5/30/2025 1:08:28 PM Brussels Market Court clarifies GDPR roles in AdTech and upholds sanctions against IAB Europe By Satya Staes Polet Christoph Werkmeister Mark Egeler Quentin Fontaine +1 more... Show less On 14 May 2025, the Brussels Market Court delivered its ruling in the long-running litigation over IAB Europe’s Transparency & Consent...
5/28/2025 1:16:29 PM DSA decoded #5: DSA's Child Safety Blueprint – What the EC's Draft Guidelines for Minors Mean for Platforms By Rachael Annear Theresa Ehlen Janet Kim Laura Knoke Lutz Riede Philip Kroner Tristan Lockwood Fiona McHugh Felix Müller-Eising Charlotte Case +7 more... Show less The European Commission (EC) published draft guidelines on 13 May 2025 (the Draft Guidelines) setting out its interpretation of Article...
5/27/2025 1:41:32 PM EU Audiovisual Regulation in Flux: Navigating the AVMSD Review and Its Impact on Media Businesses By Theresa Ehlen Katharina-Sophia Rieger Jan Niklas Di Fabio The EU’s digital regulatory landscape is undergoing a period of significant transformation. Amidst the rollout of major legislation such...
5/27/2025 10:40:17 AM Taming the “Wild West”: UK Government leads BNPL into the regulatory stable By Cyrus Pocha Emma Probyn Craig Dewar Christine Simpson Tricia Moffat +2 more... Show less The UK Government has saddled up to bring order to what it terms the “wild-west” of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). For years, BNPL has...
5/20/2025 8:59:14 AM The Application deadline for the EMFA is coming up By Theresa Ehlen Katharina-Sophia Rieger According to the Rhineland-Palatinate State Chancellery, Germany is planning a new Digital Media State Treaty (Digitaler...
5/19/2025 9:34:17 PM Congress Advances Broad Legislation to Tackle Non-Consensual Imagery By Beth George Janet Kim Sean Quinn Madeline Cimino +1 more... Show less Today, on May 19th, President Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, starting the one-year clock to May 20, 2026, when covered...
5/19/2025 11:08:06 AM Digital Fitness Check and Digital Fairness Act Part 6: Automated Contracting By Lutz Riede Tobias Timmann Natalie Pettinger Kearney Oliver Talhoff Matthias Hofer +2 more... Show less As part of our blog series on the EU Commission’s (EC) Digital Fitness Check and a potential new EU legislative proposal, the Digital...
5/14/2025 7:30:42 AM DSA decoded #4: Advertising under the DSA By Laura Knoke Lutz Riede Christina Moellnitz Yvonne Wolski Luca Mischensky +2 more... Show less In this edition of our ‘DSA decoded’ blog series we focus on how the DSA impacts online advertising and the challenges the new rules...
5/13/2025 10:31:55 AM Belgian DPA's new FATCA ruling adds pressure on EU-US data transfers By Quentin Fontaine Satya Staes Polet In Decision 79/2025 (the Decision), the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the DPA) reaffirmed that the transfer of Belgian bank account...
5/12/2025 3:08:43 PM Anti-SLAPP Directive – Brussels proposes safeguards for strategic lawsuits against public participation By Laura Knoke Katharina-Sophia Rieger The EU is swiftly advancing its resolution on strengthening democracy, media freedom, and pluralism within the Union. In a bold move, the...
5/9/2025 10:16:12 AM FCA publishes discussion paper outlining its proposed approach to regulating certain cryptoasset activities By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Aleena Mann +1 more... Show less On 29 April 2025, HM Treasury published a draft statutory instrument in near-final form which will introduce a regulatory regime for...
5/7/2025 8:47:07 AM UK advertising regulator’s annual review indicates its priorities for 2025 By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Charlie Fisher Daniaal Azam +1 more... Show less The UK’s advertising regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), recently published its 2024 Annual Report (here). This...