12/16/2025 5:10:04 PM Digital Fairness Fitness Check and Digital Fairness Act Part 9: CPC Regulation By Tobias Timmann Lutz Riede Oliver Talhoff Matthias Hofer Jimena Gonzalez +2 more... Show less The previous instalments of our blog series focussed on substantive-law topics, such as Dark Patterns, Influencer Marketing, or Automated...
12/9/2025 9:40:18 AM Quantum disentangled #1: “Harvest now, decrypt later” - The quantum threat is already here By Theresa Ehlen Giles Pratt John-Markus Maddaloni Christian Sosna +1 more... Show less While quantum computing promises major benefits, it also poses a less visible but very real security risk that organisations must address...
12/8/2025 1:02:52 PM Germany adopts new youth protection obligations for operating system providers By Theresa Ehlen Laura Knoke Elisabeth Weber Johanna Becker Jean Michel Jung +2 more... Show less Germany is advancing significant changes to its youth protection framework, with the federal states adopting amendments to the Interstate...
12/6/2025 8:00:05 AM Germany implements NIS2 – What you need to know now By Theresa Ehlen Lutz Riede Christoph Werkmeister Julia Utzerath +1 more... Show less After a delay of more than two years, Germany has adopted its NIS2 Implementation Law, transposing the requirements of the EU NIS2...
12/5/2025 5:25:10 PM DSA decoded #9: The DSA and online marketplaces By Theresa Ehlen Laura Knoke Lutz Riede Tobias Timmann Philipp Roos Rixa Kuhmann Jan Niklas Di Fabio Marie-Christine Zeisberg +5 more... Show less Our ‘DSA decoded’ blog series helps businesses navigate compliance with the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). In this post, we focus on...
12/4/2025 11:59:05 AM UK plans major cyber security reforms: what you need to know By Rachael Annear Giles Pratt Rhodri Thomas Christine Simpson Adam Gillert +2 more... Show less The Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) (the Bill) was laid before Parliament on 12 November 2025. The Bill...
12/1/2025 10:27:49 AM Adequate for now: EDPB’s opinion on the level of data protection in the UK By Christoph Werkmeister Philipp Roos Vincent Fischer Rachael Annear Tochukwu Egenti +2 more... Show less The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has recently adopted its opinion on the European Commission’s draft implementing decision to...
11/26/2025 9:31:23 AM The EU’s proposed Digital Fairness Act: An e-Commerce players’ guide to potential implications By Tobias Timmann Rixa Kuhmann Nicolai Fornoff Natalie Pettinger Kearney Jimena Gonzalez +2 more... Show less With the European Commission’s (the Commission) public consultation on its planned Digital Fairness Act (DFA) now closed, policymakers in...
11/20/2025 1:40:21 PM The EU Digital Omnibus: Key changes for data, cyber and AI laws By Theresa Ehlen Lutz Riede Christoph Werkmeister Tobias Timmann Satya Staes Polet Natalie Pettinger Kearney Julia Utzerath Max Grewe Victor Garcia Lopez Jimena Gonzalez +7 more... Show less On 19 November 2025, as a result of the European Commission’s (the Commission) commitment to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook and the...
11/19/2025 11:02:30 AM Inclusivity-by-design – the European Accessibility Act as a new imperative for e-commerce providers By Theresa Ehlen Philipp Roos Jan Niklas Di Fabio The European Union’s digital regulatory landscape continues its rapid transformation. While the Digital Services Act (DSA) and European...
11/12/2025 9:15:59 PM The European Democracy Shield: Commission publishes plan to empower democracies in the EU By Theresa Ehlen Lutz Riede Julia Utzerath Katharina-Sophia Rieger Jan Niklas Di Fabio +2 more... Show less On 12 November 2025, the European Commission (Commission) published a Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European...
11/7/2025 10:33:52 AM The EU’s proposed Digital Fairness Act: A game developer’s guide to potential implications By Tobias Timmann Lutz Riede Natalie Pettinger Kearney Rixa Kuhmann Nicolai Fornoff Jimena Gonzalez +3 more... Show less The second blog of our mini-series (first post here: A content creator’s guide to potential implications) focuses on the potential impact...
11/7/2025 9:05:10 AM Digital Fitness Check and Digital Fairness Act Part 8: Dropshipping, Bots, Ticket Sales By Tobias Timmann Theresa Ehlen Lutz Riede Natalie Pettinger Kearney Oliver Talhoff Matthias Hofer Yvonne Wolski Jimena Gonzalez +5 more... Show less The Digital Fairness Act is open to public feedback and planned for adoption in the third quarter 2026. Our blog series provides legal...
10/31/2025 9:36:01 AM DSA decoded #8: Out-of-court dispute resolution settlement – a new regime By Lutz Riede Theresa Ehlen Tobias Timmann Laura Knoke Jan Niklas Di Fabio +2 more... Show less In this edition of our ‘DSA decoded’ blog series, we take a look at the out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) mechanism under the EU...
10/28/2025 3:39:22 PM Freshfields' report: Data Law Trends 2026 By Giles Pratt Christoph Werkmeister Data law is a key area of focus for regulators, with new rules, stricter enforcement, and diverging approaches across jurisdictions. Our...
10/23/2025 3:23:08 PM The EU’s proposed Digital Fairness Act: A content creator’s guide to potential implications By Tobias Timmann Lutz Riede Natalie Pettinger Kearney Rixa Kuhmann Nicolai Fornoff Jimena Gonzalez +3 more... Show less The European Commission (the Commission) is planning a new Digital Fairness Act (DFA). This post examines its potential impact on social...