On Sept. 17, 2026, the European Commission proposed the EU KIDS Act, a new regulation intended to strengthen protections for minors using digital services and AI systems. The EU KIDS Act is currently a legislative proposal and not yet applicable law. If adopted, the regulation would introduce EU-wide requirements for age verification, child-safe product design
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) makes cybersecurity a prerequisite for access to the EU market, not only for hardware products with digital elements, but also for software placed on the market independently. Its core requirements are far-reaching: conformity assessments, European Conformity (CE) marking, and a duty to supply security updates free of charge throughout
The European Commission has proposed significant amendments to the EU Data Act as part of its Digital Omnibus package, touching on cloud switching, trade secret protections, and public sector data access. While several business-friendly changes are on the table, meaningful ambiguities remain unresolved.
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The European Commission’s draft guidelines on Article 50 of the EU AI Act clarify how transparency and disclosure obligations apply to interactive AI systems, synthetic content, deepfakes, and AI-generated text on matters of public interest. With the rules taking effect 2 August 2026, organizations should act now to assess their AI governance frameworks, labeling practices, and editorial workflows.
Greenberg Traurig Local Partner Dr. Philip Radlanski spoke at the 27th Handelsblatt Data Protection Congress in Berlin on May 19.
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The CJEU’s March 19, 2026, judgment in Case C-526/24 marks a significant development in GDPR enforcement, holding for the first time that even a single data access request may be refused as “excessive” under Article 12(5) GDPR if made in bad faith, while also confirming that an unjustified refusal to comply with such a request can itself give rise to damages liability under Article 82(1) GDPR.
Continue Reading CJEU: First Request for Access May Be Rejected as Abusive Under GDPR
With its Russmedia judgment (C-492/23, Grand Chamber, 2 December 2025), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU or Court) fundamentally reshapes how online marketplaces and other platforms hosting user-generated content must approach data protection compliance.
Continue Reading CJEU’s Russmedia Decision Expands Platform Controller Duties Under GDPR
On Dec. 5, 2025, the German act implementing the EU NIS 2 Directive was published.
Continue Reading NIS2 in Germany: The New BSI Act Makes Cybersecurity a Board-Level Issue
The EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) introduces a comprehensive framework to enhance data portability and reduce vendor lock-in across the EU digital economy. One impactful component is the cloud switching regime (Chapter VI), which establishes broad obligations to facilitate switching between “data processing services.” For providers of cloud-based services (such as Infrastructure
On Sept. 3, 2025, in a much-anticipated legal decision, the European General Court (EGC) rejected the request of a French member of Parliament to annul the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF or Framework).
Although this decision reinforces that U.S. organizations that have self-certified as to their adherence to the DPF principles may continue to receive