Rachel Benson

1 month ago | lexology.com | Colin Kavanagh |Olivia Mullooly |Orla Clayton |Rachel Benson |Bridget Clinton |Robert Byrne

Regulation (EU) 2025/327 on the European Health Data Space (the “Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 5 March 2025. This Regulation implements the European Commission’s proposal in its 2020 communication ‘A European strategy for data’ and creates the first sector-specific common data space in the form of the European Health Data Space (“EHDS”). It is intended to specify and complement the rights laid down in the General Data Protection Regulation.

2 months ago | lexology.com | Olivia Mullooly |Colin Rooney |Ian Duffy |Rob Corbet |Rachel Benson |Aoife Mac Ardle

On 18 February, the Government published its new Legislation Programme setting out legislation to be published or drafted as a priority this Spring 2025 (the “Programme”). As anticipated, the Programme includes legislation to support the most recent big ticket EU legislative initiatives in the technology sector, namely, the NIS2 Directive, the Data Act and the AI Act.