Today, 17 July 2026, marks an important milestone under the EU’s Critical Entities Resilience Directive (CER), as Member States are required to identify and designate the entities considered “critical” for the provision of essential services.

Understanding the CER Directive

The CER forms part of the EU’s broader effort to strengthen the resilience of

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While appointing and registering a DPO has been mandatory in China for many years, a portal has now finally been established for organisations to register those DPOs with the China data protection authority. This resolves long-standing uncertainty over how DPOs must be registered, and over relevant qualifications and location of the DPO. The deadline for

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