International Report June 2026

International Report - Issue 201

01 June 2026

International Report June 2026

Overview

Contents

COMMENTS

• The EU digital regulation omnibus central to the EU’s competitive framework
• New responsibilities increase DPA workloads

LEAD STORIES

• Ireland DPC prioritises AI and prepares to issue a report on its approach
  The Ireland DPA is increasingly busy with enquiries about AI and is preparing for its new AI responsibilities under the AI Act. Laura Linkomies reports from Dublin.
• Vietnam’s AI law now in force
  A risk-based regime with extraterritorial reach and regulatory sandboxes. By Charmian Aw, Duong Pham and Ciara O’Leary of Hogan Lovells.

NEWS

• ISO standard to protect children
• EU applicants need to work on DP

ANALYSIS

• Korea’s PIPA: Still Asia’s toughest
• Demystifying EU Digital Identity
• Should the EU’s adequacy criteria for international data transfers be changed? If so, how?
• Generative AI and children

MANAGEMENT

• Book Review: Contrato de Transferencia Internacional de Datos Personales

LEGISLATION

• Bangladesh’s DP Ordinance

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Ireland’s DPC opens inquiry into Shein’s data transfers to China
  
• EU consults on AI Act’s high-risk systems
  
• EU Commission acts on EU-wide age verification technologies
  
• US FTC sends warnings on Take it Down Act
  
• BEUC reports a breach of Digital Services Act
  
• China adopts Agentic AI framework
  
• German regulator’s annual report highlights increased level of complaints
  
• EDPB drafts guidance on scientific research
  
• Privacy regulators in Canada join forces to investigate ChatGPT
  
• EDPB seeks comment on its DPIA template