Technology

Times of necessity have rocketed innovative practices into daily life a lot sooner than many expected

Data controllers have weaponised consent by using privacy policies written in legalese and dark patterns to hide privacy-protecting options, argues St Andrews PhD student Janis Wong

Brexit marks a turning-point in internet regulation in the UK — future magic circle trainee William Holmes explains why

LSE law student Alicia Lim explains how smart contracts worsen existing power dynamics between contracting parties

Joshua Prior, a law graduate from the University of Exeter, takes a look at the social media giant’s latest venture — Libra

Herbert Smith Freehills trainee solicitor Patrick Todd provides an overview on some of the key issues

Self-learning algorithms, chatbots, magic mirrors and robotic shop assistants — the future of retail is looking smart

Man must still be master of the machine, says Singapore Management University law student Soh Kian Peng

It can be used for much more than making tech-savvy people rich, says Queen Mary law grad Fanny Ferencz

Ex-human rights practitioner Theo Richardson-Gool examines the problems posed by autonomous machines

Imperial physics grad Nishant Prasad explains what an artificial neural network is and what it does

Osborne Clarke’s Mark Taylor helps us to understand the technology behind blockchain, how it’s changing business, and what legal challenges it presents

What happens to your Facebook page after you die? Should someone be able to faceswap a photo of you as a corpse and post it on Snapchat?

Future trainee Wilkie Hollens explores why protecting data matters in an era when it’s ‘increasingly likely’ we’ll begin falling in love with our computers

Womble Bond Dickinson’s data protection team explains the key points of the big legislative change of 2018