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Digital Services Act

What is Digital Services Act?

EU regulation establishing a framework for the accountability of online platforms regarding illegal content, advertising transparency, and algorithmic transparency.

Compliance and Regulatory

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as digital services act. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on digital services act

Requirements naming digital services act across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Pillar 1 commits the Commission to facilitating an EU code of conduct on age-appropriate design building on the new rules in the Digital Services Act and in line with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation.

BIK-S1 · EU code of conduct on age-appropriate design

Finnish data-protection coordination with EU framework. GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679): Tietosuojalaki supplements + does not duplicate GDPR;

FiDPA-Coord-GDPR-NIS2-DSA · Coordination with GDPR, NIS2, DSA, DGA, eIDAS and EU Framework

Greece Law 4624/2019 status + HDPA enforcement + adequacy + 2025+ European governance. HDPA ENFORCEMENT 2023-2025: numerous GDPR fines including major bank fines + telecom + retailer + healthcare + public sector enforcement;

GR-DPA-Status-HDPA-Enforcement-Adequacy-EuropeanGovernance · Greece Law 4624/2019 Status, HDPA Enforcement, EU Adequacy and 2025+ European Governance

Infotv operates in parallel with EU GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) since May 2018 with Hungarian specifics: criminal data treatment + 25-day SLA + 16-year age + works council + Hungarian-language privacy notices + NAIH-Hungarian-specific DPIA triggers.

HU-INFOTV-Coord-GDPR-International-Transfers-NIS2-Hungary · HU Infotv Coordination with GDPR + International Transfers + Hungarian Cybersecurity Act XXIII of 2023 (NIS2) + 2024-2025 Pipeline

Section 3 of the Kids Online Safety Act establishes the foundational duty of care for covered platforms. (1) S.1409 Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) introduced 16 February 2022 by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)...

KOSA-Duty-of-Care-Section3-Covered-Platforms-Mental-Health-Substance-Use-Suicide-Eating-Disorders-Sexual-Exploitation · KOSA Duty of Care + Section 3 + Covered Platforms + Mental Health + Substance Use + Suicide + Eating Disorders + Sexual Exploitation + Online Bullying + Physical Violence + Predatory Marketing + Compulsive Use + Covered Harms Enumerated

Questions people ask about digital services act

What is Digital Services Act?
EU regulation establishing a framework for the accountability of online platforms regarding illegal content, advertising transparency, and algorithmic transparency.
Why is Digital Services Act important for compliance?
Digital Services Act is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding digital services act helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Digital Services Act?
Digital Services Act appears in the requirement text of EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy, Finland Data Protection Act (Tietosuojalaki, 1050/2018), Greece Law 4624/2019 - Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) Implementation Act, Hungary Act CXII of 2011 on Informational Self-Determination and Freedom of Information (Info Act), Japan Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (ASCT) - Digital Services. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Digital Services Act?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how digital services act applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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