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Oliver Yaros is a partner in the Intellectual Property & IT Group as well as the Technology & IP Transactions and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practices of the London office of Mayer Brown. He advises clients on technology and outsourcing transactions with a particular focus on fintech and digital transformation projects, as well as clients operating within a broad range of sectors on data protection matters and cybersecurity incidents, intellectual property transactions and related issues.

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On 13 September 2023, negotiations began between European institutions to adopt the text of the EU Cyber Resilience Act (the “CRA”). If adopted, the CRA will impose a set of software security, cybersecurity, and vulnerability management requirements on products with digital elements (i.e., software or hardware products and their remote data processing solutions) placed on

Recent high-profile cyber incidents involving exploitation of software vulnerabilities—such as the SolarWinds and MOVEit incidents—have increased scrutiny of the security of the software upon which corporate and government customers rely. Though phishing and social engineering continue to be leading causes of cyber incidents, there is growing potential legal exposure for companies from security vulnerabilities in

Today, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announced further details on the new transatlantic data flow mechanism for UK-to-US personal data transfers. In particular, the UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology today laid new adequacy regulations before the UK Parliament to give effect to the proposed arrangement. The deal, announced

India—the fifth largest economy in the world—just passed a comprehensive privacy law. On August 11, 2023, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (the “DPDP”) was approved by the president of India, adding India to the list of global powers with a comprehensive privacy law. The law is expected to come into force in June

The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (“DORA”) entered into force in January 16, 2023, setting forth security requirements for network and information systems of organizations operating in the financial sector;

Obligations under DORA are to be further detailed by Regulatory Technical Standards (“RTS”) and Implementing Technical Standards (“ITS”), aimed at harmonizing requirements and facilitating implementation;

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (“Commission”) adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). The DPF is the successor to the EU-US Privacy Shield, which the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) declared invalid in 2020.

This adequacy decision reflects agreement by the Commission that the DPF offers

The UK Government published its AI White Paper on 29 March 2023, setting out its proposals for regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the United Kingdom. The White Paper is a continuation of the AI Regulation Policy Paper which introduced the UK Government’s vision for the future “pro-innovation” and “context-specific” AI regulatory regime

The European Parliament adopted a Resolution on 11 May 2023 against the adoption of an EU adequacy decision for the US based on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The Resolution comes after an analysis by the European Parliament of the Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities (EO 14086), which

On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy & Technology held its first hearing on Artificial Intelligence.1 The hearing, called “Oversight of AI: Rules for Artificial Intelligence”, featured witness testimony from Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, Christina Montgomery, the chief privacy officer at IBM, and Gary Marcus, a

On 25 April 2023, the UK Government announced the introduction of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the “Bill”) into Parliament.1 The Bill, which reflects a key government priority of increasing consumer choice and competition, provides for:

  • Far-reaching new consumer protection powers to be conferred on the Competition & Markets Authority (the