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Key takeaways for cloud, SaaS, edge and other digital service providers - Introduction - On September 12, 2025, sweeping new rules under the EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) will become applicable, introducing...more
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
In the rapidly evolving landscape of European tech regulation, the Data Act introduces changes with the potential to reshape established market dynamics, presenting significant challenges and opportunities for affected...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its final guide on outsourcing cloud services, following from a July 2024 consultation. Feedback on the consultation is set out in an accompanying feedback statement. The guide...more
The EU is advancing toward its Digital Decade goal of digital transformation by 2030, which includes at least 75% of EU business using cloud-edge technologies for their activities. Meanwhile, one of the cornerstone...more
NIS2 (Network and Information Systems Directive 2) is the updated version of the NIS Directive, which the EU first introduced in 2016. The original NIS Directive aimed to enhance cybersecurity across member states by...more
The EU is in the course of passing a range of new cyber security legislation which will apply to US businesses who provide services in the EU. One part of that legislative programme is the new Network and Information Security...more
The deadline is fast approaching for in-scope financial entities and their ICT service providers to conform to the EU’s new digital operational resilience regulation. With effect from 17 January 2025, a broad range of EU...more
The European Union Cloud Services Scheme (“EUCS”) is a certification framework for cloud services introduced under the EU Cybersecurity Act. Currently still under consultation, the EUCS, once finalised, will be implemented by...more
Editor’s Note: In this insightful discussion between John Wilson, Chief Information Security Officer and President of Forensics at HaystackID, and Rene Novoa, Director of Forensics at HaystackID, we delve into the intricate...more
The EU’s DSA, which regulates online intermediaries and platforms in digital space, came into effect in February 2024. The purpose of the DSA is to make the online environment safer, fairer, and more transparent by imposing...more
In this episode, Thomas Nietsch, a partner in our Berlin office, sits down with Jelena Kljujic (Privacy Officer at Cisco, EMEA) and Gabriela Mercuri (Managing Director at Scope Europe) to discuss strategies for ensuring...more
The announcement in 2021 of the intention to implement new rules directly targeting the types of tech service provider relied on by most financial institutions may be a necessary corrective given the heavy market...more
A recent draft of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity’s (ENISA’s) European Union Cybersecurity Certification Scheme on Cloud Services (EUCS) reveals what requirements are currently being considered (and what requirements have...more
On November 9, 2023, the European Parliament adopted the EU Data Act, a new regulation providing harmonized rules on access to data, switching cloud providers and interoperability requirements across the EU. It is widely...more
The UK communications regulator and concurrent competition authority, Ofcom, announced on April 5 its proposal to refer the UK cloud services market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for further investigation....more
The German Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe (OLG Karlsruhe) recently repealed the July 13, 2022, decision of the Procurement Chamber of the German state of Baden-Württemberg that had argued that the mere risk of access to...more
The decision of the Procurement Chamber of Baden-Württemberg was annulled by the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe in its legally binding decision on September 9, 2022. In contrast to the approach chosen by the Procurement...more
Analysis of the Baden-Württemberg Procurement Chamber on the admissibility of the use of IT services by European subsidiaries of U.S. cloud providers I. Background In its recently published decision (12 July 2022), a...more
On 8 June 2022, HM Treasury published its policy statement, outlining a proposal to regulate third parties to financial services and financial market infrastructure firms (“Firms”). This proposal comes shortly after the EU,...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) Final Report Guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (“the Guidelines”) came into force on 31 July 2021 and apply to all cloud outsourcing arrangements...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the two linked trends of financial institutions transferring their IT infrastructure to the cloud and selling their self-owned data centres in order to lease back only the reduced space...more
The European Cloud User Coalition (ECUC) published a paper (the Position Paper) on May 17 recommending, among other matters, the adoption of “model clauses” for the long-term compliant use of cloud technologies....more
An interest group of EU banks that was formed to assist European financial institutions with their use of public cloud technology recently suggested model terms for the compliant use of cloud technology. On May 17, 2021,...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on May 10 published final guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (ESMA Guidelines) to help firms and competent authorities identify, address, and monitor the...more