China’s new personal information privacy law (PIPL) becomes effective on 1 November 2021. It significantly alters the regional and global privacy landscape, and its significance will likely be more apparent after having read this article.
With more employees working from home amid the coronavirus pandemic, the rise in email and cyber fraud scams has been appalling. Civil court proceedings can often assist victims in tracing and recovering their wrongfully stolen funds. However, these proceedings are highly time-sensitive, and email scam victims should pay close attention to the following legal issues in deciding the appropriate course of action.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has recently announced proposals for a number of measures intended to improve security within digital supply chains, and is inviting views from industry stakeholders until 11 July 2021.
This article is written by Mark Weston, head of Commercial, Technology, Media and Telecommunications and Intellectual Property in Hill Dickinson’s London office.
Historically, cyber-attacks have traditionally focused on attempts to obtain personal or financially sensitive data. However, by their very nature, cyber threats are opportunistic, and so present constantly shifting challenges.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19, there has been a drastic increase in cyber fraud cases involving email wire fraud scams and phone scams around the world. Such risk of cyber fraud has been further increased when office workers are working from home where hackers are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic by sending fraudulent emails and WhatsApp messages to induce victims into clicking malicious links or opening attachments.
Esports is in a period of rapid growth. As the level of interest, engagement and revenue in esports continues to rise, we can expect to see a greater number of disputes arising.
In a recent Commercial Court decision (AA –v- Persons Unknown [2019] EWHC 3556 (comm)), the status of cryptocurrencies was considered. The case concerned a private application for an injunction by a UK firm who insured a Canadian insurance company against four defendants (two persons unknown and two entities trading as a cryptocurrency exchange called Bitfinex). The application arose as a result of a successful attack by cyber-criminals who were able to encrypt the Canadian insurance company’s files. The hackers demanded a ransom payment in the form of Bitcoin equivalent to $950,000 in exchange for the software needed to decrypt the files.
CPR 6.16 provides that the court may dispense with the requirement of service of the claim form in ‘exceptional circumstances’. The case of Lonestar Communications Corp LLC -v- Marziano & Ors [2019] EWHC 2008 (Comm) elucidates the meaning of exceptional’ after the claimant successfully obtained an order to dispense with service after producing evidence of its previous attempts to affect service through conventional and unconventional routes.
Cyber Security remains one of the key issues facing the maritime sector and will be addressed by a number of international experts and thought leaders at the Hill Dickinson Cyber Security, Blockchain and Medicinal Cannabis event at LISW19 (London International Shipping Week 2019) on 10 September 2019. The event will also provide a high-level insight into how blockchain is playing an increasing role in the maritime sector and the particular challenges, both legal and insurance related, concerning the carriage of medicinal cannabis.
The GDPR regulations offer greater rights to data subjects and more reporting requirements for companies that transact with and collect data from EU customers and suppliers. Under GDPR, there will be joint and several liabilities on both data controllers and data processors.
