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EU Policy Update – Summer 2021
2021-09-08 EU Policy UpdatesIn a nutshell: Slovenia took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU. The European Parliament adopted a temporary ePrivacy derogation to detect and remove child abuse. The NIS2 and CER Directives, as well as the DSA Regulation proposals advanced through the European Parliamentary discussions. The Council of the EU published its conclusions on intellectual property policy. The European Data Protection Board adopted guidelines on the concepts of controller and processor. ENISA published a report stating that supply chain cyberattacks are expected to quadruple in 2021.
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EU Policy Update - June 2021
2021-07-12 EU Policy UpdatesIn a nutshell: The European Commission published a proposal on European Digital Identity, and adopted new sets of standard contractual clauses to provide more guidance on compliance with Schrems II. The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the EU Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade. Members of the European Parliament proposed amendments to the Draft report on the NIS2 proposal and numerous opinions on the DSA and the NIS2 proposals throughout different committees. The European Court of Justice delivered judgments in cases concerning platforms’ liability for copyright infringements, copyright infringements through peer-to-peer networks, and in a jurisdictional dispute over the ‘one-stop shop’ mechanism in the GDPR.
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EU Policy Update – May 2021
2021-06-11 EU Policy UpdatesIn a nutshell: The European Parliament is steadily advancing on developing its positions on the proposals for the Digital Services Act, the NIS 2 Directive, the CER Directive, and has adopted a resolution on the challenges of sports events organisers. The Portuguese presidency in the Council of the EU published a progress report on the Digital Services Act. ENISA published its first EU cybersecurity certification scheme. The Cybercrime Convention Committee within the Council of Europe approved the draft of the 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention concerning access to electronic evidence. The European Data Protection Board expressed concerns over the alignment of the draft text of the 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention with the EU data protection framework.
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EU Policy Update - April 2021
2021-05-12 EU Policy UpdatesIn a nutshell: The European Commission unveiled its proposal on the Artificial Intelligence Act and the EU Strategy to tackle organised crime until 2025. ENISA published research directions for the EU digital strategic autonomy. The Council of Europe published a new draft text of the 2nd Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention. The negotiators in the European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a provisional agreement on temporary rules to detect and remove child abuse material. The European Parliament adopted TERREG.
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EU Policy Update – March 2021
2021-04-08 EU Policy UpdatesIn a nutshell: The European Commission unveiled its Digital Targets for 2030. Four EU countries called for European digital sovereignty in a letter to the European Commission. The European Data Protection Supervisor issued an opinion on the Europol Regulation proposal and the NIS 2 Directive proposal. The European Court of Justice delivered a judgment about the admissibility of evidence in cases of access to electronic communications traffic and location data. The Council of the EU adopted conclusions on the EU cybersecurity strategy. The European Parliament adopted its resolution on the implementation of the GDPR. EUIPO published a discussion paper on challenges and good practices to prevent the misuse of domain names for IP infringements.
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