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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 -
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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

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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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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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International Data Transfers Remain Under EU and UK Regulatory Scrutiny

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Organisations that make international transfers of personal data have undergone significant challenges and changes over the last few years. With the invalidation of the Privacy Shield agreement in 2020 and the introduction of...more

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Belgian Data Protection Authority Publishes Guidance on the Interplay between the GDPR and the AI Act

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On 19 September 2024, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued new Guidance on the interplay between the recently adopted EU Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (the AI Act) and the General Data Protection...more

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Data Privacy Guide - Spain

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Introduction - We have compiled the main differences between the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing...more

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Data Privacy Guide - Romania

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Governing Data Protection Legislation - 2.1. Overview of principal legislation - The General Regulation Data Protection (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), as implemented by Law 190/2018 is the principal data...more

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Data Privacy Guide - Portugal

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Introduction - Data protection is being driven by rapid technological advances and the increasing digitalization of society. Data protection legislation in Portugal is aligned with European Union law, in particular with...more

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Data Privacy Guide - Czech Republic

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Introduction - The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is the EU regulation which is directly applicable in all member states of the EU, including the Czech Republic, as of 25 May 2018. The new...more

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To Boldly Go Places: EU's AI Act is Set to Become the Real Deal

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On December 8, 2023, EU policymakers reached an agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). As a standard-bearer for global digital and data governance, the EU has been setting regulatory benchmarks on emerging...more

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New Privacy Paradigm Time

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Why don’t our new privacy laws really protect our privacy?  Are we going about this the wrong way? The topic was raised in the recent Capital Forum of state and federal enforcement agencies by FTC Chair Lena Kahn, who...more

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Why Some Data Subject Request Services Create Compliance Concerns

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If you are responsible for handling data subject requests made pursuant to the EU General Data Protection Regulation or verified consumer requests made pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act, chances are you have...more

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Gearing up for enhanced consumer protection: the impact of the EU's new rules

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On 7 January 2020, Directive (EU) 2019/2161 (the "Directive") came into force, setting into motion a swathe of measures aimed at modernizing the existing consumer protection rules, bolstering the level of protection available...more

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Should I Be Worried About the GDPR? – EDPB’S Guidelines on the GDPR’S Territorial Scope

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Does the GDPR really apply to my company? From a data protection standpoint, this is the first thing that comes to mind within non-EU companies. In many cases, the GDPR seems like an issue of the Old Continent, so some assume...more

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Revised Guidelines on the Territorial Scope of the GDPR and Local Representatives

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published an updated version of its guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR, which were initially issued just over a year ago. The revised Guidelines do not...more

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French legal and regulatory update - July/August 2019

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The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for April 2018. ...more

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A Year of GDPR: Five Recommendations to Help Limit Regulatory Scrutiny

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A year ago, on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. With its extraterritorial scope and detailed requirements, the GDPR aimed to change the approach to personal data...more

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The EDPB’s Narrow View of Contractual Necessity

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted the narrowest possible interpretation of ‘contractual necessity’ as a ground for processing of personal data. ...more

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Dutch Data Protection Authority Sets GDPR Fines Structure

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On 14 March 2019, the Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, DPA) announced (in Dutch) its fining structure for violations of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Dutch law...more

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EU and Japan Create World’s Largest Area of Safe Data Transfers

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On 23 January, the European Commission announced that it had adopted an adequacy decision in relation to Japan, to enter into force immediately. The mutual agreement, which covers Japan’s 127m citizens as well as the whole of...more

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New Guidelines on GDPR’s Territorial Scope

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The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) recently released Guidelines 3/2018 on the territorial scope of the GDPR (Article 3). ...more

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Do I really need to worry about GDPR?

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A lot has been written about the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which became effective May 25, 2018. Colleges and universities are still sorting through whether it applies to them and how it...more

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How Article 82 of the GDPR has revised the rules on liability, compensation claims, and class actions when data breaches occur in...

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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is driving tremendous changes in the European Union (EU), and companies that haven’t implemented their data protection requirements could face serious consequences regarding civil...more

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Brexit White Paper: data without borders

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The UK Government is realistically ambitious in terms of achieving two objectives: (a) the continued exchange of personal data between the UK and the EU, and (b) the ICO’s participation in the One Stop Shop mechanism of...more

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Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

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U.S. Financial Industry Developments - CFTC and SEC Announce Approval of New MOU - On June 28, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced that...more

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