9/22/2025 11:35:38 AM Data Act Essentials #2: What businesses need to know about data access requests from EU authorities By Elena Brandt Theresa Ehlen Christoph Werkmeister Annabelle Hamelin +1 more... Show less The Data Act, which entered into force on 11 January 2024 and became applicable on 12 September 2025, marks a significant shift in how...
9/12/2025 1:17:39 PM Data Act Essentials #1: The Data Act starts biting – Benchmark your compliance efforts By Theresa Ehlen Lutz Riede Christoph Werkmeister Elena Brandt Julia Utzerath Christian Sosna Markus Kattnig +4 more... Show less The Data Act entered into force on 11 January 2024 and most of its provisions apply from 12 September 2025. This landmark regulation...
9/4/2025 2:07:52 PM When Private Becomes Professional: Italian DPA Sets Limits on Use of Employee Messages By Luca Capone Giuseppe Curtò Davide Borelli Matteo Tola +1 more... Show less In a decision dated 21 May 2025, the Italian Data Protection Authority (the Garante) addressed a critical and increasingly frequent...
8/26/2025 8:50:33 AM The EU’s Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising Regulation: Guidance to Support the Technical Implementation By Theresa Ehlen Jan Niklas Di Fabio Having entered into force on 9 April 2024, with most provisions set to apply from 10 October 2025, the Transparency and Targeting of...
7/23/2025 11:53:13 AM DSA decoded #6: The European Commission Finalises Guidelines on the Protection of Minors: What They Mean For Platforms By Theresa Ehlen Lutz Riede Janet Kim Rachael Annear Laura Knoke Fiona McHugh Tristan Lockwood Felix Müller-Eising Philip Kroner +6 more... Show less The European Commission (EC) published final guidelines on 14 July 2025 (the Guidelines) setting out its interpretation of Article 28(1)...
7/9/2025 2:05:03 PM Digital Fitness Check and Digital Fairness Act Part 7: Contract Cancellations and Digital Subscriptions By Tobias Timmann Lutz Riede Oliver Talhoff Natalie Pettinger Kearney Matthias Hofer Nicolai Fornoff Jimena Gonzalez +4 more... Show less The Digital Fairness Act is coming soon: With the public consultation for the Digital Fairness Act just around the corner (likely to...
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 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...
4/3/2025 4:01:30 PM DSA decoded #3: Safe harbor - intermediary liability under the DSA By Janet Kim Laura Knoke Lutz Riede Tristan Lockwood Nicolai Fornoff Lukas Müller Joseph Mason +4 more... Show less In this week’s edition of our ‘DSA decoded’ blog series, we look at the “safe harbour” provisions of the DSA dealing with liability of...
3/25/2025 10:00:32 AM Digital Fitness Check and Digital Fairness Act Part 5: Unfair Contract Terms By Tobias Timmann Lutz Riede Natalie Pettinger Kearney Oliver Talhoff Matthias Hofer +2 more... Show less As part of our blog series on the EU Commission’s (EC) Digital Fairness Fitness Check and a potential new EU legislative proposal, the...
3/10/2025 3:07:01 PM Risen from the Ashes: FIDA trilogue set to move forward By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Jimena Gonzalez Elisabeth Schemmer Daniel Klingenbrunn +1 more... Show less The EU is committed to bringing the wider financial sector into the digital age. To this end, it has proposed a new framework for secure...