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• Submission of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat conNot binding. This is a regulator's submission to a Treasury Board Secretariat consultation on reforming the federal Privacy Act. It changes no law and creates no obligation. Any change would
• Legal services advisory AI Growth Lab: overview, published by the Department for Business, Innovation, ScienceNot binding, and not a safe harbour. This is a voluntary advisory sandbox. The overview states plainly that participation does not provide regulatory approval, endorsement or exemptions from
• Public consultation on the European Commission proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA), Department Not binding on anyone. A consultation opened by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to build an evidence base on a European Commission proposal that is itself still a propos
• Appointment of the Board of Oifig IS na hEireann (AI Office of Ireland) under the Regulation of Artificial IntAn appointment, not a rule. It creates no obligation on any provider or deployer, but it completes the governance layer of the body that coordinates Ireland's EU AI Act implementation.
• Principle Code on the protection of intellectual property and transparency for the appropriate use of generatiNot binding. The document states in terms that it is not a norm with legal binding force and does not compel disclosure of sensitive information. It operates by comply-or-explain, and it is
• Regulations on Personal Information Protection by Large Personal Information Processors (draft for comment), CNot binding. This is a draft circulated for public comment, and the effective-date clause in Article 50 is still blank. Nobody is obliged to do anything under it yet.
• Interim results of the 2026 series of special actions on personal information protection, CAC, MIIT and MPSThis is a progress report, not an instrument. It creates no new obligation. What it does is tell you where three regulators have been looking during 2026 and where they say they are going ne
• Cybersecurity Standards Practice Guide: AI Browser Security Practice Guide (draft for comment, v1.1-202607), dNot binding, and the comment period is over. A TC260 practice guide is a technical document, not a national standard and not a regulation, and this text is still a draft for comment.
• Announcement of the Cyberspace Administration of China on the Release of the Eighteenth Batch of Deep SynthesiThis is a publication of filings already granted, not a new rule. It creates no obligation by itself. The underlying duty to file comes from Article 19 of the Provisions on the Administratio
• Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data in Generative AI, and Response to Feedback on Public Consultation Advisory Guidelines. They are guidance on how the Commission reads the PDPA, not a new statute and not an amendment to one. The consultation is now closed and the final Guidelines are publis
• Public Consultation on Digital Infrastructure Bill, MDDI and IMDA, 1 July 2026, with the draft Bill at Annex AA consultation on a draft Bill. It binds nobody. MDDI and IMDA state plainly that the document and the draft Bill are released only for consultation and do not represent the final legislatio
• Permintaan Masukan Publik terhadap Konsep Laporan Tahunan Penyelenggaraan Bidang Kecerdasan Artifisial, BlockcThis is a public consultation on a draft form, not a regulation. The draft concept binds nobody. The underlying reporting obligation sits in PP 28/2025 and Permen Komdigi 15/2025, not in thi
• Notice on the Operation of the AI Product and Service Confirmation Procedure (MSIT Notice No. 2026-50, enactedBinding. This is an enacted administrative rule (gosi) of the Ministry of Science and ICT, effective 21 July 2026. It is procedural: it does not itself impose AI safety duties, it governs ho
• Personal Information System Innovation Task Force and public policy proposal intake, Personal Information ProtNot binding, and not a draft bill. This is an agenda setting exercise: a task force plus an open intake of proposals. Nothing in it changes the Personal Information Protection Act.
• Ley Num. 163-2026 (P. del S. 441), amending Article 2(c) of Ley Num. 139-2011, Ley del Derecho sobre la PropiaBinding and already in force. The statute states it takes effect immediately upon approval, and the legislature's own record gives 2 August 2026 as both the approval date and the effective d
• Decreto 214/2026, por el que se modifica el Codigo Penal del Estado de Yucatan, en materia de acecho y delitosBinding. This is an enacted amendment to the Yucatan penal code, not a bill or a consultation. Its transitory article provides that it enters into force the day after publication in the stat
• Despacho Decisorio no 3/2026/SFI, Processo no 00261.004804/2026-54, Agencia Nacional de Protecao de DadosBinding on the addressee. This is a preventive measure issued inside an open supervisory proceeding, not a final sanction and not guidance. Discord had ten business days to appeal to the Sup
• Request by the Secretaria Nacional de Direitos Digitais, Ministerio da Justica, to the Policia Federal and theNot binding, and nothing is blocked by it. This is a request from one arm of the executive to the federal police and to ANPD, each of which decides for itself whether and how to act.
• Acordo de cooperacao tecnica TSE-AGU sobre inteligencia artificial nas Eleicoes 2026Not binding. This is a technical cooperation accord between two institutions, and the document it commissions is a guia de boas praticas, an orientation guide. It creates no new electoral of
• Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, provvedimento n. 577 del 23 luglio 2026, doc. web 10281021Binding measure, in force. A prohibition on further processing under Article 58(2)(f) GDPR plus a formal warning under Article 58(2)(b). No fine was imposed.
• CNIL and CIANum note exploratoire, IA agentique et protection des donnees personnelles: equation a inconnues mNot binding. This is an exploratory note co-written by the CNIL and the CIANum. It states positions and identifies problems; it creates no obligation and announces no enforcement position.
• UODO, Listy pytan inicjalnych: Ochrona danych osobowych w kontekscie systemow sztucznej inteligencji, 6 AugustNot binding. UODO states the questions are not a binding interpretation of the provisions and do not determine GDPR compliance, and that the answers do not have to be presented to the superv
• Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji announcement, Piaskownice regulacyjne AI, 10 August 2026This is a ministry announcement describing a mechanism created by the AI systems act signed by the President. The announcement itself binds nobody; it explains what the statute sets up. No c
• O peri Rythmiseos Ilektronikon Epikoinonion kai Tachydromikon Ypiresion (Tropopoiitikos) Nomos tou 2026, draftA draft amending bill in open public consultation. It binds nobody. Comments close 16 September 2026 at 23:50 on the e-Consultation platform.
• CTU press release of 31 July 2026 on the Article 50 AI Act transparency rulesA press release, not an instrument. It creates no obligation of its own and binds nobody. The obligations it describes come from Article 50 of the AI Act, which the regulator says takes effe
• MIRRI SR press release of 13 August 2026 on the reworked draft Slovak act on artificial intelligenceNot law, and not binding on anyone. This is a ministry press release about a bill that has just been reworked and sent onward in the legislative process. It still has to clear the Legislativ
• Government announcement of 7 August 2026 on the launch of the mihivatal.gov.hu websiteAn announcement of a website, not an instrument. It binds nobody and changes no obligation. What it does is give members of the public a named government address for AI grievances.
• Draft Law on the Implementation of the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act, project No. XVP-1564Not law. A draft law that has only passed the presentation stage in the Seimas and returns to the plenary in the autumn session.
• TTJA guidance page Tehisintellektisusteemid (Artificial intelligence systems), Estonian Consumer Protection anGuidance on an authority's website. It binds nobody, creates no new obligation, and describes TTJA's supervisory role in the future tense throughout.
• Avukatlar Icin Yapay Zeka Kullanimi Tavsiye Rehberi and Yapay Zeka ve Avukatlik Calistayi Sonuc Raporu, TurkiyA recommendation guide and a workshop report from a professional body. Neither is a disciplinary rule, and the announcement describes them as recommendations shared with the profession and t
• Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 387-VIIQD of 21 April 2026 amending the Criminal Code, the Criminal ProcBinding. This is an adopted law signed by the President, not a draft or a consultation. The e-qanun record carries the status Quvvededir, meaning in force.
• Elections (Means of Propaganda) (Compliance with the disclosure duty for election propaganda that is a deep faBinding, and already operative. The rules were set by the chairman of the Central Elections Committee under section 2A2 of the Elections (Means of Propaganda) Law, 5719-1959, and the committ
• FCC Public Notice DA 26-786, WC Docket No. 18-89, ET Docket No. 21-232, EA Docket No. 21-233Binding and effective now. The Public Notice updates the Covered List maintained under section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, and under existing rule 47 CFR 2.903(a
• Letter from Governor Greg Abbott to PUCT Chairman Thomas Gleeson and ERCOT President and CEO Pablo Vegas, AuguA gubernatorial directive to two named recipients, not a statute or a rule. It carries no docket number and no notice-and-comment process. Its operative force depends on what the PUC of Texa
• ERCOT's Requests for Good Cause Exceptions Relating to Batch Zero Deadlines and Status Update on Additional MaThis is a request, not an order. ERCOT asked the Public Utility Commission of Texas to grant good cause exceptions under 16 TAC 25.3(b); the filing includes a Draft Proposed Order the Commis
• Facial recognition technology: a guide to assessing the privacy risks (OAIC), updated 29 July 2026Updated regulatory guidance, not a rule change. The Privacy Act 1988 is unchanged. The guidance describes the OAIC's regulatory application of the law and now incorporates the Administrative
• SRA Warning Notice on the misuse of AI by solicitorsThe SRA says AI has no separate legal personality and that reliance on an AI output is not a suitable defence for false citations put before a court.
• Indiana Supreme Court Order 26S-MS-8, amending Trial Rule 11Since 1 August 2026 an Indiana signature certifies that any cited legal authority is authentic, and the rule expressly covers AI-assisted filings.
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• NYC Bar Formal Opinion 2026-2 on AI recordingThe City Bar ethics committee advises that the default should be not to record, and that consent be obtained from every participant on calls with non-clients.
• X.AI LLC v. Ellison (D. Minn.) TRO deniedA federal judge refused emergency relief on timing grounds, leaving Minnesota's nudification ban undisturbed pending a 19 August preliminary-injunction hearing.
• Elliott v. New York Bariatric Group (Conn. Super. Ct.) prompt injectionA judge sanctioned a filer for hiding white-on-white instructions telling any AI that read the filing to agree with him.
• APIG refers Google AI Overviews to the French competition regulatorA test of whether commitments given in 2022 reach an AI feature built later, relevant to any content-licensing practice.
• Leiske v. Kidd (Del. Ch.) GenAI rule to show causeA firm, not just the signing partner, had to file affidavits on its written GenAI policies and training.
• UKJT Legal Statement on liability for AI harmsEngland's expert statement treats failing to use AI as a possible breach of the standard of care.