On October 10, 2024, the EU Cyber Resilience Act ("CRA") was adopted by the Council of the European Union....more
On October 3, 2023, the European Commission ("Commission") unveiled a list of 10 technology areas qualified as "critical" to the European Union's ("EU") economic security, out of which four (Semiconductors, AI, Quantum...more
10/17/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Biotechnology ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Economic Reform ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Controls ,
Risk Assessment ,
Semiconductors
Across multiple continents and industries, artificial intelligence ("AI") is a topic of intense focus by governments, research institutions, investors, and corporations—from start-ups to well-established industry players. As...more
The Council of the European Union ("EU") adopted a new Directive to strengthen cybersecurity and resilience across the Union. -
Following the European Parliament's approval on November 10, 2022, the Council of the European...more
On September 28, 2022, the European Commission published two proposals—the Revised Product Liability Directive and the AI Liability Directive—aimed at adapting liability rules to the green and digital transition within the...more
On September 15, 2022, the European Commission ("EU") published a proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act, the first EU-wide legislation introducing a single set of cybersecurity rules for hardware and software products placed in...more
The Development: The European Commission ("EC") recently released two long-awaited legislative proposals, the Digital Services Act ("DSA") and Digital Markets Act ("DMA"), that would significantly increase the EC's regulatory...more
The Situation: On October 6, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") held that the national security laws of the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium, which each require that providers of electronic...more
11/6/2020
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Data Security ,
e-Privacy Directive ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
International Data Transfers ,
Location Data ,
Member State ,
National Security ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
This week, the European Commission published white papers detailing its strategies regarding the use of data and artificial intelligence ("AI"). Several additional reports accompany the white papers and cover topics such as...more
The Situation: On September 5, 2018, Belgium published two laws that implement the Belgian requirements under Regulation 21016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR").
The Details: The two laws include the Law...more
On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more
3/15/2017
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Advertising ,
Argentina ,
Australia ,
Banks ,
Belgium ,
Big Data ,
Canada ,
China ,
Class Action ,
Colombia ,
Connected Items ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) ,
Credit Cards ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Databases ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Email Policies ,
ENISA ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Breach Notification Standard ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinTech ,
France ,
Fraud ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hong Kong ,
Information Sharing ,
International Data Transfers ,
Investigatory Powers Act 2016 ,
Italy ,
Japan ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
Netherlands ,
NIST ,
NYDFS ,
OCIE ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Singapore ,
Spain ,
Spokeo ,
Standing ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Swiss Privacy Shield ,
Switzerland ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
UK ,
V2V ,
Web Tracking