The rules of the AI Act, which came into effect as of August 1, 2024, will become applicable in several stages. Initially, from February 2, 2025, the provisions related to prohibited AI practices must be applied, and from August 2, 2025, the rules related to general purpose AI models will become…
European AI Office: a key player in the European AI regulatory landscape
The upcoming Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) in the EU provides an important role to a new unit, the European Artificial Intelligence Office (AI Office) within the European Commission in the enforcement of the AI Act, especially regarding general-purpose AI systems and also in the…
New adequacy decision: data transfer to the US becomes much easier
Many data exporters are struggling to transfer data to the United States in a GDPR-compliant manner after the European Court of Justice annulled the adequacy decision for the United States in July 2020 with its Schrems II ruling. Data transfer to the US is a sensitive issue, as personal data may be…
Data transfers to the USA: is the new Privacy Shield coming?
The European Commission and the United States announced in a joint statement earlier this year that an agreement on the principles of a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework had been reached. After this announcement, everyone has been waiting for the publication of the Executive Order to be…