On 20 May 2026, Brazil adopted Presidential Decree No. 12,976, establishing a comprehensive framework to address violence against women online. Adopted alongside a parallel decree (No. 12,975) reforming intermediary liability, it reflects a more assertive approach to regulating online harms, including those driven or amplified by AI. Together, these measures will require
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CISA Releases Guidance on the Careful Adoption of Agentic AI Services
Earlier this month, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the National Security Agency and other international partners, released guidance for organizations on adopting agentic artificial intelligence systems (i.e., systems composed of one or more agents that fundamentally rely on an AI model, such as an LLM, to interpret and reason about…
EU AI Act Update: Timeline Relief, Targeted Simplification, and New Prohibitions
On 7 May 2026, negotiators from the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament, and the European Commission reached a provisional agreement on the terms of the Digital Omnibus on AI, marking the first set of amendments to the EU AI Act since its adoption in June 2024. The final package of amendments reflects…
UK ICO Consults on Draft Automated Decision-Making Guidance and Sets Expectations for ADM in Recruitment
On 31 March 2026, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) launched a public consultation on draft updated guidance on automated decision-making (“ADM”), including profiling (“Draft Guidance”) and simultaneously published a report on the use of ADM in recruitment (“Recruitment Report”).
The Draft Guidance is the ICO’s first detailed interpretation of the Data (Use and Access)…
Singapore Issues Governance and Security Guidance for Agentic AI
As agentic AI systems move from research labs to enterprise workflows, regulators worldwide are grappling with how to address the potential risks these systems may pose (as discussed in prior blog posts here and here). In January 2026, Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (“IMDA”) launched a non-binding Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI…
Spain’s Supervisory Authority Issues New Guidance on AI‑Based Voice Transcription
On April 20, 2026, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has published new guidance on how to comply with the GDPR when using AI‑powered voice transcription tools. The guidance builds on earlier AEPD guidance on this topic from January 2026. This blog post sets out the key takeaways of both guidance documents, which are…
New EDPB Guidelines on the Use of Personal Data in Scientific Research
On April 15, 2026, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published draft Guidelines 1/2026 on the processing of personal data for scientific research purposes (Guidelines). The Guidelines are open for public consultation until 25 June 2026. They aim to clarify how the GDPR applies to academic, public‑sector, and commercial research, including research that relies on…
MEPs Adopt Joint Position on Proposed Digital Omnibus on AI
On 18 March 2026, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (“IMCO”) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (“LIBE”) adopted their joint negotiating position on the European Commission’s proposed Digital Omnibus on AI (which we previously analysed here). The position will now proceed to a plenary…
White House Releases New National Cyber Strategy and Executive Order
On March 6, 2026, the Administration released “President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America” alongside an Executive Order (entitled “Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens”) and accompanying Fact Sheet. The framework set forth in the Strategy document is significantly shorter and higher-level than the prior National Cybersecurity Strategy issued in…
Spanish Supervisory Authority Issues Detailed Guidance on Agentic AI and GDPR Compliance
In February 2026, the Spanish data protection authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, “AEPD”) published guidance on data protection issues related to the use of AI agents. The guidance follows an earlier, similar analysis by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, which we discussed in a prior blog post.
Helpfully, AEPD’s guidance maps key…