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EU consultation and AI Act enforcement updates; AEPD opens investigation
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This issue covers an AEPD investigation, the European Commission’s AI Act enforcement framework, an EU data-sovereignty consultation, and a G20 ministerial statement reported by the UK department.
01 — ENFORCEMENT
Decisions authorities and courts actually published.
Nota informativa: AEPD opens investigation into political-ideology data processing (2 minute read)
Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD)· EUNot law yet
The AEPD says it has decided to initiate an ex officio investigation into the nature, scope, use and legal basis of the processing of personal data concerning journalists and observations about their supposed ideology or political tendencies. It says the investigation does not prejudge whether an infringement exists.
Why it matters to you
The publisher identifies the investigation’s subject and expressly preserves uncertainty about whether an infringement exists.
Market Surveillance Authorities under the AI Act (3 minute read)
European Commission· EU
The Commission says national market surveillance authorities supervise and enforce AI-system rules, including prohibitions and rules for high-risk AI, while the AI Office supervises and enforces rules for general-purpose AI models. It says authorities have powers to investigate and enforce compliance, and will accept complaints from natural or legal persons with grounds to consider that the AI Act has been infringed.
Why it matters to you
For businesses using AI products in the EU, the page describes the enforcement roles and the stated route for submitting qualifying complaints.
02 — RULES & GUIDANCE
New or changed official text, guidance and proposals.
Targeted consultation on safeguarding the EU’s data sovereignty (2 minute read)
European Commission· EUNot law yet
The European Commission’s targeted consultation seeks views on challenges to data sovereignty and data flows for EU organisations in an international context. It covers data-related dependencies, including barriers to accessing or using data in third countries, obstacles to transfers to the EU and risks linked to third-country access to sensitive data; it remains open until 23:59 CEST on 15 September 2026.
Why it matters to you
Businesses in the data value chain can review the Commission’s stated scope before the consultation closes, including its concern about unjust data localisation requirements.
03 — PRACTICAL
Worth doing, or worth the time to read.
Nothing new here today.
04 — THE WIDER VIEW
Written about the rules, not by the people who make them.
Nothing worth your time today.
05 — QUICK LINKS
- G20 Innovation Ministerial Statement: 2 September 2026 (1 minute read)
UK Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade — The UK department says the G20 statement sets out agreements and deliverables on pro-innovation policy frameworks, AI prosperity objectives, intellectual-property policies for AI, standards, and industrial innovation and investment in supply chains.
06 — COUNTDOWN
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