While the sale of marketing lists is generally prohibited, as retail insolvencies increase Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants analyse the Information Commissioner’s laissez-faire approach to the purchase and use of the CRM databases of companies in administration and consider the opportunity this offers to administrators and potential purchasers of distressed businesses by reference to the recent case studies of Tesco’s purchase of Paperchase’s assets and the sale of The Body Shop’s assets.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s consultants analyse the Government’s response to its consultation on the White Paper ‘A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation’, published on 06 February 2024, and its implications for AI developers and UK creators, business and the public, identifying the steps the Government has committed to take.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s consultants consider the new Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, which would establish the AI Authority, impose a requirement to make regulations on AI Responsible Officers (AIROs) and impose notification and compliance obligations in relation to training data.
Read MoreIn Part 2 of our 5 part Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bootcamp, we consider the risks associated with developing artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including to intellectual property rights (IPR), data protection and privacy, cyber security, human rights and the existential risk to humanity. In Part 1 of our AI Bootcamp we considered the terms and concepts needed to understand what AI is and how it works. In Parts 3-4 we will consider the risks of using and even not using AI, while in Part 5 of our AI Bootcamp, we will focus on AI regulation.
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