Category: Regulations

AI regulations EU organisations need to follow, including enforcement updates, guidance, and compliance deadlines

US court ruling shakes EU-US data deal AI Literacy: Lighter Rule, Higher Stakes Digital Omnibus: the AI Act Delay That Makes 2026 Busier, Not Quieter DMA: AWS and Azure face gatekeeper test The Junior Talent Pipeline: What AI Saves Now and Costs Later AI Act: retailers fight deepfake rule Face-scan buses: KC yes, EU mostly no AI Act: later duties, nudifier ban now AI Act: only eight Member States ready

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AI generated image - stepping-stone path to a distant gate, illustrating the Digital Omnibus AI Act deadlines that fall in 2026 before the 2027 high-risk dates.

Digital Omnibus: the AI Act Delay That Makes 2026 Busier, Not Quieter

The Council adopted the Digital Omnibus on 29 June, pushing high-risk AI Act obligations to 2027 and 2028. But the transparency and literacy duties that bite in 2026 did not move, and two new bans arrive sooner than the relief.
Two near-identical bound volumes set slightly out of alignment, illustrating Canada's privacy reform diverging from the GDPR.

Canada’s Privacy Reform: Familiar on the Surface, Divergent Underneath

Canada has tabled Bill C-36, a GDPR-style privacy overhaul. For organisations already under European rules it reads as convergence but works as divergence: a second regulator, second thresholds and a second set of rights to map across adequacy, automated decisions and transfers.
Single sheet ruled into six fields with a magnifying glass and an open leather volume beside it, illustrating the Annex III classification memo against the Commission's draft guidelines

Annex III Classification: 6 Critical Fields

The Commission's draft guidelines of 19 May 2026 set worked examples across all eight Annex III categories. The Annex III classification memo now has an external benchmark. Six fields make the call defensible before the 23 June consultation closes.
Balance scale weighing a single explanation sheet against a binder of paperwork, illustrating the right to explanation under Article 22 GDPR and Article 86 AI Act

Right to Explanation: 3 Critical Gaps

The Dutch DPA's consultation on the right to explanation closes on 26 May 2026. The draft reframes Article 22 GDPR and Article 86 AI Act obligations as a deliverable on demand, not paperwork. Three deployer gaps to close before the final guidance arrives in Q3 2026.
Open August 2026 calendar with 2 August circled in red beside a torn paper marked POSTPONEMENT and a red wax pencil.

AI Act roadmap: planning for a deadline

The Digital Omnibus did not collapse on 28 April; it stopped. Until the next trilogue closes, the AI Act applies on its original schedule and 2 August 2026 is your planning deadline. Four scenarios, one quarterly plan, no parallel roadmaps.
Open August 2026 calendar with 2 August circled in red beside a torn paper marked POSTPONEMENT and a red wax pencil.

What the DMA review actually changed for your cloud and AI stack

The 28 April DMA review did not expand the law to cloud and AI. It narrowed enforcement onto two specific providers and one specific service category. The date worth pinning to your governance calendar is November 2026, not 28 April. Here is what changes for an EU mid-market stack.
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