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How to train your GPAI model: a first look at the EU’s data summary requirements
The European AI Office has recently unveiled its preliminary proposals on the template for the summary of training data that general-purpose AI (“GPAI”) model providers will be required to publish under the EU AI Act. While at first glance the template ...
Blurring the “big picture”: latest decision in Getty v Stability AI highlights challenges in complex representative claims
As we enter 2025, buzz around AI (and generative AI in particular) shows no signs of slowing down. As a result, Getty v Stability AI is being followed with great interest in the UK as a key test case for how IP infringement claims against use of unlicense...
Navigating Türkiye's Updated International Data Transfer Rules: What You Need to Know
In 2024, Türkiye introduced significant updates to its international data transfer rules, aligning them more closely with the GDPR. Following this legislative update, Türkiye’s data protection authority (KVKK) published SCC-like clauses and an application...
The benefit of PETs (and pseudonymisation): new UK and EU guidance
Eighteen months on from the UK Information Commissioner, John Edwards, calling for all organisations sharing large volumes of data to consider using “privacy enhancing technologies” (PETs) (explained in this blog), regulatory focus on this area is increas...
Joint ventures and the top-up taxes: does HMRC's draft guidance bring clarity?
HMRC published supplementary draft guidance on the Multinational Top-up Tax (MTT) and Domestic Top-up Tax (DTT) covering, among other things, joint ventures (JVs). Initial draft guidance in relation to the UK’s implementation of the OECD’s global minimum ...
UK Pro-Growth Agenda: ICO puts forward ideas
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published its letter (ICO Letter) in response to the UK Government’s request of 24 December 2024 that the UK’s main regulators set out their ideas for reform that could boost economic growth. Whilst the Gove...
Europe's Decision on Bizkaia's Withholding Tax: Key Implications for International Investments
On 19 December 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a significant decision in the case of Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd v. Diputación Foral de Bizkaia. The CJEU's ruling on Bizkaia's withholding tax system highlights ...
Cookies: The heat is on….
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is continuing to focus on cookies and other tracking technologies with the publication of guidance and related regulatory action. In late December, the ICO released an updated version of its guidance on cooki...
Can you get tax deductions for payments in lieu of penalties? The UK Court of Appeal says YES!
UK regulators had investigated failings by several energy providers. The investigations were settled with the imposition of nominal £1 penalties and redress payments totalling around £28 million. The nominal penalties were non-deductible for corporation t...
EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act applies today
The EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act, or ‘DORA’, which contains new EU rules concerning the provision of information and communication technology (ICT) services to regulated financial institutions, applies from today, 17 January 2025. DORA respond...