Here you will find all the articles with the tag: EU.
WhatsApp may face one of the biggest GDPR fines ever. The European Union is investigating whether the chat app broke any laws by not providing enough transparency about what happens to the data in the app. The fine could be between 30 and 50 million euros, writes Politico. According to the prose... Read more
3 years ago
European Union lawmakers have invited leaders of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to Brussels to discuss future legislation for major tech companies. The aim of the meeting is to discuss how to tackle problems related to competition and fake news. The EU is working on several laws in this ar... Read more
3 years ago
Amazon is suing the EU's antitrust regulators for allowing Italy's competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the US-based online retail behemoth. The Italian case concerns the way Amazon selects its sellers. Now, the company is arguing that this investigation should be included in the EU'... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union is almost as happy as the Americans who wanted a respite from Trump's chaotic ruling style. It hailed Joe Biden's inauguration as the United States president as a 'new dawn.' However, the EU also insisted that US tech companies need to be regulated. The EU hopes to stop the 'd... Read more
3 years ago
The data in the GDPR Fines 2020 Report, shows that 171 million euros in GDPR fines were collected in European countries in 2020. The fines were issued between January 1st, 2020, and January 1st, 2021. According to the report by Findbold, Italy accounts for the highest fines with 58.16 million eu... Read more
3 years ago
The European Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board has approved the EU's proposed rules to limit tech giants' power. Nevertheless, the watchdog has highlighted a couple of shortcomings. According to the Board, the proposal should better justify the identification and selection of core platform ... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union has increased the number of companies subject to strict cybersecurity rules and increased fines for companies that do not comply with them. When companies ignore the rules, they can expect fines of up to 2 percent of global revenue. Now that a large proportion of Europe's popu... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union has announced its official plans for the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. With the legislation, the EU aims to prevent unfair competition in the tech market and protect users' online rights. The new proposals have been published on the EU website. Digital Servi... Read more
3 years ago
The EU has published a resolution on how to deal with encryption, security and privacy in the future. Contrary to previous fears, the Union does not want to prohibit end-to-end encryption or require a backdoor. In the resolution, the EU indicates that it wants to strike a balance between the pos... Read more
3 years ago
The EU appears to have decided on the yardsticks by which it will distinguish tech giants who have to comply with stricter legislation. The yardsticks are based on the number of users and the areas in which companies operate. With the criteria, the EU wants to distinguish large technology compan... Read more
3 years ago
