The EU Data Act (the Act), entered into force on January 11, 2024 but most of its provisions will apply from September 12, 2025. For any organization that designs, manufactures, or uses connected products, provides related...more
9/5/2025
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In our previous newsletter, we explained how the new UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUA Act”), which modifies the UK’s data and e-privacy regime, has a phased commencement such that most of the provisions require the...more
9/4/2025
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Over the last few months, organisations have accelerated efforts to engage with the requirements of the EU AI Act as we fast approach the date for when rules relating to general purpose AI models (“GPAI models”) come into...more
7/24/2025
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After multiple attempts by successive governments over the last few years to bring about regulatory changes that would enhance and promote the use of data in the UK, an often heavily debated law has finally arrived in the...more
On May 14, 2025, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") issued a favorable opinion on granting a six-month extension to the existing adequacy decisions for the UK, following a formal proposal from the European...more
6/9/2025
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Large Language Models (“LLMs”) are a subset of artificial intelligence (“AI”) which use a type of machine learning called deep learning in order to understand how characters, words, and sentences function together. The advent...more
The European Commission’s AI Office (the overarching body overseeing enforcement of the EU AI Act) published its AI Continent Action Plan on April 9, 2025 (“Plan”). In this Plan, the European Commission (“EC”) puts forward...more
The first EU & UK AI Round-up, published on 15 January 2025, discussed the important regulatory updates affecting the AI ecosystem in both the EU and the UK that occurred towards the end of 2024. Notably since that update,...more
3/12/2025
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