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Mamo TCV attends IDPC FRIA Workshop Data Protection and PrivacyNews

Mamo TCV attends IDPC FRIA Workshop

Senior Associate Dr Warren Ciantar and Associate Dr Nicole Bonett attended the Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment Workshop organized by the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner at the Trident Park Conference Hall held on 23rd October 2025. The workshop included an explanation of a methodology for carrying out a fundamental rights impact assessment (‘FRIA’) in terms of the AI Act by Professor Alessandro Mantelero, Associate Professor of Private Law and Law & Technology at the Polytechnic University of Turin. This was followed by a workshop where participants had the opportunity to apply the FRIA methodology to AI use-cases. For more information…
Mamo TCV Advocates
24th October 2025
Mamo TCV Advocates: New Data Protection Law Relating to Third Party rights
The EU Data Act: Malta’s Competent Authorities Data Protection and Privacy

The EU Data Act: Malta’s Competent Authorities

Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (the “Data Act”) entered into force on 11 January 2024, with its provisions becoming applicable to Member States from 12 September 2025. The Data Act’s enforcement framework calls for Member States to designate one or more competent authorities to enforce the Data Act. If multiple authorities are designated, a data coordinator should also be appointed. In Malta, by virtue of Legal Notice 222 of 2025, the Fair Access to and Use of Data Regulations were promulgated to designate the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), as the competent authority for the application and enforcement of all Data Act…
Mamo TCV Advocates
21st October 2025
AI Act’s Impact on Businesses Operating Within the EU
AI Laws of the World: Mamo TCV Contributes to the First Edition of DLA Piper’s Comparative Guide Data Protection and PrivacyFinTechIntellectual PropertyNewsTelecoms, Media & Technology

AI Laws of the World: Mamo TCV Contributes to the First Edition of DLA Piper’s Comparative Guide

DLA Piper’s recently published ‘AI Laws of the World’ guide provides a 2025 Q3 snapshot of AI laws and proposed regulations across more than 40 countries (including all 27 EU Member States), highlighting key legislative developments, regulations, proposed bills, and guidelines issued by governmental bodies. The guide also includes a contribution made by Mamo TCV Advocates which illustrates the legal position in Malta. The guide underscores significant geographical variation in regulatory approaches and attitudes, yet also reveals numerous common concerns, with lawmakers and AI-focused organisations worldwide adopting and exchanging a variety of strategies. Whilst some jurisdictions have established their own…
Mamo TCV Advocates
26th August 2025
Malta's AI Act
Malta’s AI Act Authority Designations Data Protection and PrivacyTelecoms, Media & Technology

Malta’s AI Act Authority Designations

The Malta Digital Innovation Authority (“MDIA”) and the Information Data Protection Commission (“IDPC”) have been identified as the Maltese Market Surveillance Authorities (“MSA”) under EU Regulation 2024/1689 (the “AI Act”), albeit the process of designation has yet to be formally concluded. It is expected that this will take place shortly in the coming days. The MSAs will be tasked with overseeing the responsible use of AI systems in Malta and with having the competence to carry out investigations and issue fines and penalties where necessary. They will have a diverse set of responsibilities that may be categorised as follows: Maintaining…
Mamo TCV Advocates
4th August 2025
Pier on Seashore in Malta
DORA: An Overview of the Maltese Legal Provisions Data Protection and PrivacyDORATelecoms, Media & Technology

DORA: An Overview of the Maltese Legal Provisions

On 16 July 2024, Legal Notice 166 of 2024 was published in Malta. This implemented the relevant provisions of DORA (full title being Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector and amending Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009, (EU) 648/2012, (EU) 600/2014, (EU) No 909/2014 and (EU) 2016/1011) into Maltese law. The said provisions can now be found under the Malta Financial Services Authority Act (Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)) Regulations, 2024 (S.L. 330.20) – the ‘Maltese Regulations’. The Maltese Regulations shall come into force on…
Warren Ciantar and Neeraj Bharwani
31st July 2024
Mamo TCV Advocates: New Data Protection Law Relating to Third Party rights
New Law enables Third Parties to a Contract to benefit from Data Protection Rights Data Protection and Privacy

New Law enables Third Parties to a Contract to benefit from Data Protection Rights

A recently published Legal Notice (204 of 2023) has created the “Enforcement of the Rights of Data Subjects in relation to Transfers of Personal Data to a Third Country or an International Organisation Regulations” (Subsidiary Legislation 586.12). This marks the first time that an entirely new subsidiary law has been enacted under the auspices of the Data Protection Act (Chapter 586 of the laws of Malta), since June 2018, shortly after the coming into force of the GDPR. S.L. 586.12 resolves a long-standing lacuna in the field of Maltese data protection law. The scope and purpose of this new law…
Mamo TCV Advocates
30th August 2023