The ICO has kicked off 2026 with sharing its early thoughts on the data protection implications of agentic AI in its ICO tech futures: Agentic AI report. The report considers the novel data protection risks presented by agentic AI.
New York’s algorithmic pricing law
On November 10, 2025, New York’s disclosure law on algorithmic pricing went into effect. This post will describe the law, a recent federal court case, and some potential effects, using precise geolocation data as an example.
The law
The law…
Regulators, including FCC, emphasize third party vendor cybersecurity monitoring requirements
Many data breaches occur not at the company that controls or owns the data, but rather at the company’s third-party service providers or vendors. Regulators have noticed and have begun placing emphasis on a company’s obligation to monitor its service…
Happy e-Discovery Day
Happy e-Discovery Day! On December 4, 2025, legal professionals around the globe will unite to celebrate e-Discovery Day, a day where we honor the pivotal 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) that marked a turning point…
UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill – new obligations for the data centre sector
This blog post includes headline points on new obligations for the data centre sector proposed under the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, and existing obligations under the NIS Regulations.
NIS Regulations Keeling Schedule for the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill – changes to the UK’s cyber security law
The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill proposes changes to the UK’s NIS Regulations. Without a ‘Keeling Schedule’ marking up the amendments, these can be difficult to track. We have prepared a mark-up reflecting the proposed changes.
Service provider outages test customer resiliency
On November 18, 2025, companies had another opportunity to test their resiliency when connectivity and security provider Cloudflare had an outage of about four hours, which resulted in several popular websites going offline while others managed to provide some services…
Update: CISA 2015 is reauthorized until January 2026
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) has been temporarily reauthorized as part of the broader legislation passed on November 12, 2025, to reopen the federal government. Under the appropriation legislation, CISA 2015 is now reauthorized until January…
Changes to EU and UK data protection law – a tale of two GDPRs?
The EU Commission recently held a call for evidence on “simplification” of legislation in the data, cybersecurity, and AI space, ahead of a “Digital Omnibus” Act. These changes look to make the EU’s digital rulebook more innovation-friendly, supporting the Commission’s…
California tightens data breach notification timelines, imposes 30-day notice requirement
California recently signed into law Senate Bill No. 446, which amends its data breach notification law, Section 1798.82 of the Civil Code, to require covered companies to notify affected California residents within 30 calendar days of discovery of the data…