French Data Protection Authority issued its opinion on a draft Decree aimed at strengthening the system for tracing the chains of COVID-19 transmission, i.e., the “Contact Covid” information system, as part of the French Government’s strategy to fight against the spread of the virus.

On March 29, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) released comprehensive guidance for crypto-asset trading platforms (CTPs) facilitating or proposing to facilitate trades in security tokens or crypto contracts.

Following the publication of its guidelines and recommendation on October 1, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority has given until March 31, 2021 to bring websites and mobile apps into compliance with the new rules on cookies and trackers.

This update provides a snapshot of some of the core provisions of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement formally signed by the European Union and the United Kingdom. This Agreement represents the largest bilateral trade pact in history, covering a collective market worth over $900 billion.