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The Situation: The European Parliament and Council approved the Gigabit Infrastructure Act ("GIA") on 29 April 2024. The GIA replaces Directive 2014/61/EU. The GIA is a regulation which is directly applicable and binding in...more
Q: What is DORA? “DORA” stands for the Digital Operational Resilience Act, an EU regulation that creates a new framework for the EU financial sector with regard to information and communications technology (ICT)....more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a board comprised primarily of representatives of the data protection supervisory authorities of the European Union’s member states, issued surprising new guidance in mid-November...more
A cookie is not just a cookie, according to the European Data Protection Board. It’s also similar technologies, and access and Internet of Things (IOT). Here are some key takeaways you need to know from the EDPB’s draft...more
SEC Adopts Final Rules on Cybersecurity Disclosures - The SEC has adopted rules requiring companies to provide disclosure within four business days of determining that a material cybersecurity incident has occurred, and...more
On 23 February 2023, the European Commission (Commission) launched an exploratory consultation on the future of the Electronic Communications sector and its infrastructure. Electronic communications services are provided, in...more
A Decree published on 30 December 2022 and entered into force on 31 December 2022 has enhanced and broadened the “Name and Shame” powers of the French Directorate General in charge of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud...more
In accordance to the current version of the proposed draft Electronic Communications Act (the "ECA") which replaces the existing Telecommunications Law and implements EU regulations with respect to Directive 2018/1972 of 11...more
This 13th edition of The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review provides updated overviews of legal and policy constructs and developments in the TMT arena across 18 jurisdictions around the world. As in years past,...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
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently released its response to the UK government consultation, ‘Data: A new direction’. The consultation was conducted by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...more
MiFID II introduced obligations to record telephone conversations and any electronic communications that are intended to lead to a transaction. Records must be kept for at least five years. The COVID-19 pandemic, which...more
The European Data Protection Board has issued final guidelines on virtual voice assistants. The guidelines appear to be largely unchanged from the draft issued in February for public consultation...more
For many years, the regulation of digital markets has been a key priority in Europe. In 2015, the European Commission committed the EU to the creation of a digital single market – and that commitment spawned a series of...more
On 10 February 2021, the Council of the European Union (Council) agreed its negotiating mandate for the proposed Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePR), which will replace the current ePrivacy Directive...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed employees out of the workplace in a way never experienced before. The effect often has been indiscriminate and impacted employees who traditionally do not have access to work email while...more
On the 10 February 2021, ambassadors in the Council of the European Union Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) announced it had agreed a negotiating mandate on a draft ePrivacy Regulation (“the ePrivacy Regulation”)....more
United Kingdom, French and Belgian national security laws (and such laws of other EU Member States) fell under the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which on October 6, 2020, ruled on whether such...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a public statement to clarify issues regarding the application to firms of the MiFID II requirements on the recording of telephone conversations. ESMA...more
On January 15, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) Advocate General (AG) Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered his Opinion on four references for preliminary rulings on the topic of retention of and access...more
The Dutch competition authority (“ACM“) recently confirmed that the obligation to cooperate fully with an inspection/during a dawn raid is of utmost importance and of great relevance to companies under investigation. On 10...more
The legal requirements for the use of cookies have been subject to discussion over the last few years, with little to no enforcement and guidance from European data protection authorities (DPAs). That has changed recently....more
On 10 January 2017, the European Commission issued a proposal for a new ePrivacy Regulation (ePR) triggering a legislative process that is still ongoing. The proposed ePR was intended to replace the existing ePrivacy...more
The Department of Justice announced yesterday that the United States and the United Kingdom have entered into the first of the international executive agreements authorized under the Clarifying Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD)...more
Data protection authorities (DPAs) in the European Union (EU) continue to scrutinize practices in the adtech sector for compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and local data protection and...more