After a two-and-a-half year investigation, the European Commission has imposed a €997 million fine on Qualcomm for ‘illegally shutting out rivals’ from the market for LTE baseband chipsets using significant payments to an important customer, Apple, in return for exclusivity.

It is hardly surprising that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken an interest in the mobile app market, given that there has been an aggressive expansion into the mobile space by financial services providers. ASIC has recently cracked down on web and mobile based OTC derivative providers, and apps that facilitate binary options trading (BOT apps). In this article, we focus on issues that arise in connection with BOT apps.

Allens knows diversity makes businesses more innovative. We talk to Diane Jurgens, Chief Technology Officer at BHP, about the role that inclusion and diversity play in innovation and transformation, leading to greater productivity and real business value.

The Australian Government has released draft legislation to provide national security and law enforcement agencies with means to access encrypted communications and devices. The draft legislation aims to respond to the increasingly widespread use of encryption by Australian consumers and the challenges this poses for investigative and counter-terrorism activities. The legislation is subject to public consultation until 10 September 2018.

A new law in Vietnam enabling state control of cyber data will have wide-ranging implications for business costs and compliance. The powers it gives to the Government are extensive, and its coverage is unprecedented. Partner Linh Bui and Associates Hien Nguyen and Khanh Nguyen report on the key issues.

The Federal Government’s response to the Productivity Commission’s report on data availability and use, released this week, outlines a bold vision but has a surprising lack of detail, suggesting implementation is likely to be some way off. If legislation is introduced, the new regime will result in a fundamental change to the way Australian consumers, businesses and government agencies interact with and think about data. Partner Gavin Smith, Senior Associate Jessica Selby and Lawyer Claudia Hall predict the key impacts.

We recently had the privilege of catching up with Prof. Joseph Cannataci, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, to discuss the UN’s Big Data – Open Data consultation process. Watch the video for his insights on the rapidly changing global privacy landscape.