On 26 August 2025, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution on the terms of reference and modalities for the establishment and functioning of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Gl…
On 10 July 2025, the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) concluded negotiations on the Digital Economy Agreement. The agreement applies to firms engaged in cross-border digital trade, including …
On 7 May 2025, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Court delivered an advisory opinion in joined Cases E-1/24 and E-7/24 concerning access to beneficial ownership information under anti-money laundering law in the context of the European Econ…
On 25 March 2025, the European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation (2025/327) entered into force with a grace period. The Regulation facilitates access to electronic health data for primary use in healthcare and secondary use for research, policy ma…
On 13 February 2025, the Data Protection Office of Liechtenstein issued guidance on the use of the DeepSeek AI platform. The Office noted that the use of DeepSeek R1 AI was not specifically designed for European users and is associated with consider…
On 12 February 2025, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published updated criteria for selecting cross-border cases of “strategic importance” to allow strategic enforcement cooperation between EU Data Protection Authorities. The updated versi…
On 26 November 2024, Singapore, together with 60 other states at the 17th Global Forum Plenary Meeting in Paraguay, committed to implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF). This framework is designed to facilitate the automatic exchange o…
On 6 November 2024, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly First Committee adopted a resolution on the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military domain, proposed by the Netherlands and South Korea. The resolution addresses risks…
On 1 November 2024, the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) announced that it passed a resolution in support of the concept of Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) to facilitate cross-border data flows while ensuring high standards of privacy and data protect…
On 1 November 2024, the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) announced that it passed a resolution to address the ethical, legal, and data protection challenges posed by advances in neurosciences and neurotechnology. The resolution emphasised the importanc…