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In the first instalment of our construction x technology series, we explore the potential of integrating AI with Building Information Modelling (BIM) to revolutionise the construction industry. BIM ha...
Author(s): Steph Fulton, Kim Rosenberg
The recently enacted Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) introduces new powers with far-reaching implications. This blog focuses on the potential impact on crypto-related crim...
Author(s): Emma Probyn, Christine Simpson, Laura Feldman, Usama Khalab
This week Freshfields published an annual review of the top trends we expect to impact the data landscape in 2024 and beyond. They have been identified by international specialists from across our glo...
Author(s): Christine Lyon, Giles Pratt, Christoph Werkmeister
Data privacy litigation landscape Non-material damages claims based on (alleged) violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are increasingly being brought before courts across the Eu...
Author(s): Martin Mekat, Christoph Werkmeister, Dawid Ligocki, Christian Sosna
Recently, the legislative bodies of the EU reached a provisional agreement on a new ‘Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data’, the Data Act. On 9 November 2024, the final vers...
Author(s): Philipp Sebulke, Lutz Riede, Theresa Ehlen
The EU’s approach to AI and liability: a broadening of legislation? The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) recently addressed the data protection implications of two legislative proposals for ...
Author(s): Christoph Werkmeister, Enrico Castellani, Giuseppe Curtò, Laura Bellezza
The proliferation of digital solutions for delivering financial products and services - through mobile applications, online platforms, and other tools - has in recent years fundamentally changed the c...
Author(s): Lauren Moorin, David Sewell, Christopher Bernard, Christine Lyon, Janina Heinz, Daniel von Bülow, Matthew O'Callaghan, Kenneth Hui, Crystal Cheung, Brock Dahl
Drawing a clear distinction between portability and the right of access under GDPR has proved to be an outstanding and unresolved issue. In a nutshell, Article 15 GDPR grants data subjects the right t...
Author(s): Giuseppe Curtò, Federico Cazzaniga