The European Banking Authority (EBA) released ‘Final guidelines on the security of internet payments’ (Guidelines).

Back in 2012, the European Commission (‘Commission’) adopted the Cloud Computing Strategy to promote the adoption of cloud computing and ultimately boost productivity.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) met for its fourth plenary session on 16 November 2018. The session covered many areas of discussion, outlined in the session's agenda.

In December, we reported that the European Parliament and Council had reached agreement on the text of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In early July, the European Parliament adopted a new directive harmonizing the criminal laws relating to cyberattacks (Directive).

A leaked draft proposal posted by StateWatch and created by the European Commission reports that most Member States appear to be in favour of introducing a three-tiered fine system for non-compliance with EU data protection rules.

In a painstaking judgment handed down yesterday morning, Marcus Smith J held that in the event that the United Kingdom does leave the European Union, as it is set to do on 29 March,

On March 23, 2017, the European Commission ("EC") published a Consultation Document entitled "FinTech: A More Competitive and Innovative European Financial Sector.

The Paris and Reims courts of appeal are expected to take a position on the Macron scale on 25 September 2019.

We've covered the French Sunshine Act, which requires French pharmaceutical companies to disclose their links to healthcare providers, extensively over the past few years.

France’s data protection authority, the Commission Nationale De L’informatique et Des Libertés (CNIL), released a new mandatory online notification procedure for French electronic communications service providers (Providers) to rapidly report data breaches to CNIL in compliance with new EC Regulation (No.611/2013) (the Regulation).

A few days before the entry into force of the GDPR, the CNIL imposed a 250,000 euros penalty to the company Optical Center for failure to secure personal data on its website ...

Amid headlines about soaring gas prices and energy ministers in the EU backing a voluntary 15% reduction in gas usage over the winter, we see interesting reports of how Germany is urgently turning to LNG ...

Recovery and resolution scenarios are still of importance for European institutions. Banks perform functions which are critical for economic activity to take place.

Recently, a draft for the 3rd Amendment to the German Interstate Treaty on Gambling (Staatsvertrag zum Glücksspielwesen in Deutschland – "GlueStV") ...

According to a press release of 28 October 2016, the Prime Minister Conference agreed to repeal the limitation to 20 licenses for private sports betting providers.

The Bavarian Data Protection Authority ("Bavarian DPA") has published an English-language version of a GDPR implementation audit questionnaire ("Questionnaire"). The Questionnaire is available here. The Questionnaire has been previously released in German.

Customer data often have a significant economic value for businesses, particularly because of the possibility to deliver targeted advertising to customers.

On 24 November 2013, the E3/EU+3, together with Iran, agreed the Joint Plan of Action ("JPOA"), which relaxed some of the sanctions imposed against Iran by the EU and the United States.

The Coalition reiterated these arguments in its recent letter.