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EU AI Act Compliance Checklist - A Practical Guide for Businesses

An EU AI Act compliance checklist is a structured framework that helps organisations systematically identify, classify, and govern all AI systems within scope of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. It covers AI system inventory, risk classification (unacceptable, high-risk, limited, and minimal), conformity assessment requirements, technical documentation (Annex IV), human oversight obligations, GPAI model obligations, and post-market monitoring.

Privacy and Data Residency for AI Agents: What GDPR Requires That Static Controls Can't Show

The residency evidence GDPR and the EU AI Act now expect lives in the runtime trajectory of every AI agent execution, not in the deployment configuration. Your residency compliance dashboard — every workload in eu-west-3, sovereign cloud configured, SCCs signed — cannot produce it. Your AI agent’s last thousand inferences crossed an external border, on average, eight times each. The translation API routed through us-east-1 when the EU endpoint hit capacity.

GDPR, NIS 2, and DORA converge on one problem: Third-party risk

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Navigating DORA Compliance: Software Development Requirements for Financial Services Companies

Note: This blog was originally published in July 2024 and updated on an annual basis. It was most recently updated in April 2026. Regulatory compliance is a common and critical part of today’s rapidly evolving financial services landscape. One new regulation that EU financial institutions must adhere to is the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), enacted to enhance the operational resilience of digital financial services.

Mexico's Customs Law 2026: What importers, exporters, and customs brokers need to know

Effective January 1, 2026, Mexico’s Ley Aduanera (Customs Law) has dramatically increased documentation requirements for anyone importing or exporting through Mexico. If you move goods through Mexico, the increased documentation requirements can become a compliance risk if you’re not set up to both collect and verify the validity of documents.
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The UK's Cyber Action Plan marks the end of compliance-led security

The UK government's new £210 million Cyber Action Plan signals an important shift in how cyber risk is being addressed at a national level. Designed to strengthen cyber defences across government departments and the wider public sector, the plan establishes a new Cyber Unit and introduces stronger expectations around resilience, accountability and operational capability.

The Digital ECA: Important context for Brazil's age assurance regulation

The Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents (Digital Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente or Lei 15.211/2025) is a new law outlining age assurance (garantia de idade) requirements in Brazil. Also known as the Digital ECA, it was enacted in September 2025 and goes beyond self-attestation, applying to a wider range of online platforms that offer certain services. On March 17, 2026, the Digital ECA will become enforceable.

EU AI Act Compliance Explained for CISOs and GRC Leaders

‍The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) represents the first comprehensive attempt by a major regulator to establish legal oversight of artificial intelligence. Its objective is to ensure that AI systems deployed across the EU operate safely, transparently, and in a manner that protects fundamental rights.