Companies are at increased risk of violating Europe’s tough privacy laws because boards have little awareness of the different types of AI or their inherent risks. While many organizations are more familiar with predictive and conversational AI tools, such as chatbots that carry little or no discernible risk, they have not grasped that generative AI—and especially agentic AI—are different animals.
GDPR
China’s data scrutiny puts financial firms’ day-to-day compliance to the test
China is tightening personal information protections and urging businesses that handle personal data to strengthen compliance. Violations could result in million-dollar fines, depending on the case.
Top tips to comply with EU AI Act’s transparency obligation
The EU’s recent decision to release an updated code of practice to help companies better understand the AI Act’s transparency requirements demonstrates the pitfalls that organizations face when trying to comply with rules that many expect to be strictly enforced.
Companies should brace for scrutiny, fines after EDPB’s latest GDPR investigation
The European Data Protection Board has made checking organizations’ compliance with the GDPR’s transparency requirements a key area of focus for the coming year under its Coordinated Enforcement Framework.
New code for AI Act compliance will be ‘de facto’ standard, say experts
The European Union has issued updated guidance to help companies better understand—as well as comply with—the transparency requirements that underpin the bloc’s groundbreaking legislation aimed at ensuring safe AI use.


