On December 8, 2023, following marathon negotiations, European Union (‘EU’) legislators reached a political agreement on the much-anticipated EU Artificial Intelligence Act (‘AI Act’). The AI Act is billed as the first...more
On March 15, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) – the body through which the EU Member States’ Supervisory Authorities cooperate – along with 26 EU Supervisory Authorities officially launched a “coordinated...more
Corporate legal departments are increasingly receiving requests from business clients to use ChatGPT or similar “generative AI” tools in their operations. These requests can be urgent, with business clients demanding...more
On November 10, 2022, the European Parliament adopted a new cybersecurity directive (the “NIS2 Directive”), which is designed to replace and repeal the existing EU Directive on the Security of Network and Information Systems...more
On October 18, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published a proposed updated version of its regulatory guidance on personal data breaches under the EU GDPR (the “Proposed Updated Guidance”). The Proposed...more
On Monday, 3 January 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published the finalized version of its regulatory guidance entitled “Examples regarding Personal Data Breach Notification” (the “Guidelines”), following a...more
The Belgian Supreme Court ruled in a judgment of Oct. 7, 2021 that a data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority against a processing practice that violates the GDPR (in this case, the...more
On August 24, 2020, the data protection authority of the German state of Baden-Württemberg (the “DPA”) published guidance (the “Guidance”) on international transfers of personal data following the Schrems II judgment....more
On July 17, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) published a statement on the outcome of the Schrems II judgment, passed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) the day before. The judgment...more