The European Union has ushered in a new era of digital regulation that will significantly impact the data centre industry. With the introduction of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, the new Network and Information Systems Directive (NIS2) and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) data centre operators, investors, and service

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On 14 March 2025, the Measures for the Labelling of Artificial Intelligence-Generated and Synthetic Content (Measures) was jointly released by four Chinese government agencies, namely the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the National Radio and Television

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It’s DORA day! The EU financial services sector has been anticipating today since the Digital Operational Resilience Act was published in December 2022. DORA brings a significant shift to the sector in terms of how financial entities must manage risk linked to use of technologies, and it has created one

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In a recent webinar forming part of DLA Piper’s ‘Digital Evolution in conversation with’ series, Kristof de Vulder caught up with Alessandro Ferrari, Linzi Penman and Conor McEneaney to discuss the scope and impact of the upcoming Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). They offered practical guidance to organisations dealing

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First introduced in December 2020 by the European Commission, the European Cyber Resilience Act (“ CRA”) regulation was published in the Official Journal on November 20th. It will come into force on December 10, 2024, but will not be immediately applicable. Most obligations will only apply as from December

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This year, our DLA Piper Tech Index is global, and captures the views of an even wider cross section of organizations working in the technology space. The report itself contains fascinating and granular findings on a range of important topics, and we consider here the key points relevant for CGFR

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In Hungary, the NIS2 Directive was transposed in May 2023 following the adoption of Act 23 of 2023 on cybersecurity certification and cybersecurity supervision. Under the Hungarian legislation transposing the NIS2 Directive, domestic entities have until 30 June 2024 to register.

As the title of the new Hungarian legislation indicates

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Since the enactment of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Act (Act) in August 2018, the digital battlefield has transformed dramatically. The nation’s move towards digitalisation has not only spurred the growth of Singapore’s digital economy but also brought new cyber threats and challenges to the fore.

Given this, the Cyber Security

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BACKGROUND

The PRA, FCA and the Bank of England (the Regulators) have identified, for some time, the growing dependency of the UK finance sector on critical third parties who supply services to the finance sector (CTPs), including, in particular, the largest cloud service providers. The Regulators have

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