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TMT weekly highlights—3 September 2020

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Published on: 03 September 2020

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Table of contents

Data protection
Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online services comes into force
Digital Europe publishes an early analysis of Schrems II
Comment—EU, US Privacy Shield negotiators face tougher task in 2020 than ‘Safe Harbor’ predecessors did four years ago
Reputation management
Published apology not defamatory at common law (Burleigh v Telegraph Media Group Ltd)
Telecommunications
Government guidance to help local authorities explain facts regarding 5G
Media
The legal implications and challenges of deepfakes

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Article summary

This week’s edition of TMT weekly highlights includes: the Age Appropriate Design Code coming into force; analysis of the Schrems II judgment by the trade association Digital Europe; and the judgment in Burleigh v Telegraph Media Group Ltd, where the High Court held that a published apology was not defamatory, but that there was no reason why published apologies per se could not be potentially defamatory.

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