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.@iconews 2023-24 info shows not only very low #dataprotection enforcement but also troubling inconsistencies regarding number of UK #GDPR criminal law actions, enforcement notices, monetary penalties & #ePrivacy complaints. Greater oversight is needed inforrm.org/2024/12/07/doe… 1/7

New paper by @rdbinns and myself on why genAI hallucinates and its implications in terms of libel and data protection is now strangely relevant after David Mayer-gate 🤣 where individuals may or may have used law to remove themselves fromChatGPT arxiv.org/abs/2412.06356

Yay for the ICO actually having a spine on this

And so it begins. #OnlineSafetyAct compliance about to hit the 24,950 in-scope UK providers who aren't big tech, dont run on algorithms, and whose existence was ignored by the Parliamentarians who rammed this legislation through.

The second draft of the EU's code of practice for general-purpose AI models is out now. It's twice as long as the first one and contains KPIs for each compliance measure. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/sec…

I highly recommend this article by Pamela Samuelson for the UCLA Law Review: "Fair Use Defenses in Disruptive Technology Cases". It provides an excellent background of previous fair use technology cases which may be relevant to the ongoing AI litigation. uclalawreview.org/fair-use-defen…

Just Published! Dr Marisa McVey @MarisaMcV, along with co-authors Dr Edina Harbinja Dr Edina Harbinja (Aston), & Prof Lilian Edwards Lilian Edwards (Newcastle) have published the first empirical study on digital legacy & post-mortem privacy in the UK, exploring experiences, practices &

There is still time to join us @bileta #bileta2025 in London! Abstract deadline extended to 20 Jan! x.com/bileta/status/…

.ICO - Information Commissioner's Office inconsistencies & very poor UK #GDPR enforcement track-record highlight need for it to be subject to much greater accountability by Lords Communications and Digital Committee, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. EHRC etc. Annual Report should be rectified & its #FOI processes improved. See inforrm.org/2024/12/07/doe… 5/5

In case of interest Eoin O'Dell Dr Edina Harbinja Chris Pounder Inforrm @[email protected] Jon Baines Lilian Edwards Liberty noyb michael veale Open Rights Group Privacy Matters  Gavin Phillipson Robert Bateman Jen Persson🌻 x.com/DavidErdos/sta…

David Erdos Eoin O'Dell Dr Edina Harbinja Chris Pounder Inforrm @[email protected] Lilian Edwards Liberty noyb michael veale Open Rights Group Privacy Matters  Gavin Phillipson Robert Bateman Jen Persson🌻 Thanks David, and similar data accuracy/governance issues go to the legality of responses to some FOI requests made to the ICO - see informationrightsandwrongs.com/2024/07/12/unr…

In case of interest Eoin O'Dell Dr Edina Harbinja Inforrm @[email protected] Open Rights Group Privacy Matters  x.com/DavidErdos/sta…

bbc.com/travel/article… I would only add to this that you can run into these beautiful creatures even at Mt Terebevic, which overlooks Sarajevo.

🚨 New Paper Alert! Our (Dr Edina Harbinja, Lilian Edwards and myself) paper, 'Digital remains and post-mortem privacy in the UK: what do users want?' has been published by The International Review of Law, Computers & Technology. 🧵 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out our paper on the UK users perceptions of #postmortemprivacy #digitalremains #digitallegacy published in IRLCT! It's a first UK large scale, academic quantitative study in the area. x.com/TlMrs/status/1…

Sometime in the next 10 days or so Ofcom are due to issue a new #OnlineSafetyAct consultation. It is likely to be the most controversial yet, wading further into the perilous waters of mandatory automated content moderation and proactive content filtering. Keep your eyes peeled.

It’s true that my fellow students are embracing AI – but this is what the critics aren’t seeing | Elsie McDowell theguardian.com/commentisfree/…