CJEU on anonymisation. EU’s digital resilience and critical
by Sypher | Published in News - October 13, 2025
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Personal data or not? The CJEU’s (updated) understanding of anonymisation
technologyquotient.freshfields.com • 4 min read
🧑⚖️ The latest ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on anonymisation and pseudonymisation redefines what constitutes “personal” data, thereby reshaping GDPR compliance, cross-border data sharing and how organisations approach AI training and data reuse under evolving EU regulations… read more
Strengthening critical infrastructure: Germany's new KRITIS umbrella law and NIS-2 implementation
🛡️ Germany's new KRITIS Umbrella Law and NIS-2 Implementation Act represent a significant reform of critical infrastructure regulation. They expand cybersecurity and resilience obligations across sectors, while also intensifying compliance, reporting and management accountability under EU frameworks such as NIS-2 and the CER Directive … read more
Empowered employees strengthen financial sector digital resilience
👨💻 As the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into effect earlier this year, financial institutions are realising that compliance is not just about technology.
Employee cybersecurity training is emerging as a critical component of digital resilience, connecting regulatory requirements, data privacy and evolving frameworks … read more
💡Related: GDPR vs. PSD2: Navigating fintech’s contradictory compliance matrix in the shadow of DORA
The future of data centres in Ireland
addleshawgoddard.com • 5 min read
🗄️ Ireland’s booming data centre industry is facing mounting challenges regarding its power supply, planning delays and infrastructure capacity. This has prompted regulatory reforms and new policies aimed at balancing sustainable growth, grid resilience and continued competitiveness in the AI-driven digital economy… read more
Lexology’s Panoramic: Data Protection & Privacy
📚 This Data Protection & Privacy Panoramic Guide provides a side-by-side comparison of global data protection frameworks, covering key laws, compliance duties, individual rights, and emerging trends… read more
💡Related: Q&A: the data protection legal framework in the European Union
The overview provides an outline of the EU’s comprehensive data protection and cybersecurity framework, detailing the investigative powers of national authorities, cross-border cooperation under the GDPR, sanctions for breaches and the interconnection of sectoral laws such as DORA, NIS-2, the AI Act and the Data Act, which together create an increasingly unified regulatory landscape for data governance and compliance… read more
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