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The UK Government has published not one, but two consultations on proposals to reform the UK competition and consumer law regimes. These include the Government's proposals for the new pro-competition regime for digital markets to be enforced by the Digital Markets Unit in the Competition and Markets Authority.

Due to an increasing number of devices becoming "smart", the use of consumer IoT products such as voice assistants (e.g. Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa) have become prevalent, prompting concerns around competition and market dominance of leading providers. Initial findings from the European Commission's sector inquiry report reveals certain practices that could potentially distort competition and prevent consumers from realising the full benefits of the IoT market.

The emergency directive (ED) issued on Tuesday 2nd March by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), indicating that Microsoft's Exchange Server application had suffered a significant data breach, serves to highlight the importance of continued and vigilant cyber security systems within businesses.

Understand and address the risk of a ransomware attack. Learn how to prevent and prepare for ransomware attacks, what to do if and when a company is the victim of such an attack, important legal considerations from different key jurisdictions, and how Clifford Chance can help.

The recent (and sizeable) GDPR fines on Ticketmaster, British Airways and Marriott: What they tell us about cyber readiness strategies that can be deployed before, during and after a cyber incident?

The Schrems II ruling means that personal data can no longer be lawfully transferred to the US under the EU-US Privacy Shield programme. What are the alternatives when transferring data to countries outside the EU?