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
AWS is fined half a billion for patent infringement
A US judge has ruled that AWS must pay up to $525 million (€490 million) to tech company Kove. In 2018, ...
The EU AI Act is revolutionary, but how should we interpret it?
On March 14, the AI Regulation – known as the AI Act - was adopted by the European Parliament and will soon...
Dutch foundation launches mass claim against Google over Android privacy
The Dutch Mass Claim & Consumer Foundation asserts that Google knows much more about Android users than t...
EU drops sovereignty rules for U.S. cloud providers
Cloud service providers seeking contracts within the EU will face less stringent sovereignty rules than previ...
Google settles Incognito Mode lawsuit by removing collected data
Google has reached a final settlement with plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing it of still collecting end-user d...
Dangerous backdoor discovered in XZ packages for Linux
A serious security flaw in the XZ compression tool for Linux, known as CVE-2024-3094, has added malicious cod...
China’s Xi Jinping to Dutch prime minister: ‘Export restrictions won’t stop us’
China will not let other countries' scientific or technological obstacles stop its technological advance. Tha...
EU investigating Google, Apple and Meta for Digital Markets Act violations
The European Commission is opening its first investigations to check for compliance with the Digital Markets ...
China blocks Windows, Intel and AMD for government use
The Chinese government has made the decision to run its IT infrastructure entirely on homegrown hardware and ...
Microsoft scoops up Inflection AI, will pay €600 million
Microsoft took over much of the staff and licenses of AI startup Inflection AI last week. In compensation, th...