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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
The EU regulation designed to facilitate secondary use of clinical data for research brings benefits for health research, but also poses challenges for companies....more
The European Union took a big step last year towards regulating digital labor platforms – and member states will need to adopt the new directive before the end of 2026. The directive seeks to curb worker misclassification,...more
On 19 March 2025, the European Data Protection Board published an updated procedure for co-operation between EU data protection supervisory authorities approving GDPR Binding Corporate Rules for intra-group transfers of EU...more
The Luxembourg Parliament recently enacted a law reforming the Trade and Companies Register (RCS) and the Register of Beneficial Owners (RBE) laws. This reform is a direct response to the decision of the Court of Justice of...more
On January 21 2025, the Council of the European Union (Council) announced its decision to adopt the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Health Data Space (EHDS). As we have previously...more
As the national implementation deadline for the NIS 2 EU Directive is over, businesses in scope should ensure they will soon be ready to comply with the strengthened cybersecurity requirements....more
On 17 October 2024, the European Commission adopted the first Implementing Regulation under the Network and Information Security 2 Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), focusing on digital infrastructures and services. The...more
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
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
On April 24, 2024, the European Parliament adopted the final text of two new directives, namely: the Platform Work Directive, aimed at improving working conditions and protection of personal data for those engaged in...more
In April 2023, we published an alert in relation to two European Commission legislative proposals: new Regulation 2023/0131 and new Directive 2023/0132, to replace the current EU regulatory framework for all medicines...more
The UN General Assembly has adopted a landmark resolution focusing on the safe, secure, and trustworthy use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This resolution, led by the United States and supported by over 120 Member States,...more
This month the EDPB shed light on the question of lead supervisory authorities. The issue arose in response to a question late last month from the French supervisory authority. Some background. As most international...more
A few weeks ago, on 24 September 2023, the Data Governance Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on European data governance) (“DGA”) came into force. The DGA aims to...more
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the European Data Act on June 28 after lengthy negotiations. The Data Act creates a legal framework for a single European data market, and its key...more
This Report constitutes a direct continuation of our prior report, The Approach of the EU and Selected Member States to 5G Network Cybersecurity, and starts a series of forthcoming evaluation of European member states’...more
We recently published an alert in relation to the European Commission’s legislative proposals to replace the current EU regulatory framework for all medicines (including those for rare diseases and for children). One of the...more
Whistleblowing in Europe has been governed by country-specific regulations, some of which differed widely in terms of content. A number of Member States did not even have a dedicated generally applicable protection system in...more
When it comes to website privacy compliance, cookies have consistently presented the most fraught issues for U.S. businesses. This is especially true for those businesses that find themselves in a sometimes new or often...more
On November 28, 2022, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the Network and Information Security 2 Directive (NIS 2 Directive), replacing the current NIS Directive (Directive 2016/1148/EC). On 27 December 2022,...more
On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament approved the Network and Information Security 2 Directive ("NIS 2"), moving a step closer to expanding the scope of the Network and Information Security ("NIS") Directive, the EU's...more
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, delivered the Queen’s speech in which he announced that the government will be introducing the so-called Brexit Freedoms Bill, which was first announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on...more
On January 18, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (the "EDPB") issued the Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights - Right of access (the "Draft Guidelines"), laying out its interpretation of Article 15 GDPR on the...more
From 1 January, 2022, contracts governed by French or German law for the sale of digital content and services, and goods with digital elements, will be subject to harmonised European rules that grant additional legal...more