Operational Sovereignty In Personal Data Processing In Cloud Environments

La cartera europea de identidad digital (EUDI Wallet) establece plazos concretos: los Estados miembros deben ofrecer al menos una cartera gratuita antes del 24 de diciembre de 2026...

In June 2017, the Spanish government published a preliminary draft of the Organic Law's 78 Articles on the Protection of Personal Data, which would repeal the Spanish Data Protection Law...

On September 11, AEPD issued a final decision against a social media company in connection with its data processing activities and issued a fine of €1.2 million.

A draft bill promotes minors' positive use of digital environments in areas such as education or social interaction

The Spanish government has decided to pass this Royal Decree-law as an interim measure which is permitted by the GDPR.

In March, the Spanish DPA (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos) adopted a resolution on the Right To Be Forgotten.

On June 29, the Spanish DPA published a guide on the processing of data captured though cameras in accordance with the GDPR ...

El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea examina los límites del tratamiento de datos personales en el contexto de las sanciones antidopaje, analizando cuándo la publicación de nombres de deportistas sancionados, las sustancias prohibidas utilizadas y los detalles de las infracciones constituye un tratamiento de datos de salud. La sentencia establece criterios específicos sobre la ponderación individual que deben realizar los responsables del tratamiento antes de publicar es

On November 12, 2015, the Spanish Supreme Court prohibited (source document in Spanish) the maintenance and transfer of files blacklisting workers.

On June 19, the Spanish DPA published the guidelines for managing security breaches and providing notification in compliance ...

Japan has enacted sweeping amendments to its Act on the Protection of Personal Information, introducing an administrative surcharge regime with monetary penalties for data protection violations, new protections for children under 16 and biometric data, and expanded exceptions for data utilization in statistical analysis and AI development. The reforms, which take effect in stages through 2028, fundamentally reshape Japan's privacy enforcement landscape by granting the Personal Information Protection Commiss

The SEC has issued a groundbreaking Innovation Exemption allowing tokenized securities venues to facilitate trading of tokenized NMS stocks using automated market makers and liquidity pools. This temporary five-year exemption from exchange and dealer registration requirements establishes conditions for permissioned blockchain-based trading while granting public companies a 30-day window to object to third-party tokenization of their securities.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a circular that sets forth comprehensive guidelines and expectations for licensed corporations (LCs) regarding the responsible use...

The European Commission's Industrial Accelerator Act proposes to reshape battery supply chains by conditioning access to EU public procurement and support schemes on strict origin requirements. As China controls over 80% of global battery manufacturing capacity, the legislation introduces escalating component-count thresholds that could fundamentally alter market access, financing structures, and supplier eligibility across the battery value chain.

The European Union's new Regulation on packaging and packaging waste has fundamentally transformed compliance requirements for companies placing packaged goods on the EU market, replacing decades-old directive-based frameworks with directly applicable product-law rules. While promising regulatory harmonization across member states, the reality presents a complex dual-compliance landscape where businesses must navigate both EU-wide packaging standards and diverging national implementation approaches.

Spain's draft Royal Decree introduces stringent energy sustainability, environmental, resilience and digital sovereignty requirements for data centers, including renewable additionality, hourly correlation, and efficiency standards. The regulation applies to all access and connection permits obtained after entry into force, with specific compliance deadlines for projects in progress and those with granted permits not yet connected to the grid.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, introducing two tailored exemptions from Securities Act registration requirements for certain offerings of covered investment contracts involving crypto assets. The proposal establishes a startup exemption allowing up to $5 million in offerings over four years and a two-tier fundraising exemption permitting offerings up to $75 million...

California has enacted a comprehensive package of four bills that fundamentally reshape online safety protections for minors, targeting addictive design features, data privacy practices, age verification systems, and platform liability. These new laws establish strict requirements for social media companies, including mandatory stripped-down interfaces for users under 16, enhanced privacy defaults, and potential damages up to $1 million for negligent harm to children. The legislation represents one of the m

One of the goals of the Mexican Constitutional reforms is to make the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) an "empresa productiva del Estado".

California Senate Bill 574 proposes a groundbreaking statutory framework that would prohibit attorneys from delegating legal practice to generative artificial intelligence, while imposing disclosure requirements and verification standards across litigation, arbitration, and court filings. The legislation raises fundamental questions about how traditional definitions of "the practice of law" apply to AI-augmented legal work, from document review to contract analysis. If signed by Governor Newsom, California