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
Microsoft goes on the offensive in Europe to combat cloud concerns
Microsoft is attempting to sway organizations into dropping antitrust complaints by offering collaborations a...
Civil rights group calls for revision of GDPR enforcement
Civil rights group Access Now urges the European Union to tighten GDPR enforcement. The civil rights grou...
Meta managers urged to dump low-performing staffers
Meta's head of engineering told his managers to identify and report low performers so they could force those ...
TikTok under fire in Europe
TikTok received an official warning from Italy's Data Protection Authority (DPA). TikTok no longer asks Europ...
Google tries to avoid regulators by shifting ad business to parent
The US Justice Department (DOJ) is gearing up for a possible antitrust lawsuit against Google's ad business. ...
‘Former European Commissioner Neelie Kroes illegally lobbied for Uber’
Former European Commissioner Neelie Kroes reportedly violated regulations by lobbying for Uber after her term...
Microsoft’s data centers will provide energy to power grids
Microsoft's Irish data centers will be feeding power into the national grid before the end of the year. Thank...
‘Facebook and Instagram will likely be unavailable in Europe’
The Irish privacy authority wants to ban data transfers between Meta and the United States. The bill can be i...
Amazon faces serious antitrust probes by EC, Germany and UK
Amazon is facing multiple antitrust investigations in Europe. The UK's antitrust watchdog started a probe int...
Big tech ‘shadow lobbying’ under fire in European Parliament
Members of the European Parliament are outraged by shell groups driving big tech arguments. Three members...