7 October 2026
Provvedimento del 6 agosto 2026 [10302032] - Michael Page International Italia
garanteprivacy.it Italy's Garante fined Michael Page International Italia €225,000 over keeping former employees' mailboxes active and searching their contents after they left.
AMLA consults on draft standards for an EU-wide AML/CFT database
amla.europa.eu AMLA opened a consultation on draft RTS for the EU-wide AML/CFT supervisory database, with a public hearing on 3 November 2026 and staged entry into force.
6 October 2026
Greece: Labour Ministry receives report on transposing the Platform Work Directive
bankingnews.gr Greece's Labour Ministry received its committee's report transposing the Platform Work Directive, banning algorithmic processing of workers' biometric and emotional data.
5 October 2026
OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex
theverge.com OpenAI is rolling out invisible textGrain watermarks in ChatGPT and Codex for EU users to meet AI Act transparency rules, with opt-in for API customers worldwide. [discussion on hn]
Omfattende uautoriseret adgang til borgeres CPR-oplysninger
cpr.dk Intruders abused a private company's legitimate access to Denmark's CPR register and obtained names, addresses and ID numbers of about 8.8 million people. [discussion on hn]
FinCEN Announces Withdrawals of Proposed Digital Asset Related Rules
fincen.gov FinCEN withdrew its 2020 unhosted-wallet reporting proposal and its 2023 finding that crypto mixing is a primary money-laundering concern.
2 October 2026
EU Platform Work Directive: what are the latest updates
linkedin.com No Member State has fully transposed the Platform Work Directive yet, but several have tabled draft laws since April ahead of the 2 December 2026 deadline.
Dati sanitari: il Garante privacy sanziona IQVIA per 7 milioni di euro
garanteprivacy.it Italy's Garante fined IQVIA €7m because health data on one million patients of 800 GPs was not truly anonymised and allowed re-identification.
Ahead of reform: Platform delivery riders denounce opaque system and growing precariousness
today.rtl.lu Luxembourg's riders' union published a 30-page report urging a Platform Work Directive transposition that also covers algorithmic pricing, penalties and deactivations.
119 MEPs Press Commission to Enforce EU Ban on AI 'Nudifier' Systems from First Day
eutoday.net 119 MEPs asked the Commission and member states to designate enforcers before the AI Act nudifier ban applies on 2 December 2026, and to use the DSA harder.
1 October 2026
Press Release: AMLA finalises key standards for the private sector
amla.europa.eu AMLA finalised three AMLR standards on customer due diligence, linked transactions and group-wide controls; they apply six months after Commission adoption.
Opinion of Advocate General Medina in Case C-12/25 (right to erasure and baptismal registers)
curia.europa.eu Advocate General Medina advised the CJEU that GDPR erasure can in principle apply to baptismal registers, unless the diocese shows overriding legitimate grounds.
Lyft agrees to pay California $272.5m in largest-ever wage theft settlement
theguardian.com Lyft settled California's misclassification claims for $272.5m, with over $237m going to drivers treated as contractors between 2016 and 2020, subject to court approval.
Italy switches on real-time facial recognition as EU calculates risk to basic rights
biometricupdate.com Italy's decree implementing the AI Act took effect, limiting police real-time facial recognition to specific threats and missing persons; the FRA published a critical report.
Autumn Legislative Programme Signals Further Change for Irish Employers
littler.ie Ireland's autumn legislative programme omits a Platform Work Directive bill, though the government says it is still on track to transpose by the 2 December 2026 deadline.
AMLA finalises standards on Home-Host Supervisory Cooperation
amla.europa.eu AMLA published its final draft RTS letting EU AML supervisors share information without prior consent and run cross-border inquiries; they bind once the Commission adopts them.
30 September 2026
Without Fear or Favour: The European Commission's DMA Non-Compliance Decision Against Google's Self-Preferencing (Case DMA.100193)
legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com The Commission published its full DMA decision finding Google's search self-preferencing breached Article 6(5), without ordering the dedicated units removed.
The CRBR will no longer be fully public. What will change for businesses?
tgc.eu Poland's government adopted an AML amendment draft restricting public access to the CRBR beneficial-ownership register from 1 October 2027 to those showing legitimate interest.
Google asks EU court to suspend order to share search data with AI rivals
finance.yahoo.com Google asked the EU General Court to suspend the Commission's order to share search data with rival engines and AI chatbots, citing privacy harm, and sued to annul it. [discussion on reddit] [discussion on reddit]
28 September 2026
Factsheet - How the DMA ensures businesses using Booking.com are free to set their prices on and off Booking.com
digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu The Commission said Booking.com dropped external-price checks from its Sponsored Benefit programme EEA-wide, its latest step complying with the DMA's parity ban.