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  16/01/2025

  International

  CMS Expert Guide on Beauty

  With a highly circumspect online and IRL consumer, the beauty industry is facing increasing scrutiny on everything from ingredients to their supply chain. For those offering treatment services in particular, which has until now been the wild west of wellness, there’s a shift in consumer demand for transparency and accountability – namely a desire for better regulation and insurance. This follows well documented horror stories in national press worldwide of those travelling to secure these services at bargain prices with catastrophic results.This Expert Guide on Beauty considers...

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  06/01/2025

  Allemagne

  Data protection and AI: EU regulators address important questions

  In a recent opinion, the European data protection authorities have commented on key data protection issues in connection with the development and use of AI models.On 18 December 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published an Opinion  on the processing of personal data in the context of the development and deployment of AI models. The opinion is based on a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) pursuant to Art. 64(2) GDPR in connection with two proceedings regarding the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models initiated by the DPC against...

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  23/12/2024

  Allemagne

  CMS launches cooperation with satellite start-up on new EU Deforestation Regulation

  A new collaboration between CMS and LiveEO supports companies in implementing the requirements under the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).The technology partnership between CMS Germany and LiveEO aims to integrate CMS's expertise into the EUDR tool developed by LiveEO to make it easier for clients and customers to implement the EU Deforestation Regulation.How did the collaboration come about?It was more of a coincidence. We published an article on our CMS blog about the EU Deforestation Regulation, or "EUDR" for short. Then, LiveEO noticed it and contacted us. We arranged an initial meeting....

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  20/12/2024

  Europe

  EDPB Opinion 28/2024: key takeaways on processing personal data in the context of AI models

  On 17 December 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued Opinion 28/2024 on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models, which offered timely guidance on AI issues, addressing questions on the anonymity of AI models, how controllers can demonstrate legitimate interest as a legal basis and how unlawful processing of personal data in the development phase affects the lawfulness operation of the AI model. Introducing new concepts The EDPB provides its own interpretation of certain stages in the AI models’ life cycle, such...

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  20/12/2024

  Allemagne

  Draft for the im­ple­men­ta­tion of the EU DAC8 Directive

  The implementation of the DAC8 directive is beginning to take shape. Providers of crypto services are to share information with financial authorities in future.On 25 October 2024, the Federal Ministry of Finance published the draft for the implementation of EU Directive 2023/2226, commonly referred to as DAC8. With increased compliance efforts, the law offers an opportunity for providers of crypto services to create trust in the market.Objective: To improve tax complianceThe draft fully implements the European DAC8 Directive and aims to improve administrative cooperation in the area of taxation,...

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  20/12/2024

  Allemagne

  Protecting minors on social media and the EUID Wallet

  Online protections for minors are coming under increasing focus internationally and in the EU. The EUID Wallet will play an important role in these efforts in the EU.Internationally, there is a growing number of legal provisions banning minors of various ages from using social media. At the EU level and in Germany, however, general bans are yet to play any role. Here, the aim is to hold providers of social media services accountable to guarantee effective protection for minors. Secure age verification is particularly important here. The main technical solution to be used for this will most likely...

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