Huge and consequential decision. Congratulations Johnny Ryan for his tireless fight to get to this judgment.

Significant news, after many years of fighting...
This morning the European Court of Justice has ruled that IAB Europe is responsible for 'TCF' consent spam popups the Internet
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🆕 We’ve opened a call for views on a proposed “consent or pay” cookies approach.

This model gives people the choice to access a service by either paying a subscription fee or agreeing to cookies for personalised advertising.

Have your say 👇
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The first Algorithm Governance Roundup of 2024 has been published! We interviewed Matt Davies of Ada Lovelace Institute about the UK’s AI Regulation White Paper.👇

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Mia Leslie (Mia Leslie) of Public Law Project is back with Ravi Naik of AWO & Shauna Concannon of Durham University talking us through effective use of #FreedomOfInformation Act requests, engaging with the ICO - Information Commissioner's Office & using technology to gather evidence & test results.

Don't miss out! We are about to sell out our event with our @ravina1k and Brick Court Chambers and UCL Faculty of Laws on 18 Jan 2024. Exploring how automated systems will be dealt with by courts. Keynote from Sir Richard Aikens, followed by a panel discussion. RSVP here: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20….

Excited for our event with Brick Court Chambers and UCL Faculty of Laws (via Michael Veale @[email protected]) on 18 Jan 2024. We will explore how automated systems will be dealt with by courts. Keynote from Sir Richard Aikens, followed by a panel discussion. Details & RSVP here: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

Coming reluctantly out of Twitter holiday (literally - crocodiles and stingrays!) in case anyone has not noticed the new AI Regulation Bill that seems to have suddenly appeared. bills.parliament.uk/publications/5…
A (less short than I hoped) thread:

New report: how data about Europe's political leaders, judges, and military personnel flow to foreign states and non-state actors.
RTB's security problem is a national security problem. iccl.ie/digital-data/e…

💥 NEWS: Government apologises after “counter disinformation” unit *spread misinformation about journalist* to UK and US governments

💥 Govt admit it was unlawful, “inaccurate and not impartial”

💥 the secret report was even sent to counter-terror officials in the US 😱

Very proud for AWO and in particular my colleague Ravi Naik to be listed in the Chambers ranking of UK lawfirms after such a short period of time chambers.com/department/awo…

Today the Court of Justice is hearing arguments in the IAB Europe case (C-604/22), which can set a significant precedent for the online ad-tech ecosystem. AWO wrote about the importance of the initial Belgian DPA decision here in March 2022 awo.agency/blog/the-tcf-d…

The actual news missing from this non-news story is Facewatch HAD to recruit super recognisers to check facial recognition matches because of our legal complaint to the ICO which found them in breach of privacy law... Matt Dathan

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Our legal director Ravi Naik has been in New York participating in workshops supporting the Council for a Fair Data Future, hosted by the Aspen Institute and Aspen Digital.

We will be at the High Court in Dublin next week (Thurs & Fri) against the Irish Data Protection Commission for its 5 year refusal to investigate the biggest data breach ever recorded: Google’s “Real-Time Bidding” online advertising system.
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Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈

🚨Just released: Our analysis for Ada Lovelace Institute on the UK’s current legal regime, testing how effective it is at protecting individuals from harms caused by the use of AI tools. Do read and share. Feedback gratefully received! awo.agency/blog/awo-analy…

Come and join me, Alex Lawrence-Archer and the Ada Lovelace Institute team discussing the regulation of AI in the UK. We AWO have been instructed by the Ada team to put together a legal opinion on the matter which we will be publishing shortly!

Register for the webinar launch of Ada Lovelace Institute forthcoming policy briefing on Regulating AI in the UK alongside independent legal analysis from AWO. 10:30am – 11:30am, 18 July 2023 (BST) adalovelaceinstitute.org/event/regulati…

Who knows where the AI hyperbole will go today? I wrote this yesterday about how technology firms are really very good at manipulating politicians, and why understanding power is vital for cutting through the hype rachelcoldicutt.medium.com/on-understandi…

Announcing our ⭐️algorithm governance services⭐️

To celebrate we’re offering free audits, assessments or strategic advisory.

Three applicants undertaking public interest work will receive services up to the value of €5k. Email [email protected] to apply, deadline 30th June