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• [New] The European Digital Infrastructure Consortium which is particularly relevant for local and regional authorities will connect existing local digital twins across Europe through coordinated management and deployment of common EU digital infrastructures. Shaping Europe's digital future
• [New] In the EU and U.K., data protection authorities may expect prior engagement or consultation where frontier AI model deployments present heightened risk to individuals, for example, where data protection impact assessments identify high residual risks. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• [New] Accelerating reforms towards EU membership, more investment in human capital and digital infrastructure, and mobilizing private capital will boost investment, create jobs, and accelerate convergence with the EU. / Albania ALBANIA DAILY NEWS
• Privacy regulations are already overseen by dedicated entities such as national data protection authorities (in the EU and Brazil), and the Office of the Attorney General for the CCPA, who could potentially oversee collective consent assemblies. ACM Conferences
• By self-hosting, the health system eliminates the need for complex sub-processor BAA negotiations, eliminates the risk of external cloud PHI exfiltration, and guarantees total data sovereignty, solving the EU AI Act cross-border data transfer problem instantly. Baytech Consulting
• As Ireland prepares to assume the EU Presidency, telecoms policy - including the proposed Digital Networks Act - will be among the key priorities. GSMA Europe
• On the US side, the Trump administration must better understand and account for European concerns regarding the CLOUD Act and the durability of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework - or risk eroding its technological dominance not only in China, but also in Europe. Atlantic Council
• The EU Global Gateway project provides financial support to build infrastructure that will improve worldwide digital connectivity. Custom Market Insights
• The next phase, through PSD3 and the wider EU open finance agenda, could give Danish fintech firms more room to build services around data, identity, embedded finance and personalised financial management. The Fintech Times
• A single EU data hub consolidating import data and enabling EU-wide risk analysis was expected to be operational by 2027, with financial resources already secured. / USA Etaf
• The EU and the US had reached an agreement in principle for a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework on the basis of which data will be able to flow freely and safely between the EU and participating US companies. European Papers
• European Union officials are negotiating a new border security framework with the United States that could give American authorities access to biometric data held in EU member states' national databases, placing visa free travel, data protection, and civil liberties into direct tension. BiometricUpdate.com
• The EIB should remain Europe's center of due diligence, project assessment and credit discipline but new EU-level risk-sharing tools must provide the guarantees and first-loss capital that the EIB cannot. Tony Blair Institute
• The EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requires many large companies to disclose a broad array of ESG information, including greenhouse gas emissions, as part of its goal to make EU countries carbon neutral by 2050. SWEEP - Sustainability intelligence platform
• If implemented properly, the EU could address power imbalances and build trust in Europe's digital economy. Electronic Frontier Foundation

Last updated: 19 June 2026