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The Cyberbeveiligingswet, the Dutch implementation of the European NIS2 Directive, takes effect on 15 August 2026 and introduces registration, duty-of-care and reporting obligations for more than 8,000 Dutch organisations. Organisations that fall outside its scope often assume the topic isn’t relevant to them. That assumption may prove to be an expensive mistake. Article 21 requires…

The EU AI Act is not a law that switches “on” in a single day. It comes into effect in phases, which makes it difficult to keep track of what applies and when. On 2 August 2026, the transparency obligations under Article 50 come into effect: rules on AI chatbots, AI-generated content and deepfakes, which…

On 7 July 2026, the Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer) approved the Cyberbeveiligingswet, the Dutch implementation of the European NIS2 Directive. The law comes into force on 15 August 2026 and introduces new obligations for more than 8,000 organisations in the Netherlands. This means the law doesn’t only affect organisations that fall directly within its scope…