Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
GitHub to appease data residency concerns with European servers
GitHub is allowing its Enterprise Cloud customers cloud customers to keep their data within an EU from now on...
Linux Foundation and CNCF continue their fight against ‘patent trolls’
The Linux Foundation is deepening its existing partnership with Unified Patents, a membership organization th...
Dutch regulator wants more power after EU decision on Microsoft
The Dutch market regulator ACM wants more power to investigate acquisitions independently. This was after the...
Google evades €1.5 billion European fine over ad model
Lawsuit dismissed
Possible mega fine for Meta due to advertising practices
The European Union is potentially going to impose a large competition fine on Meta for its shadowy market dom...
Blockchain and digital identity initiatives find a new home
Decentralized tech, united in new Foundation
EU opens investigation into Google’s AI compliance
Irish privacy regulator Data Protection Commission (DPC) is investigating whether Google properly protected t...
Google and Apple must pay billions in fines from European Court of Justice
Due to undue tax advantages and anti-competitve practices
US government wants to know the ins and outs of the largest AI models
The U.S. Department of Commerce requires makers of the most advanced AI models to share critical details abou...