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EMEA - Data Privacy, Digital and AI Round Up - July 2025

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As we pass the mid-point of 2025, it’s a good time to review the important developments we have seen in the first 6 months of this year, particularly reforms to the UK’s data protection laws, the EU’s pathway to...more

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AI and GDPR: A Road Map to Compliance by Design - Episode 5: Using AI

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The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability offers significant growth opportunities for businesses. However, it necessitates a robust governance framework to ensure compliance with regulatory...more

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AI and GDPR: A Road Map to Compliance by Design - Episode 3: The Design Phase

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The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability offers significant growth opportunities for businesses. However, it necessitates a robust governance framework to ensure compliance with regulatory...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

EU Initiates Renewal of UK Adequacy Decision Following the UK's Adoption of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

EU Launches UK Adequacy Decision Renewal Process - On 22 July 2025, the European Commission announced that it had launched the process to renew the adequacy decision for the United Kingdom (UK) and confirmed that the UK’s...more

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AI and GDPR: A Road Map to Compliance by Design - Episode 2: The Design Phase

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The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability offers significant growth opportunities for businesses. However, it necessitates a robust governance framework to ensure compliance with regulatory...more

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Cambodia moves to enact comprehensive data privacy law

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On July 23, 2025, Cambodia released a draft of its first ever comprehensive personal data protection law, the Law on Personal Data Protection (“LPDP”). Once passed, Cambodia will join the ranks of seven other countries...more

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AI and GDPR: A Road Map to Compliance by Design - Episode 1: The Planning Phase

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The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability offers significant growth opportunities for businesses. However, it necessitates a robust governance framework to ensure compliance with regulatory...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Adequacy Holds Firm Under New Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

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The DUAA introduces several reforms to UK data protection law, but their implications are relatively limited in practice. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the DUAA) was enacted on 19 June 2025 and amends rather than...more

King & Spalding

EU & UK AI Round-up – July 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

Fisher Phillips

Workday Ruling: How Europe’s Top Courts Raised the Bar for Employee Data Protection

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Cloud-based HR systems have become standard for multinational businesses, driving efficiency but also increasing compliance and privacy risks. Indeed, a recent Workday case, which originated in Germany, has clarified the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

From Data to Decisions: Navigating Privacy and Litigation Risks in the AI Era

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While many systems that are described as AI have been around for decades (e.g., internet search engines), today’s AI tools are much more powerful and are widely accessible. Generative AI and agentic AI extend the power of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Something Is Better Than Nothing: UK and EU GDPR Reform Finally Arrives

In recent weeks, the EU and UK have both introduced changes to their respective versions of Europe’s landmark privacy legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These reforms mark the first substantial...more

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DSARs in 2025: Stay Ahead of Regulations

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As data protection regulations evolve and employee rights awareness grows, organisations are seeing a significant uptick in Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs). Pursuant to Article 15 of the UK and EU General Data Protection...more

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Customer Data Privacy: Why It’s Important and How to Protect It

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Data privacy regulations aren’t known for being light reading. That doesn’t make it easy for businesses to become compliant. When one law refers to data subjects, another to residents, another to consumers, and another...more

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UK Data Protection Regulator Fines 23andMe ~$3.1 Million Following Credential Stuffing Attack

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On June 5, 2025, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined 23andMe £2.31 million (~$3.1 million). The fine was for failing to implement adequate security measures to protect the personal data of over 155,000 UK...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

What ICO guidance on anonymisation means for health and life sciences companies

What new guidance on anonymisation from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) means for healthcare and life sciences companies....more

DLA Piper

Spain: Spanish Data Protection Authority Publishes Annual Report

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The Spanish Data Protection Authority (“AEPD“) has published its 2024 annual report, which includes the AEPD’s awareness-raising activities; the collaboration and inspection activities of the Spanish authorities; relevant...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CNIL Clarifies GDPR Basis for AI Training – But It’s Just One Part of the Compliance Picture

Key Points - - The French CNIL’s recent guidance regarding the application of legitimate interest as a legal basis in AI training is welcome, but several other AI regulatory issues remain unresolved. - Issues such as...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

EU Data Act: Three Months To Go Before New Rules on Data Access and Sharing Take Effect

Executive Summary - The EU Data Act, whose requirements apply from 12 September 2025, establishes new rights for businesses and consumers to access data they generated using “connected devices,” limiting the exclusive...more

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - June 2025, Vol. 30

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: North Dakota Passes Law...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

EU Reaches a Deal on Rules for Swifter Cross-Border GDPR Enforcement

On June 16, 2025, the Council of the EU (Council) and the European Parliament (EP) reached an agreement on a new regulation (the Draft Regulation) to enhance enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The...more

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EU: Brussels Court of Appeal Rules on IAB Europe and the TC String – Implications for GDPR Compliance

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On 14 May 2025, the Brussels Court of Appeal (Market Court) delivered the long-awaited judgement in the case concerning the Transparency & Consent Framework (“TCF”) (case no. 2022/AR/292). The Court largely upheld the...more

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New Security Measures for Large Databases: When a DPA’s Directives Set Standards

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In response to a record year of personal data breaches in 2024, affecting millions of individuals, the French data protection authority (CNIL) has published a set of security directives for operators of large databases. While...more

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Italy: The Garante Issues First GDPR Fine Over Employees Email Metadata Privacy Breach

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The Italian Data Protection Authority (the Garante) has issued its first GDPR fine for, among other breaches, unlawful retention of metadata from employees’ emails and web browsing activities. The decision applies, for the...more

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Training of Meta’s AI Systems and the Use of the European Users’ Data

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As of May 27, 2025, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) will start using some of the personal data of European users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems, including tools such as Meta AI and Llama language models....more

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