On October 10, 2024, the European Union officially adopted the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), which introduces cybersecurity obligations for internet-connected hardware and software products offered in the EU (such as...more
11/1/2024
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On April 8, 2024, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) published recommendations on the development phase of artificial intelligence (AI) systems1 (Recommendations). They are the first set of recommendations designed...more
On March 7, 2024, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling on digital advertising and the concepts of personal data and joint controllership under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....more
On December 8, 2023, the EU finally agreed on the world’s first comprehensive legal framework on AI: the AI Act. EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on a series of controversial issues after record-long negotiations....more
On September 21, 2023, the UK Government announced the establishment of the “UK-US data bridge” (the Bridge), also known as the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the DPF). The announcement promises to...more
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted an adequacy decision in relation to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). This paves the way for organizations to certify to the DPF, reducing friction for transfers...more
On January 12, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the data subject’s right of access to personal data requires controllers to provide the data subject with the identity of the companies that...more
2/2/2023
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On March 25, 2022, the U.S. and EU announced that they reached a political agreement in principle on a new "Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework" (the Framework). This would be the third framework for EU-U.S. personal data...more
The EU Parliament and the EU Council recently adopted their respective versions of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA), which intend to create new antitrust-related (DMA) and regulatory (DSA) rules...more
On January 18, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), comprised of all national supervisory authorities (SAs) of the European Union, published draft guidelines for data breach notification (the Guidelines)....more
2/12/2021
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On December 15, 2020, the European Commission (EC) unveiled a set of proposals to regulate digital platforms. The draft laws include antitrust-related requirements, addressed by the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and more general...more
The COVID-19 virus outbreak poses serious challenges to businesses operating globally, including in Europe. In response to the outbreak, governments worldwide are taking increasingly severe measures to fight the pandemic, and...more
3/26/2020
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