UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022—Part 1 consumer IoT security: scope, operator duties, exemptions, enforcement, key dates and Security Requirements Regulations 2023

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Practice notes

PSTIA 2022

PSTIA 2022 is a two-part statute shaped over several years, drawing chiefly on the government’s 2018 Code of Practice for consumer internet of things security (the Code) and the Electronic Communications Code (see below). It was introduced with two declared policy goals:

to enhance digital connectivity and stimulate UK economic growth by removing barriers to deploying essential infrastructure
to strengthen the security of consumer connectable or Internet of Things (IoT) products

This Practice Note focuses primarily on PSTIA 2022, Pt 1 (PSTIA 2022, ss 1–56), which addresses product safety alongside IoT security. PSTIA 2022, Pt 2 relates to telecommunications infrastructure and is touched on only briefly here to set the legislation in context.

The Act applies to ‘relevant connectable products’ (see below), also described as IoT products or devices. While IoT has no formal legal definition, the term is commonly used to denote a matrix of devices interconnected because they contain sensors, software or other technologies enabling them to connect, communicate and share data with one another. Increasingly prevalent, it spans technology ranging from mobile phones and tablets through to smart...

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Sarah-Jane Dobson

Ashurst

Sarah-Jane Dobson is the global head of Product liability and Product Regulatory Risk (safety and regulatory compliance) at Ashurst, where she is a Partner in London. She specialises in regulatory, litigious and policy matters across the full product lifecycle in product safety, compliance and liability, and in consumer litigation. She has extensive experience defending corporate clients in high-stakes litigation (including in high-profile class actions), regulatory enforcement actions, inquests, public inquiries and judicial reviews, and she acts on regulatory compliance, advertising issues, global product recalls and corrective actions. Sarah-Jane’s degree in science makes her particularly well-placed to navigate clients’ highly technical product matters. Her dual legal qualification in England and Wales and Australia, her international experience and her language skills make her particularly adept at multi-jurisdictional and multi-lingual matters. She is leadership roles in prominent industry organisations, including a Board of Director and Chair of...

Thomas Panter

Ashurst

Thomas is a senior associate in the Product Liability and Regulatory Risk practice of the Disputes, Investigations and Advisory division. He has a broad practice covering general commercial, civil litigation (including group/class actions), consumer law, regulatory compliance and investigations. He has acted for a diverse range of corporate clients, including within the technology, E-commerce, consumer goods, food, tobacco, life sciences, industrial and automotive industries. Thomas' work has an international focus and touches upon the full product lifecycle, including product launches, ongoing regulatory compliance including advertising issues, enforcement proceedings, supply-chain disputes, environmental matters, product recalls and litigation, including group/class actions. He has worked on matters of the highest complexity including multi-jurisdiction issues with the largest spanning more than 190 jurisdictions and some of the most significant group ("or class") action disputes in Europe, including the "Dieselgate" litigation before the English...

Miran Bahra

Ashurst

Miran is an international products lawyer specialising in product safety, compliance and liability matters. Her work spans across a number of sectors including cosmetics, consumer goods, food and beverages, life sciences, industrial and automotive products. She has experience in dealing with regulatory matters with a multi-jurisdictional element across the full product lifecycle including product launches, ongoing regulatory compliance, due diligence, advertising and marketing, recalls and coordinating corrective actions. Miran also assists in complex litigation, including high-profile group and mass tort claims....

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