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10/30/2025

EDPS updates generative AI guidance for EU institutions

EDPS updates generative AI guidance for EU institutions, refining compliance duties under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 to safeguard personal data while supporting responsible innovation.

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10/29/2025

ECB selects digital euro service providers

ECB finalizes framework agreements for key digital euro components, pending Digital Euro Regulation and Governing Council decisions on development and issuance.

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10/29/2025

Commission seeks to cut cookie consent banners across EU websites

Brussels weighs scaling back e-Privacy cookie consent via centralized preferences and limited exceptions, pitting industry’s GDPR alignment against privacy advocates ahead of the Digital Fairness Act.

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10/17/2025

Dutch court rules Meta must respect persistent user feed choices

A Dutch court ordered Meta to offer a persistent, accessible non-profiled feed under the DSA, reinforcing EU-wide user autonomy and limiting dark patterns in recommender systems.

10/15/2025

EU stalemate on child abuse scanning and encryption risks

EU child protection scanning laws face renewed delay amid privacy, encryption, and feasibility disputes as a legal gap approaches next April.

10/15/2025

Commission Publishes AI Act Incident Reporting Guidance and Template

Article 73 of the EU AI Act establishes mandatory serious incident reporting for high-risk AI, with draft guidance and a template available now and a consultation open until November 7.

10/14/2025

EDPB and European Commission release joint guidelines on DMA and GDPR

EDPB and European Commission publish joint DMA–GDPR guidelines, clarifying consent, data use, and interoperability, with a public consultation open until 4 December 2025.

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10/14/2025

New Commission Guidelines on age assurance and minors’ protections under the DSA

Commission issues non-binding DSA Guidelines setting a benchmark for proportionate, by-design measures to ensure minors’ privacy, safety, and security, including robust age assurance beyond self-declaration.

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10/06/2025

EU Digital Omnibus: Commission Plan for Digital Law Simplification

The EU Digital Omnibus targets technical simplification and coherence across GDPR, ePrivacy, AI Act, and other digital laws without weakening substantive rights or enforcement.

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09/26/2025

EU lawmakers propose a broad workplace algorithmic management directive

EU lawmakers propose a broad workplace algorithmic management directive with transparency, consultation, human oversight, and H&S obligations, potentially reshaping HR tech governance across the labor market.