EU court rules that companies must reveal with whom they share data
An Austrian case could have a wide-ranging impact on how the GDPR is enforced.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a decision that forces personal data collectors to identify the entities they sold data to when requested under the EU GDPR.
The decision is in response to a c... Read more
Biden’s executive order allows US to review EU surveillance laws
The order establishing a new transatlantic privacy framework will allow the US to review how the EU handles surveillance.
An American executive order designed to assuage the EU’s privacy concerns will also allow the US government to review and approve European surveillance programs, according ... Read more
Two EU ministers say they’ll be just fine without Facebook
Two ministers from Germany and France say that Meta's withdrawal from the European market will suit them just fine.
The threat by Meta Platforms to quit Europe because of disputes over privacy rules met with aplomb by two top German and French politicians, according to a report in Bloomberg.
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European Parliament is found to have broken EU’s own Privacy rules
EDPS sanctions the European Parliament for illegal EU-US data transfers - among other violations
The European Union’s chief data protection supervisor has sanctioned the European Parliament for a series of breaches of the bloc’s data protection rules.
The European Data Protection Supervis... Read more
EU Court leaves tech giants more exposed to privacy challenges
The European Union backs the sanctions set by national privacy watchdogs on Facebook, Google, and Twitter. These corporations will now be answerable about their privacy legislation to the EU authorities.
Silicon Valley giants are all set to face more scrutiny, and strict sanctions after the EU's... Read more
Deutsche Telekom loses appeal against EU antitrust fine
The German telecom giant and its Slovak business unit are both still liable, according to the court.
Reuters has reported that Europe's top court on Thursday dismissed appeals by Deutsche Telekom and its Slovak unit against an antitrust fine levied nearly a decade ago by EU antitrust enforcers. ... Read more
Facebook threatens to pull out of Europe (again) – here’s why
The technology giant complains that it simply cannot function unless it is allowed to send European user data to the US for "processing."
US-based tech giant Facebook is once more appearing for the European court in order to protect its right to be exempt from EU rules. This time the battle is b... Read more