USA to limit sensitive personal data flows to "countries of concern" from 8 April 2025

Digital Economy

The US Department of Justice issued a rule, effective from 8 April 2025, to mitigate national security risks arising from adversarial foreign nations accessing sensitive personal and US government-related data. The rule marks a new stage in US data governance, since the USA does not have a federal, comprehensive personal data privacy law.

PostNord to cease handling letters in Denmark

Postal

PostNord, previously the postal universal service provider in Denmark, has decided to stop handling letters after 30 December 2025. PostNord will also take down all of its current 1,500 mailboxes around the country by the end of 2025, and will stop selling postage stamps on 18 December 2025.

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Implementation of European Media Freedom Act: plurality test for media market concentrations

Media

This new benchmark covers possible separate media plurality assessments of media concentrations at the national level across 15 European countries. It also shows information on the implementation of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).

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Upcoming Digital Fairness Act

Digital Economy

The European Commission is preparing to introduce a legislative proposal aimed at updating EU consumer protection laws for the digital age. This Tracker outlines key steps and the expected provisions that will tackle practices such as the manipulative design of digital interfaces.

AI Act: implementing and delegated acts and guidelines

Digital Economy

This newly updated Tracker offers an overview and timeline of the legal instruments that the European Commission is expected to adopt when developing and implementing several provisions of the AI Act. It also includes voluntary codes of practice and codes of conduct.

Antitrust & Mergers

Explainer: Decentralised enforcement of EU antitrust rules (articles 101 and 102 TFEU)

Consumer Protection

Consumer Protection Benchmarks

Digital Economy

EU's top court clarifies information requirements for automated decision-making under GDPR

AI Act: overview and latest developments (Tracker update)

Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (Tracker update)

Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the EU (NIS2), repealing NIS1 (Tracker update)

GDPR: case-law (Tracker update)

Digital Economy & Media

EU Digital & Media Weekly Report

Telecoms

Estonia deregulates copper and geographically regulates fibre

Western Europe Telecoms Update

Spectrum

Colombia approves the third annual update of the spectrum management plan

Sustainability

Europe's strategy for enhanced competitiveness with decarbonisation

Antitrust & Merger Cases

Liberty Media/Dorna Sports merger (Update)

NOS/Claranet Portugal merger (New case)

Mastering EU environmental policy and practices

Brussels - 2 & 3 April 2025

Last chance to register!

Understand all you need to know about the environmental policy and legislation affecting the EU. This new training course will focus on the impact on the digital communications sector and on the transport and delivery sector, including how organisations in these sectors are responding with new greener practices.

The new EU rules on data, cybersecurity and AI

Online - May-June 2025

18 hours of interactive online sessions

Gain expert insight into the new EU rules shaping the digital economy and their intersection with competition law, with a focus on data, cybersecurity and AI. Topics covered include: EU framework on data sharing, interoperability, the EU AI Act, competition in AI markets, and the EU framework on cybersecurity. Register to the full course or to selected modules only.