Federation Against Software Theft

In this bulletin will look back at this summer’s developments in the legal sphere. We’ll revisit the latest legislative updates in the UK, on (a) the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill and (b) the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. We also explore the recent Wikimedia judgment, various Codes of Practice published by the UK Government, and consider the consultation on enterprise connected devices. Finally, we consider the recent prevalence of cyber-attacks in the UK, along with the CMA’s accusations towards Microsoft and Amazon on cloud competition.

In this bulletin, we will explore the latest legislative updates in the UK in the form of the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, and we will provide a progress update on the Data Use and Access Bill which we covered in our last edition.

In this bulletin we delve into a variety of topics, including the outcome of the King’s Speech in the form of two new bills: the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, and the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill. This issue also covers recent cyber incidents, including the high-profile CrowdStrike outage and the cyberattack against the NHS. Finally, we turn to a recurring focus of these updates, namely developments in the artificial intelligence space; we consider potential action that may take place following DSIT’s call for evidence and the EU AI Act now having entered into force.

In this bulletin we delve into a variety of topics, including the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Parker-Grennan v Camelot UK Lotteries Limited, the perils of generative AI in the court room and the disruption of LockBit, a well-known ransomware enterprise. Also discussed are what the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (‘DPDI Bill’) might mean for the UK and its future ‘adequacy’ in an EU data protection context. Finally we turn to the government’s response to a call for views on software risks for businesses and organisations.