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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 -
King & Spalding

No ‘Stop the Clock’ For the EU AI Act (and a belated General-Purpose AI Code of Practice): What Does This Mean to You?

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The European Commission received the final version of the General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice on July 10, 2025. The GPAI is a voluntary framework intended to guide how providers of large AI models comply with the...more

Goodwin

Goodwin Antitrust & Regulatory Shorts: Three Laws, One challenge; Complying With the DSA, AI Act, and GDPR

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The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) are key components of the EU’s constantly evolving, digital regulatory landscape. Once forming policy proposals, both regulations have now evolved...more

White & Case LLP

AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - European Union - Update

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The EU introduces the pioneering EU AI Act, aiming to become a global hub for human-centric, trustworthy AI....more

DLA Piper

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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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

Cooley LLP

The EU AI Act: Key Milestones, Compliance Challenges and the Road Ahead

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The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) is rapidly reshaping the regulatory landscape for AI development and deployment, both within Europe and globally. In a recent Cooley webinar, partner Patrick Van...more

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Irish Data Protection Commission Fines TikTok Over EEA Data Transfers to China

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On May 2, 2025, the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) issued a decision, as lead supervisory authority, finding that TikTok infringed the GDPR regarding (a) its cross-border transfers of EEA User Data to China, and (b)...more

White & Case LLP

AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - European Union

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The EU introduces the pioneering EU AI Act, aiming to become a global hub for human-centric, trustworthy AI. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) The primary legislative framework for regulating AI...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Personal Data: A Relative Concept?

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Advocate General Spielmann opines that personal data can be pseudonymous in the hands of one party and anonymous in the hands of another....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has Issued an Opinion on Certain Data Protection Aspects Related to Processing Personal...

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued an opinion on certain data protection aspects related to processing personal data in AI models. The opinion came after the Irish supervisory authority raised questions to...more

King & Spalding

EU & UK AI Roundup – January 2025

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The second half of 2024 saw a myriad of Artificial Intelligence (AI) related legal and regulatory developments for the EU and UK, critically with the EU AI Act coming into force on 1 August 2024. This has been followed by...more

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Zooming in on AI #11: EU AI Act – What are the obligations for the limited-risk AI systems

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The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”) exemplifies a highly advanced risk-based approach to European regulation. One of its distinguishing features is the detailed classification of various risk levels associated with...more

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Zooming in on AI – #10: EU AI Act – What are the obligations for “high-risk AI systems”?

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Companies deploying high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems must prepare to navigate a complex landscape of new obligations by August 2, 2026. In this post we explain the key obligations for providers and deployers of...more

Mayer Brown

Personal Data Sharing: What Information About Recipients Do We Need to Provide to Individuals Under the GDPR?

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Sharing personal data is necessary for most organisations, but it also entails certain data protection risks. Controllers who share personal data with others must, among other obligations, ensure that they comply with the...more

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Limited-Risk AI - A Deep Dive Into Article 50 of the European Union’s AI Act

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This blog post focuses on the transparency requirements associated with certain limited-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems under Article 50 of the European Union’s AI Act....more

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Colorado Passes New Watershed AI Consumer Protection Bill

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Key Points - Colorado’s new AI law creates new obligations for developers and deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Similar to the EU AI Act, the law is risk-based and defines a “high-risk” AI system as...more

TransPerfect Legal

GDPR Compliance: At the Intersection of AI and Life Sciences

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Late last month, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) hosted a panel on artificial intelligence and how it is rapidly transforming the life sciences sector, allowing companies to leverage large datasets to accelerate...more

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EU AI Act Will Be World’s First Comprehensive AI Law

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On March 13, 2024, the European Union’s parliament formally approved the EU AI Act (pdf), making it the world’s first major set of regulatory ground rules to govern generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The EU...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - February 2024

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To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main digital regulatory and compliance...more

NAVEX

EU Whistleblower Protection Directive Essentials

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Following the introduction of the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive on December 21, 2021, EU member states and institutions have been working diligently to incorporate the regulations into their existing national laws....more

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Almost there: The European Parliament passes the EU Data Act, with new rules for data access, switching cloud providers and...

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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

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Most Critical Factors for AI Legal Compliance: Transparency and Explainability

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As artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GAI) continue to evolve and become integral to business operations, businesses must be mindful of the risks associated with deploying AI solutions. Although there is not...more

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AI in Europe: Road Map for Navigating the IP, Data Protection and Regulatory Considerations

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Organizations developing or using generative AI tools should implement cross-functional governance frameworks to develop and continuously monitor their use of such tools. From the earliest stages of generative AI use,...more

Walkers

Guernsey Guide: legal, regulatory, transparency and supervisory framework

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This briefing explains Guernsey’s adoption of rigorous international tax and regulatory standards, which, in conjunction with its local tax law, make it an ideal location for investment funds and other investment vehicles....more

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Client Alert: European Commission’s Adequacy Decision Sets Standards for US Companies to Receive Personal Data from EU Under the...

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On July 10, 2023, the European Commission concluded that the US ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to US companies under the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Based...more

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