Tailored tax policy reforms announced by the Finnish Government have been in the spotlight in recent weeks. These new significant initiatives are expected to improve Finland's investment attractiveness.

The EU AI Act has been in force since August 2024, but the ink was barely dry before the European Commission proposed changes to it. In November 2025, the Commission published the Digital Omnibus proposal — a package of targeted amendments aimed at simplifying and clarifying the AI Act, alongside broader adjustments to several pieces of EU digital legislation, including the GDPR and Data Act. The proposal came as a response to concerns about legal uncertainty and the practical challenges businesses face in preparing for the new digital legislation.

What do CSA2, NIS2, and CRA require from companies now? Cybersecurity regulation is evolving in leaps.

On 20 May 2025, the European Union (EU) adopted its anticipated 17th package of sanctions against Russia.

This blog post is part of Hannes Snellman’s space law blog series. In previous parts of the series, we have discussed the regulatory framework governing space activities and the role of the forthcoming EU Space Act in cyber security regulation.

Finland is moving to a new regulatory model that will allow licensed operators to offer betting and certain online gambling products, ending the monopoly in these areas from July 2027.

Finland has taken a decisive step in modernising its intellectual property framework. On 26 June 2026, the President of the Republic confirmed the new Patents Act, bringing to a close a legislative process that began in May 2022 when the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment convened a working group to prepare a comprehensive overhaul of patent legislation.

Euroopan parlamentti äänesti 22.10.2025 siitä, voidaanko oikeudellisten asioiden valiokunnan (JURI) 13.10. hyväksymä kompromissiesitys CSRD:n ja CSDDD:n keskeisiksi muutoksiksi viedä suoraan trilogineuvotteluihin ilman täysistuntoäänestystä.

On 23 June 2025, the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment issued a draft Government Decree on Offshore Wind Power in the Exclusive Economic Zone ("EEZ") ("Decree") for public consultation.

In February 2026, prosecutors brought data protection charges against over 50 healthcare professionals, among them around 20 doctors, at Oulu University Hospital.

A logistics company sends a fleet of AI-powered drones across a city. Each one carries a high-resolution camera and machine-learning software to identify obstacles and find safe landing zones. Along the way, without anyone intending it, the drones capture footage of gardens, open windows, children in playgrounds, and people on their morning commute.

We have previously published two blog posts, (here and here) where we reported that the Finnish Government is planning to reform the gambling system and open it to competition under a licence model from January 2026.

Generative artificial intelligence ("AI") applications have become increasingly popular, raising questions about the permissibility of text and data mining for training large language models

The global security environment has changed, and geopolitical tensions have intensified drastically, prompting many countries to update their foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regimes in recent years

General-purpose artificial intelligence ("GPAI") models are rapidly transforming the creative and technological landscape, but their reliance on vast datasets — often including copyright-protected works — has ignited complex legal debates.

Patents are of pivotal importance for protecting innovations throughout the quantum industry. When it comes to technology, three areas stand out as particularly significant. Quantum computing encompasses the development of hardware, software, and algorithms that harness quantum mechanical phenomena to perform calculations beyond the reach of classical computers. Quantum communication covers technologies that use quantum principles, most notably quantum key distribution to transmit information with a level of security that classical encryption cannot match.

Finnish players potentially face very significant tax implications if playing on online gambling platforms that lack a Finnish licence.

It is possible that quantum computing will represent one of the most significant technological shifts of the 21st century. Unlike classical computers, which process information in binary bits (0s and 1s), quantum computers harness the principles of quantum mechanics such as superposition, entanglement, and interference to process information in “qubits”.

Eduskunta hyväksyi 18.6.2025 hallituksen esitykset valtion aluehallintouudista koskevaksi lainsäädännöksi sekä laiksi eräiden ympäristöasioiden käsittelystä Lupa- ja valvontavirastossa.

Few questions in data protection law carry as much practical weight as this one: when does data stop being personal data? The answer determines whether the GDPR applies at all and with it, whether individuals hold rights of access; whether data can be shared with third parties or transferred outside the EU without GDPR safeguards; and what is permissible in AI development. In short, the boundary between personal data and non-personal data is the watershed of data protection law.