In an article contributed to Global Regulatory Developments Journal, Alistair Maughan, Andreas Grünwald, Charlotte Walker-Osborn, Christoph Nüβing, and Sana Ashcroft review some of the main digital regulatory and compliance developments that took place recently across the European Union. The authors also discuss new rules relating to the repair of goods, greenwashing claims, online contract withdrawal rights, and auto-renewal subscriptions.
“Organizations across Europe have numerous developments to stay on top of, with various digital compliance changes regularly being proposed, debated, and enacted by legislative and regulatory bodies across the region. This article reviews some of the main digital regulatory and compliance developments that took place in the final quarter of 2023, which was a busy few months for digital regulation in the European Union. In addition to the heavily publicized EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, the European Union has moved forward with regulations relating to child sexual abuse material, product liability laws affecting digital products and services, media freedom, the EU Data Act, and the EU Cyber Resilience Act. Not to be outdone, the United Kingdom enacted its controversial Online Safety Act. This article also reports on new rules relating to the repair of goods, greenwashing claims, online contract withdrawal rights, and autorenewal subscriptions.”
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