In October 2025, governments from around the world convened in Hanoi, Vietnam, to sign the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime—now referred to as the “Hanoi Convention.” As the first global treaty dedicated to preventing, investigating, and prosecuting cybercrime, the
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UK Cyber Security Bill: What Boards Need to Know Now — and How It Differs from EU NIS2
Executive Snapshot
January 2026 | Baker McKenzie
The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill represents the UK’s most significant cyber reform since the the UK NIS Regulations 2018. The Bill modernises the UK framework to address systemic cyber risk, digital supply‑chain…
Celebrating Data Privacy Day: Our updated Global Data & Cyber Handbook
Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe) gives our global data and cyber community an opportunity to highlight the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust. Navigating the complex landscape of data and cyber regulation…
Hungary: Amendments to the Cybersecurity Act
Fewer organizations affected by the Hungarian NIS2 transposition
Under the latest amendment to Act LXIX of 2024 (“Cybersecurity Act“), enterprises that qualify as large enterprises solely due to their partner or linked enterprises but do not, on their own, meet…
Japan Moves to Enhance Transparency in Crypto‑Asset Markets
Japan plans to transition the regulation of crypto assets from the Payment Services Act to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA). The shift reflects rising retail participation and growing fraud concerns, and is anticipated to take effect around 2027.The…
United Kingdom: Managing Machines – Governance in the Age of AI
In brief
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming a central feature of modern corporate strategy, risk management, and organisational governance. As businesses increasingly adopt AI to enhance decision making, efficiency, and innovation, alignment with responsible practices, ethical standards, and long term…
Japan’s New Active Cyber Defense Law: Impact on Businesses
Japan has enacted the Active Cyber Defense Law (“ACD”) — a landmark legislative framework that empowers both the public and private sectors to proactively defend against cyber threats.
This law was enacted on 16 May 2025 and will take full…
Thought for the week: What a good golf lesson can teach about the impact of geopolitical risk on global data, cyber and AI
This article was originally published by IAPP linked here.
This “thought for the week” reflects on the geopolitical risks on global data, cyber and AI and explores what it means for organizations navigating an increasingly complex risk landscape.
I…
Baker McKenzie’s 2026 Top Issues to Watch for Global Data and Cyber Legal Risks: Geopolitical Uncertainty and the Rise of AI Continue to Shape the Risk Landscape
Heading into 2026, the intersection of technology, regulation and geopolitical dynamics will continue to reshape the global data and cyber landscape. Global businesses will face novel challenges as regulatory regimes evolve, cyber threats intensify, cross-border data flows come under greater…
Egypt: Important Data Protection Update
Regulations issued under the Personal Data Protection Law
In brief
More than five years after the publication of Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020 (PDPL), the government of Egypt has issued the Executive Regulations to the PDPL by…