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
‘EU to ban Meta from ads based on personal user data without consent’
According to a confidential EU privacy watchdog ruling, Meta will only be allowed to run user adver...
UK struggles to pass Online Safety Bill, lags behind European Union
Less than a month after the Digital Services Act (DSA) took effect in the European Union, London is still str...
Meta threatens to remove news from its platforms
Meta threatened to stop publishing news on its social media platforms in the face of a controversial media bi...
Cisco escapes €2.6 billion in damages for patent infringement
A court error allowed Cisco to escape paying €2.6 billion in damages -- the largest amount ever awarded in ...
Europe’s top countries want clarity on big tech network costs
Germany and five other countries have asked the European Commission to clarify proposals to have big tech pay...
US opposes EU draft that could exclude US cloud providers
The US Chamber of Commerce and twelve other organizations urged the European Union not to pass regulations th...
Elon Musk is at the top of regulator watchlists, says EU official
Another target has been added to Elon Musk's back after Twitter decided to cease enforcing its COVID-19 anti-...
EU banks face stricter regulations on cloud computing usage
Financial firms in the European Union will have to demonstrate how quickly they can recover from a cyberattac...
German privacy watchdogs take aim at Microsoft 365
A working group of German data protection regulators has determined that Microsoft 365 cannot comply with the...
‘Amazon may settle EU antitrust probes by the end of the year’
After making concessions to address concerns over the use of seller data, US retail giant Amazon may be able ...