International Report - Issue 199
03 February 2026
International Report February 2026
Overview
Contents
LEAD STORIES
- Data privacy mass claims: Emerging risks and procedural shifts in Europe and the US
England and Wales, the Netherlands, Germany and the US are hotspots for data mass claims. By Cat Greenwood-Smith, Mark Egeler, Martin Mekat and Timothy Howard of Freshfields. - The EU Digital Omnibus Package: Key GDPR reforms
The EU Digital Omnibus is a major 2025 European Commission proposal to simplify and streamline the EU’s complex digital laws for businesses. By Katharina A. Weimer of Fieldfisher.
NEWS
- US updates COPPA rules and continues to enforce children’s privacy through the FTC
- 2026: A year to start debating GDPR modifications
ANALYSIS
- Sovereign infrastructure and the EU’s issues with US tech
- Italy’s DPA fines Verisure Italy S.r.l. for unsolicited marketing
- The global trajectory of 50 years of data privacy laws: Will it continue?
- Disinformation is a mind-hack: Privacy pros must protect decisional privacy
LEGISLATION
- Industry criticises weak enforcement of EU’s Digital Markets Act
- EDPB and EDPS support streamlining AI Act implementation
- TikTok makes commitments to comply with EU DSA
- EU and US plan direct access to some travellers’ biometric and other data
- European Court of Human Rights: Italy does not sufficiently protect banking data
- US FTC settles with General Motors
- France’s DPA fines telecoms companies millions for inadequate data security
- CNIL fines Mobius Solutions 1 million euros
- EDPB and EDPS to issue Opinion on Digital Omnibus in February
- France cuts fine on Amazon France Logistique by more than a half
- EU and Brazil agree a mutual adequacy decision
- EU to revise its cyber regime
- UAE enacts digital safety law for children
- President moves to pre-empt state AI laws that could hinder US ascendancy in field