12 December 2019
The USA is investigating social media app TikTok – what does this mean for social media platforms & transparency?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/the-usa-is-investigating-social-media-app-tiktok

The US has just recently launched a national security review into the acquisition of US social media app, Musical.ly by the China-based owner ByteDance. ByteDance purchased the popular lip-syncing app for $1 billion ...

16 February 2021
Bird & Bird grows its Advertising team in London with the appointment of Adtech specialist Alex Dixie as a partner
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2021/uk/bird-and-bird-grows-its-advertising-team-in-london-with-the-appointment-of-adtech-specialist

International law firm Bird & Bird grows its top tier Media, Entertainment and Sports sector group with the appointment of Alex Dixie, as a partner in London. The continued phenomenal growth of digital advertising is ...

13 November 2020
Aven v Orbis: blurring the lines between defamation and data protection claims
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/aven-v-orbis-blurring-the-lines-between-defamation-and-data

Aven v Orbis… for anyone who’s finished Netflix and turned their attention instead to watching the High Court’s Media & Communications List like a hawk, this case may already be familiar to you

10 August 2020
Footballers to sue over use of their playing data
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/footballers-to-sue-over-use-of-their-playing-data

In what could turn out to be an important case for the sports industry on the use of sporting data relating to individual players, a group of over 400 current and former football players are reported to have joined a ...

02 March 2021
Podcast: Open data – what can we learn from open source software?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/open-data-what-can-we-learn-from-open-source-software

Miriam Ballhausen (Counsel, Germany) and Toby Bond (Senior Associate, UK) share their thoughts on the nature of open data, the developments they’re seeing in the marketplace for open data and how organisations can ...

06 April 2020
Tightening the enforcement belt – the Special Advisors, Self preferencing, Google Shopping and the General Court
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/tightening-the-enforcement-belt

The Commission is testing the fitness of the competition regime, we assess the merits of its approach by reference to Google Shopping and the appeal which will be determinative.

29 November 2019
Ester Vidal responde sobre cookies y privacidad en Onda Cero
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/spain/191129-ester-vidal-responde-sobre-cookies-y-privacidad-en-onda-cero

Ester Vidal, Senior Associate del equipo de Privacidad y Protección de Datos de Bird & Bird, ha sido entrevistada en el programa La Ciutat de Onda Cero Cataluña para responder a las preguntas más frecuentes sobre ...

27 January 2020
Information Commissioner publishes Age Appropriate Design Code
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/icos-publishes-age-appropriate-design-code

On 22nd January 2020, the UK Information Commissioner published her Age Appropriate Design Code. The code applies to organisations in the UK. It also applies on a worldwide basis to organisations that monitor kids in ...

12 June 2019
EU Regulatory Initiatives and Competition Policy in the Digital Era: What has been completed and what to expect in the next mandate
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/eu-regulatory-initiatives-and-competition-policy-in-the-digital-era

This International Bar Association paper prepared under the leadership of Bird & Bird experts Hein Hobbelen, Francine Cunningham & Baptist Vleeshouwers, takes stock of EU Digital Single Market initiatives and ...

27 March 2018
European Commission update: What will Brexit mean for Digital Service Providers?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/what-will-brexit-mean-for-digital-service-providers

On 12 March 2018, the European Commission published a Notice to Stakeholders clarifying the rules that will apply post Brexit in the field of security of network and information systems.