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9 September 2026

Spain meets Japan

INPLP members from Spain and Japan, Belén Arribas and Satoshi Shono, met in Tokyo and discussed hot topics on privacy law in their countries and their respective legal markets

9 September 2026

Singapore's New Generative AI Guidan

As organisations race to adopt generative AI, Singapore's regulators have provided their clearest indication yet of what responsible AI governance should look like in practice. This article examines how the PDPC and IMDA's latest Guidelines reshape expectations around consent, web scraping, accountability across the AI supply chain, and user-facing transparency, revealing a common theme: effective AI governance begins before a model is deployed.

16 July 2026

Germany: Rising Data Subject Requests at Data Protection Supervisory Authorities

AI as an Amplifier and the Growing Risk for Companies

14 July 2026

The Office of the Information Commissioner in Jamaica establishes the Data Protection Working Group

On March 17, 2026, the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) established one of the most significant intstitutional developments in Jamaica’s privacy regime since the passage of the Data Protec…

9 July 2026

A Record-breaking Year: 2025 Annual Report of Ireland’s Data Protection Regulator

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) published its Annual Report outlining its regulatory activities in 2025. Highlights include: a 45% increase in complaints, the arrival of AI-driven complaints, a decrease in reported breaches, the DPC’s international and growing inter-regulatory role and reprimands as the chosen enforcement power.

7 July 2026

Data Sovereignty and India’s New Privacy Law

India is one of the world’s biggest generators of online data, and the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, continues a regulatory trend aiming to safeguard Indian data.

Dr. Tobias Höllwarth
Editorial responsibilityDr. Tobias HöllwarthFounding member and board member of EuroCloud Austria, President of EuroCloud Europe, Director of the INPLP, member of the Gaia-X Hub Austria board and delegate to the European Economic and Social Committee.
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