Lukas Feiler, Author at Connect On Tech

In Digital Media & Content

Landmark Ruling Affirms Direct Applicability of Collective Redress Directive – With Far-Reaching Implications for the Private Enforcement of Digital Rights

April 16, 2024 by Dr Lukas Feiler, Beat Koenig, Elisabeth Dehareng, Francesca Gaudino and Magalie Dansac Le Clerc 4 Mins Read

In a groundbreaking decision, an Austrian regional court has held that certain provisions of the Collective Redress Directive (Directive (EU) 2020/1828, “CRD”, sometimes also referred to as Representative Actions Directive) are directly applicable given that Austria failed to transpose the directive into national law. As a consequence, the EU’s rules on privacy, AI, and digital products will soon see increased private collective enforcement. The CRD, adopted by the European Union in 2020, aims to facilitate…

In Artificial Intelligence

EU AI Act finally adopted: what’s next?

March 13, 2024 by Kathy Harford, Karen Battersby, Elisabeth Dehareng, Dr Lukas Feiler, Jose María Méndez, Vinod Bange, Francesca Gaudino, Florian Tannen, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Ben Allgrove, Kate Alexander, Cristina Duch and Sue McLean 7 Mins Read

The EU AI Act was adopted by the European Parliament today and is expected to enter into force within a few months, with its first substantive provisions taking effect before the end of 2024. The EU AI Act applies across the AI lifecycle – from developers to deployers of AI technologies – and organisations across industries have been watching its progress closely. Now that it is finally approved, we set out below what’s next, and…

In Data Privacy

New EU regulation on digital evidence opens up risk of data misuse

February 9, 2024 by Dr Lukas Feiler, Mark Nemeth, Vinod Bange, Eva-Maria Strobel, Francesca Gaudino and Elisabeth Dehareng 6 Mins Read

The new EU regulation on electronic evidence will enable law enforcement authorities from one EU member state to order service providers in other EU member states to surrender digital evidence. Providers who fail to comply within ten days or, in urgent cases, within eight hours, could face fines of up to two percent of their global group turnover. We manage our calendars online, store photos in the cloud, many of us haven’t seen the inside…

In Artificial Intelligence

Is the EU AI Act nearing the finish line?

February 5, 2024 by Vinod Bange, Karen Battersby, Elisabeth Dehareng, Julia Dickenson, Dr Lukas Feiler, Francesca Gaudino, Kathy Harford, Sue McLean, Jose María Méndez, Eva-Maria Strobel, Florian Tannen and Anahita Thoms 4 Mins Read

A key step towards adoption of the EU AI Act was reached last Friday as the draft text received unanimous approval from the European Council’s main preparatory body. There are further votes to follow before the Act is adopted, but it’s looking likely that the final vote will take place in April and some substantive provisions of the Act could be in force soon after that, possibly by the end of the year. We set…

In Cybersecurity

Celebrating Data Privacy Day 2024

January 29, 2024 by Anne-Marie Allgrove, Anne Petterd, Adrian Lawrence, Toby Patten, Caitlin Whale, Liz Grimwood-Taylor, Zhenyu Ruan, Michael Wang, Marcia Lee, Dominic Edmondson, Jennifer Lau, Daniel Pardede, Adhika Wiyoso, Wiku Anindito, Bimo Harimahesa, Kensaku Takase, Daisuke Tatsuno, Andre Gan, Trishelea Sandosam, Bienvenido A. Marquez III, Divina Ilas-Panganiban, Ken Chia, Victoria Wong, H. Henry Chang, Louis Hsieh, Pattaraphan Paiboon, Kritiyanee Buranatrevedhya, Manh Hung Tran, Huyen Minh Nguyen, Huu Tuan Nguyen, Maher Ghalloussi, Dr Lukas Feiler, Beat Koenig, Alexander Hofmann, Elisabeth Dehareng, Caroline Serbanescu, Milena Hoffmanová, Lenka Bešťáková, Dusan Hlavaty, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Matthias Scholz, Michaela Nebel, Florian Tannen, Simone (Bach) Rieken LL.M., Ines K. Radmilovic, Dr. Csaba Vári, Francesca Gaudino, Annie Elfassi, Kyllian Talbourdet, Remke Scheepstra, Nathalja Doing, Radoslaw Nozykowski, Marcin Fialka, Martyna Czapska, Jakub Falkowski, Janet McKenzie, Fatima Ismail, Patricia Pérez, Pablo Uslé, Peder Oxhammar, Margarita Kozlov, William Höglund, Alessandro Celli, Johanna Moesch (Mösch), Can Sozer, Ecem Elver, Oleksiy Stolyarenko, Dmytro Skydan, Khrystyna Oleniuk, Vinod Bange, Benjamin Slinn, Robbie Downing, Ian Walden, Tamara Mackay-Temesy, Guillermo José Cervio, Roberto Grane, Martin Roth, Valentina Biondi Grane, Catalina Benatena, Flavia Rebello, Ludmila Lago, Theo Ling, Conrad Flaczyk, Nadia Rauf, Diego Ferrada, Carolina Pardo, Carlos Arboleda, Carlos Vela-Trevino, Daniel Villanueva-Plasencia, Paulina Bojalil, Teresa Tovar, Brian Hengesbaugh, Cynthia Cole, Lothar Determann, Justine Phillips, Rachel Ehlers, Helena Engfeldt, Jonathan Tam, Cristina Messerschmidt, Maria Eugenia Salazar-Furiati and Hector Martinez 2 Mins Read

28 January 2024 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. Data Privacy Day encourages the global community to think about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust. In an increasingly connected and digitized world, where data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulation are rapidly evolving, the work of the global data community is more vital, and more challenging,…

In Artificial Intelligence

The EU Draft AI Convention: Top 5 Talking Points

January 19, 2024 by Jaspreet Takhar, Francesca Gaudino, Vinod Bange, Jose María Méndez, Sue McLean, Ben Allgrove, Dr Lukas Feiler, Elisabeth Dehareng, Florian Tannen and Eva-Maria Strobel 3 Mins Read

Whilst the EU’s AI Act has been grabbing all the headlines, the draft AI Convention has been flying under the radar. But not for much longer. The Convention, also sometimes called the ‘AI Treaty’, has been drafted by the Council of Europe. If adopted, it will be the first legally binding international convention on AI. The latest draft is not the final version, but contains text that is still subject to negotiation. We’ve set out…

In Data Privacy

Getting ready for the EU Data Act

January 8, 2024 by Michaela Nebel, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Florian Tannen, Elisabeth Dehareng, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Dr Lukas Feiler, Vinod Bange, Jose María Méndez, Pablo Uslé, Patricia Pérez, David Molina, Francesca Gaudino and Kathy Harford 6 Mins Read

On December 22, 2023 the EU Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data, also known as the Data Act, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication, namely on January 11, 2024, and become applicable on September 12, 2025. The Data Act affects manufacturers of connected products and also providers of related services, including virtual…

In Cybersecurity

The 2024 Baker McKenzie “Top 10” Predictions on Global Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks

This past year brought the rapid rise of ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms, accompanied by several noteworthy legal and regulatory developments. 2024 promises to continue with technology advances, making it a pivotal year for businesses navigating global data privacy and cybersecurity risks. Our Baker McKenzie Top 10 predictions for 2024 follow. AI-enhanced cyber threats will increase globally. Threat actors will continue to leverage AI for increasingly sophisticated attacks, exploiting new technologies to enable highly-personalized…

In Artificial Intelligence

EU reaches agreement on landmark AI regulation

December 11, 2023 by Ben Allgrove, Vinod Bange, Karen Battersby, Elisabeth Dehareng, Dr Lukas Feiler, Francesca Gaudino, Kathy Harford, Sue McLean, Chema Mendez, Eva-Maria Strobel and Florian Tannen 6 Mins Read

Late in the evening on Friday 8 December in Brussels was a historic moment for AI regulation in Europe. After three days of extensive final debate the EU Parliament, Council and Commission finally announced provisional agreement on the EU AI Act, the bloc’s landmark legislation regulating development and use of AI in Europe. It is one of the world’s first comprehensive attempts to regulate the use of AI. The EU AI Act awaits formal adoption…

In Digital Media & Content

CJEU curtails EU Member States’ regulatory powers over online services

November 13, 2023 by Dr Lukas Feiler, Dr. Maximilian Raschhofer, Alexander Hofmann, Michaela Petsche and Silvia Grohmann 8 Mins Read

On 9 November 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that an EU Member State may not subject an information society service provider (ISSP) established in another EU Member State to general and abstract regulatory measures that deviate from measures of the Member State in which the ISSP is established (C‑376/22). In doing so, it declared the Austrian Communication Platforms Act and, by implication, many other national online platform regulations, inapplicable…