Tag Archives: legislation

A bill to regulate the use of algorithms and automated decision making by public authorities has been proposed by the House of Lords. Lord Clement-Jones is behind the fledgling bill. He is co-founded and shares the chair of the ‘All party parliamentary group on AI’, is the former chair of the Lords Select Committee on AI, and is the author ...

The Government is planning to boost the legal status of digital identities to make them “as widely recognised as driver’s licences and bank statements”, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which is seeking “Easily recognised trust-marks to be issued for digital identity products to build public confidence.” Such digital identities will allow people to “easily and ...

The British Standards Institution has published its the first taxonomy for specifying the operational design domain of automated driving systems. ‘PAS 1883 Operational design domain (ODD) taxonomy for automated driving systems (ADS)’ is a specification intended to help enable safe automated driving by defining a common language for describing the operating conditions, such type of roads, traffic and weather, an automated vehicle ...

The UK’s largest mobile operator formed with the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, Everything Everywhere (E2), is to drop legal action that threatened government plans to improve UK digital infrastructure. In August, E2 threatened legal action over the government’s proposed auction of next generation wireless spectrum, aimed at ensuring all mobile operators have sufficient radio spectrum to meet consumer demand ...

As we continue to look ahead to the new year, here is our suggestion for five pieces of legislation to watch in 2009. It is provided by Gary Nevison, Farnell's spokesman on legislation affecting the electronics industry.

This week Dr RoHS answers a question on sub-assemblies that don't contain any electronics

This week the subject of high voltage exemptions is raised

This week we're asked about exemptions for end-of-life parts, but it's not that easy

Repairs of boards through their lifetime, before and after July 1, 2006, are OK with leaded solder, but what about using lead-free solders?

This week a question on the possible alternatives to using a high copper content solder when making transformers