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EU digital copyright reform proposals slammed as regressive
The European Commission’s proposals to reform the region’s copyright rules, published in draft form today, have been criticized by tech companies and digital rights groups as regressive and a missed...
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Google formally rebuts EU antitrust charges against Shopping, AdSense
Google has now formally responded to two antitrust charges brought against it by Europe’s Competition Commission, rebutting charges of exploiting the popularity of its search engine to boost its price...
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Europe agrees to end geoblocks on travelers’ digital subscriptions by 2018
European consumers will be able to make use of digital subscriptions as they travel around the 28-Member State bloc in future, after EU negotiators agreed a deal on service portability. Read More
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Facebook fined $122M in Europe over misleading WhatsApp filing
Facebook’s 2014 acquisition of messaging app WhatsApp cost $19 billion when it was announced. Now the price tag has been bumped up a little more after European regulators slapped the company with a...
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Social media giants making progress on illegal hate speech takedowns: EC
The European Commission is trumpeting what it dubs “significant progress” on hate speech takedowns by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft vs their performance six months prior. Though it also...
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No straight answer on encryption from Europe’s incoming digital chief
Mariya Gabriel, the EC’s commissioner-designate for the digital economy and society brief, was asked for a clear position on encryption during a Q&A session in the European Parliament today. Yet,...
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Google files to appeal $2.73BN EU antitrust fine
Google has filed a legal appeal against a record-breaking fine handed down by the European Commission this summer for anti-competitive behavior relating to the operation of its product search...
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Apple Relabels “Free” Download Buttons On iTunes And Mac App Store To “Get”...
Across the iTunes and Mac App Stores today, a minor but also notable change is taking place with regard to how Apple is marketing its iOS and Mac applications. Instead of free apps being labeled as...
View ArticleEurope Sets Out Three-Month Timetable To Seal New Data-Transfer Deal With U.S.
The European Commission has said it hopes to reach a deal with the U.S. on a so-called ‘Safe Harbor 2.0′ agreement on data transfers by January 2016 — laying out a three month timetable to hammer out a...
View ArticleEU-US Safe Harbor Data Flow Talks Still Sticking On Surveillance
As the three-month deadline for Europe and the U.S. to agree a new transatlantic data transfer deal looms, EC officials are briefing that the U.S. needs to do more to improve transparency around its...
View ArticleSafe Harbor Deadline Passes Without A New Deal On Transatlantic Data Flows — Yet
A deadline to agree a new deal to govern transatlantic data transfers has passed without agreement on a new, safer ‘Safe Harbor’. But talks are continuing — and Věra Jourová, the EC commissioner...
View ArticleEurope And US Seal ‘Privacy Shield’ Data Transfer Deal To Replace Safe Harbor
A new transatlantic data transfer deal has been announced today between the EU and the US. The new EU-US Privacy Shield will replace the old Safe Harbor agreement, which was invalidated by the European...
View ArticleDraft Text Of EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Deal Fails To Impress The Man Who Slayed...
The draft text of an agreement between the EU and the U.S. to establish a new self-certification framework governing transatlantic data flows aimed at ensuring data protection and privacy compliance...
View ArticleEurope eyes new rules for online platforms
The European Union’s executive body has today set out a series of proposals for new rules that would apply to a broad range of online platforms, from the likes of YouTube to Google to eBay, as part of...
View ArticleEU backs light-touch regulation for on-demand companies like Uber and Airbnb
On-demand companies like Uber and Airbnb may be coming under scrutiny in some European countries for allegedly contravening local laws, but today the European Commission threw them a line of support....
View ArticleEurope agrees cyber threat strategy, plans to help fund more startups
The European Parliament has voted to adopt a set of measures aimed at bolstering resilience to digital threats and improving cybersecurity cooperation and info sharing across its 28 Member States. The...
View ArticleEU-US Privacy Shield open for sign ups from today
U.S. companies needing to transfer personal data of European customers across the Atlantic can now sign up to a new framework to govern such data transfers, with the so-called EU-US Privacy Shield up...
View ArticleEU digital copyright reform proposals slammed as regressive
The European Commission’s proposals to reform the region’s copyright rules, published in draft form today, have been criticized by tech companies and digital rights groups as regressive and a missed...
View ArticleGoogle formally rebuts EU antitrust charges against Shopping, AdSense
Google has now formally responded to two antitrust charges brought against it by Europe’s Competition Commission, rebutting charges of exploiting the popularity of its search engine to boost its price...
View ArticleEurope agrees to end geoblocks on travelers’ digital subscriptions by 2018
European consumers will be able to make use of digital subscriptions as they travel around the 28-Member State bloc in future, after EU negotiators agreed a deal on service portability. The agreement...
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