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In short: The Google DMA fine of €890 million, imposed by the European Commission on 23 July 2026, is the first time the Commission has penalised Google under the Digital Markets Act: €460 million for self-preferencing its own results on Google Search under Article 6(5), and €430 million for restricting steering on Google Play under…
In short: The AliExpress DSA EU fine of €550 million, imposed on 20 July 2026, is the first penalty for breaching the systemic-risk duties in Articles 34 and 35 of the EU Digital Services Act. UK law applies to the same listings through Ofcom, the CMA and existing product safety enforcement, though none of those…
In short: DMA specification decisions adopted by the European Commission on 16 July 2026 tell Google exactly how to comply with two Digital Markets Act obligations: opening eleven defined Android features to rival AI assistants by 1 August 2027 at the latest, and sharing anonymised Google Search ranking, query, click and view data with competing…
In short: The EDPB AMLA guidelines will set out how AML information sharing partnerships work under GDPR once Article 75 of the EU AML Regulation takes effect on 10 July 2027. The EDPB and AMLA announced the joint drafting project on 1 July 2026, with a draft consultation due in the first half of 2027….
In short: the AI transparency code of practice is now the EU-wide route to demonstrating compliance with Articles 50(2), (4) and (5) of the EU AI Act. The European Commission concluded on 8 July 2026 that the code is adequate, and the AI Board agreed on 9 July 2026. Signing is not a safe harbour,…
In short: Web scraping for AI training is lawful under the GDPR only where a data controller has a lawful basis for it, and in practice that means the three-part legitimate interest test in Article 6(1)(f). On 8 July 2026 the European Data Protection Board adopted draft guidelines on web scraping for generative AI, out…
In short: the EU cybersecurity and AI action plan, published by the European Commission on 7 July 2026 (COM(2026) 577 final), sets nine actions to make frontier AI safe for cyber defence, harden critical infrastructure under NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act, and build sovereign AI capacity. The UK pursues the same goals without a…
In short: The EU DSA hosting exemption protects an online intermediary from liability from what its users store, but only while it stays neutral. On 16 June 2026, in Case C-190/24 Coyote System, the Court of Justice held that an intermediary whose algorithm decides how and in what order user content is disseminated, in its…
In short: On 25 June 2026 the European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that it provisionally regards AWS and Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act. That preliminary view is the first move towards DMA cloud gatekeeper designation of a cloud service. The UK looked at the same two firms and chose a lighter…
In short: Ofcom satellite spectrum proposals, published on 16 June 2026, open two consultations. One gives Viasat and EchoStar a three to five year transition in the 2 GHz MSS band after their May 2027 licence expiry, plus flexibility for new entrants. The other adds Ku and Ka band uplink for ships and aircraft. Responses…
In short: AI Act transparency obligations apply from 2 August 2026 under Article 50 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. The European Commission published draft guidelines on 8 May 2026 explaining who must disclose chatbots, mark synthetic content and label deep fakes. Penalties reach €15 million or 3% of worldwide turnover. UK businesses serving EU users are…
In short: The EDPB data breach notification template, adopted in draft on 8 June 2026 and in public consultation until 5 August 2026, gives data controllers one structured form for notifying personal data breaches to EU supervisory authorities under Article 33 GDPR. UK reporting to the ICO is unchanged; the template matters where a breach…