In the latest episode of Fieldfisher's Data and Privacy Matters podcast, hosts Martin McElroy, Anna Rawlinson and Rida Ahmed provide a comprehensive roundup of the key legal developments from September 2025. Read more here: Data and Privacy Matters: Legal Updates - September 2025

In this latest episode of Fieldfisher’s Data and Privacy Matters podcast, hosts Anna Rawlinson, Lorna Cropper and Emma Yaltaghian provide a comprehensive roundup of the key legal developments from August 2025. The team start by discussing the growing criticism of the EU’s digital regulations, including the Digital Services Act and AI Act, with concerns about their impact on innovation. They also touch on the EU Data Act, effective September 2025, which brings new rules on data access an...

In the latest episode of Fieldfisher’s Data and Privacy Matters podcast, hosts Lorna Cropper, Emma Yaltaghian and Leo McSweeney provide a comprehensive roundup of the key legal developments from July 2025. The team start by discussing how the ICO released guidance to prevent data breaches in document disclosure and how the European Commission has reviewed the UK's adequacy decision. Focus then turns to AI advancements, including the European Commission’s AI Code of Practice and the UK’s...

In the latest episode of Fieldfisher’s Data and Privacy Matters podcast, hosts Martin McElroy, Emma Yaltaghian and David Horne provide a comprehensive roundup of the key legal developments from June 2025. Read more, and find the sources here.

In the latest episode of Fieldfisher's Data and Privacy Matters podcast, hosts Martin McElroy, Anna Rawlinson and Leo McSweeney provide a roundup of the significant legal updates from May 2025. We begin with the Irish Data Protection Commission’s engagement with Meta’s plans to train its generative AI models using public Facebook and Instagram content. We also cover the potential for legal challenges to Meta's plans from civil society as well as other Meta developments in Germany and their re...

April was another eventful month in the world of data and privacy, so join us as we delve into the latest news in this month's episode of the Fieldfisher Data & Privacy Matters podcast. Lorna Cropper, Matthew Gregson, and Charley Guile dive into the recent developments regarding the use of personal data for training AI systems, highlighting new inquiries by the Irish Data Protection Commission and Meta's ongoing efforts in the EU. This episode also covers the European Commission's A...

2025 is shaping up to be an exciting year for data and privacy. Dive into the hottest stories from March in this month's episode of the Fieldfisher Data & Privacy Matters podcast. Listen here to keep updated! Read more here.

February was another eventful month in the world of data and privacy, so join us as we delve into the latest news in this month's episode of the Fieldfisher Data & Privacy Matters podcast. Martin McElroy, Matthew Gregson, and Jonathan Comfort kick off the episode with a look at the latest AI developments, including the European Commission's draft guidelines on prohibited AI practices and the continued scrutiny of the Chinese AI tool DeepSeek by various EU authorities. We also comment on t...

January was a busy start to 2025 in the world of data and privacy so join us in this month's episode of the Fieldfisher's Data & Privacy Matters podcast to get some insight into the key news. Lorna Cropper, Charley Guile, and Salma Eleyan start the episode discussing China's latest AI model, its industry impact, and the swift regulatory responses. They also delve into the UK government's AI Opportunities Action Plan and the ICO's reaction to this ambitious strategy. Read more here.

Join the team as Lorna Cropper, Chloe Abbot and Anna Rawlinson discuss the European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB) opinion regarding AI models and personal data processing including the considerations that must be assessed on a case-by-case basis, particularly when using legitimate interests as a foundation for AI development.Lorna then turns to the EU's progress on the General Purpose AI Code of Practice, which guides AI providers on compliance with the AI Act. This draft involves several wo...

In the latest episode of Fieldfisher's Data and Privacy Matters podcast, Nuria Pastor, Sophia Steiger and Elle Calam explore the key data and privacy news from November 2024. They take us through the latest on European data transfer developments, a wealth of newly published ICO guidance, codes and recommendations across a range of different sectors, UK and EU legislative updates and, last but not least, a round-up of the month's enforcement action! For a list of sources of the news ...

The latest episode of Fieldfisher's Data and Privacy Matters podcast, hosted by Nuria Pastor, Charley Guile, and Imogen Boffin, provides a roundup of major legal updates for September. Discussion topics include new EU standard contractual clauses, collaboration between the European Commission and EDPB, Californian legislation on AI deepfakes, NIST's new AI risk management program, and updates on AI-related legal actions involving Meta, LinkedIn, and Google. The episode also covers GDPR-r...

In the latest episode of Fieldfisher's Data and Privacy Matters podcast, Camille Ebden, Anna Rawlinson and Sophia Steiger explore the key data and privacy news from October 2024. From the Data (Use and Access) Bill, headlines from across the EDPB, CJEU and ICO, cyber security regulatory updates and a round-up of the month's enforcement action, this is a jam-packed episode! For a list of sources of the news discuss see here.

In this action-packed eighth episode of Fieldfisher's Data & Privacy Matters podcast, Lorna Cropper, Martin McElroy and Laura Williams look at the key data and privacy news from August 2024. They take us through EU AI Act coming into force, the ICO's latest consultation on generative AI and the latest enforcement news from the EU and the UK. The episode explores the ICO's announcement in relation to social media and video sharing platforms and their children's privacy practices, how...

It may be summertime and holiday season in the northern hemisphere but the world of data and privacy does not seem to pause. July was another month filled with news and developments. Tune in to the latest episode of Fieldfisher's Data & Privacy Matters podcast, as Lorna Cropper, Charley Guile and Sophia Steiger look at this month's key issues and takeaways this month.They start with news about the EU AI Act entering the Official Journal and how you can get involved with the AI...

In the latest episode of Automation Unwrapped. John Cassels, a Partner at FieldFisher interviews Simon Meakins, Director of Advanced Air Mobility at Bristow Group. They discuss Simon's aviation career, autonomous technology's impact, and the future of electric powertrains and autonomy in aviation. Simon highlights regulatory challenges, technological advancements, and exciting developments expected in the near future.

Tune in to the action-packed latest episode of Fieldfisher's Technology Data and Privacy podcast and join our host Olivier Proust, Partner in our Brussels office in our Tech and Data team, as he dives into the groundbreaking AI Act which was published in the EU's Official Journal on 12th July. Olivier is joined by the insightful Laura Caroli, Senior Policy Advisor at the European Parliament, who played a pivotal role during the legislative process of this significant regulation as the MEP Ass...

Tune in to the action-packed latest episode of Fieldfisher's Data & Privacy Matters podcast, as Camille Ebden, Matthew Gregson and James Lim look at the key data and privacy news from June 2024.They dive into the latest news on the EU AI Act and the reasons behind U-turns from Meta and Apple on the rollout of new AI features. The team consider key data breaches, including those affecting Ticketmaster, the UK Post Office and the NHS; followed by discussions on the latest from the ECJ, EDPB...

In this fifth episode from Fieldfisher's Data & Privacy Matters podcast, Nuria Pastor and Sophia Steiger round up the key data and privacy news that has caught their attention throughout May 2024.They take us through the latest updates on AI from the EU, UK and USA as legislation evolves and the EU AI Act is approved. This episode explores updates from regulators, from the EDPB's opinion on facial recognition technology to streamline airport passengers' flow to the ICO's strat...

In the latest episode of Fieldfisher's Data and Privacy Matters podcast, Lorna Cropper, Hannah Wallett and Chloe Abbott look at the key data and privacy news from April 2024. From the EDPB's recent opinion on "pay or okay" models and strategy for 2024-2027, headlines from the ICO, AI developments, an introduction to the draft American Privacy Rights Act together with a roundup of the attention grabbing enforcement action, there is certainly a lot to consider!For a list of sources of the news ...