging European competitiveness, the Commission opened a call for views on its upcoming “Digital Package on Simplification". In poignant... Read more

The fair necessities: Part 2 - UK price transparency rules revamped

On 22 September, the UK government published guidance on its latest round of amendments to the Price Marking Order 2004 (“PMO”), which are due to take effect from 6 April 2026. The proposed updates to the PMO represent yet another set of... Read more

London calling: Lessons on the GDPR’s global reach from the Upper Tribunal (ICO v Clearview)

Earlier this month, the Upper Tribunal (UT) delivered its decision, in the latest instalment of the long-running attempt by the ICO to sanction facial-recognition database provider Clearview AI Incorporated (Clearview) for data protection... Read more

Cyber supply chain risk but not as we know it….

The recent cyber attack at JLR not only demonstrates the debilitating nature of a severe cyber attack, but highlights the devastating impact this can have on an organisation’s supply chain.  We tend to think of the supply chain as being an... Read more

UK and EU ramp up online safety enforcement: Ofcom issues first OSA fine as Commission probes child protection under DSA

Online safety matters continue to make headlines in the UK and EU, with Ofcom this week providing an update on its recent enforcement activity under the Online Safety Act (the OSA), and the European Commission (the Commission) launching... Read more

Financial institutions, are you ready! Preparing for stablecoins

Some traditional financial institutions (tradfi) are developing digital assets strategies, while others have been waiting to see how use cases for these assets emerge. That is now changing fast. The US GENIUS Act, enacted in July 2025, will... Read more

Copyright infringement risks in training Generative AI

The launch of ChatGPT in 2022 sparked a surge in both the popularity of, and investment in, generative AI technologies.  Fast forward three years and, as the technology has advanced, so too has the sophistication of the debate surrounding its... Read more

Ticketmaster changes pricing practices following CMA investigation

On 25 September 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that Ticketmaster has agreed to legally binding undertakings designed to improve transparency in its ticket sales processes. The undertakings stem from the CMA’s... Read more

CMA clarifies expectations on consumer reviews, but uncertainties remain

Since the key consumer protection aspects of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) came into force in April, there has been a lot of focus on the new prohibitions relating to fake consumer reviews. With a recent report... Read more