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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

EURid celebrates its 19th anniversary

Hogan Lovells on 5/20/2025

EURid, the Registry responsible for running the .EU Top Level Domain (TLD), recently posted a publication to celebrate its 19th anniversary and highlight its achievements. EURid was incorporated under Belgian law in April...more

Zooming in on AI #18: Cybersecurity requirements for AI systems

A&O Shearman on 4/1/2025

The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is the world's first comprehensive legal framework for AI regulation, which entered into force on August 1, 2024. The AI Act aims to ensure that AI systems are trustworthy, safe and...more

European Commission adopts Delegated Regulation on RTS on threat-led penetration testing under DORA

A&O Shearman on 2/24/2025

The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) with regard to RTS specifying the criteria used for identifying financial entities...more

European Supervisory Authorities approve terms of reference for new EU systemic cyber incidence co-ordination framework forum...

A&O Shearman on 2/7/2025

The European Supervisory Authorities have published the terms of reference for the EU systemic cyber incident co-ordination framework Forum established under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act. The Forum will be...more

European Commission confirms that financial services are not ICT services for DORA purposes

Hogan Lovells on 1/30/2025

Firms involved in implementing changes to comply with new rules under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) have questioned whether financial services provided by other regulated firms may fall within the...more

The EU Court Ruling on the Bindl Case: What It Means for Privacy Law

Osano on 1/14/2025

At first glance, the headline looks like a typo: The EU rules against the EU…for breaching EU data protection law?...more

The European Commission Reports on the First Year of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 10/23/2024

In July 2023, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), as we previously reported. This permitted the free flow of personal data from the EU to DPF participating...more

EU: NIS2 Member State Implementation Deadline Has Arrived

DLA Piper on 10/18/2024

The Network and Information Systems Directive II (“NIS2“), requires that Member States transpose measures into national law by today (17 October 2024). NIS2 is part of the EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy and repeals and replaces...more

Green Light for the Enforcement of NIS 2 in Limited EU Countries Only

Alston & Bird on 10/18/2024

EU Member States had until today, October 17, 2024, to transpose the Network and Information Security (NIS) 2 Directive into their national laws. As Directives are not directly applicable in EU Member States, the EU...more

New EU Cyber Rules: Implementation of NIS2 in the EU Member States

Mayer Brown on 8/5/2024

The Network and Information Security 2 Directive (EU) 2022/2555 ("NIS2") entered into force on 16 January 2023. NIS2 sets cyber rules for organizations whose services are considered essential or important for maintaining...more

Can Privacy Be Bought? How Scrutiny of Meta’s Subscription Model Has Wider Implications –PART II

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/29/2024

In Part I, we discussed the European Commission’s (“Commission”) disapproval of Meta’s “pay or consent” subscription model. In Part II, we delve into the European Commission’s findings, prior findings by the European Data...more

Europe Daily News, 15 March 2024

Mayer Brown on 3/15/2024

COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11426 - Platinum Equity / Kohler Energy) - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11458 - MEIF7 / Infracapital / LMI)...more

New Mechanism for Cross-Border Data Transfer: The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Troutman Pepper Locke on 12/12/2023

On June 10, 2023 the European Commission (the “Commission”) issued an adequacy decision on the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the “DPF”). The decision restored free transfer of data between the EU and U.S. after three...more

Data and Cybersecurity - European Union Legislation and Proposals - December 2023

BCLP on 11/30/2023

The pace of new EU law continues unabated, with IoT, cyber security and digital services being key areas of activity. The BCLP Data Privacy & Security team is tracking EU law developments relevant to data and cyber security....more

New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Legalizes Personal Data Transfers from the EU to US

Guidepost Solutions LLC on 8/1/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission announced that it had adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF). This long-awaited decision means that for the first time since the EU-U.S...more

Adequacy for the US (kind of) – But What Are the Side Effects?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/26/2023

On July 10th, the European Commission issued its Implementing Decision regarding the adequacy of the EU-UD Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). The Decision has been eagerly awaited by US and Europe based commerce, hoping it will...more

European Commission Grants EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Adequacy Determination

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 7/24/2023

Summary - On July 10, 2023, the European Commission issued an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF” or “DPF”). The decision concludes that the U.S. ensures an adequate level of protection...more

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework: What Companies Need to Know

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/14/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concluded that the United States does ensure an adequate level of protection for transferring...more

The European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision on EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/14/2023

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the DPF). With immediate effect, the adequacy decision provides a new lawful basis for transfers from...more

European Commission Approves the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/12/2023

The European Commission approved a new adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework on July 10, 2023. The European Commission issued a press release, stating that "[T]he decision concludes that the United States...more

Transatlantic Data Economy Simplified: European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision for EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Cooley LLP on 7/12/2023

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision concluding that the EU-US Data Privacy Framework provides an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union (EU) to US...more

The European Commission Adopts the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/11/2023

The European Commission today approved the long-awaited framework for data transfers to the United States. What is the decision about? Today's decision means that organisations subject to the GDPR can benefit from an adequacy...more

European Commission Proposes New Rules on Financial Data Access and Use

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/7/2023

On June 28, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published a Proposal for a Regulation on Financial Data Access (FIDA). FIDA aims to create a framework through which data holders (e.g., banks, credit institutions) share the...more

European Commission Proposes New Rules for Cross Border GDPR Enforcement

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/5/2023

On July 4, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published its proposal for a regulation laying down additional procedural rules for the enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (proposal). The proposal...more

European Parliament Approves Amendments to Expand the Scope of EU AI Act

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/19/2023

On June 14, 2023, the European Parliament approved amendments to the European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act or AIA) ("Parliament Proposal"). The AIA is the EU's primary proposed framework to regulate AI...more

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