Legislation and Regulation

The UK's data protection watchdog has fined facial recognition company Clearview AI £7.5m for illegally collecting images for facial recognition.

Bill intends to overhaul GDPR, while big tech regulation kicked into the long grass

The Digital Markets Act aims to tackle anticompetitive practices and make it easier for small and mid-sized firms to enter markets dominated by tech giants.

The threat of billion-dollar fines aimed at Big Tech is intended to promote competition and innovation from smaller players

Plans to grant CMA new statutory powers likely to be ditched

By restricting access to the NFC chip on its iOS devices Apple reduces consumer choice, the bloc says

New measures aim to overhaul how big tech firms conduct business in Europe

In order for British and European tech companies to compete against US tech giants, we need a digital infrastructure that is committed to neutrality

But there is no plan to introduce mandatory ID cards, DCMS says