Here you will find all the articles with the tag: European regulations.
The European Union and the United States are all set to announce a trade and technology initiative to counter China’s rising influence. The joint council will also devise new standards for emerging technologies. The goals of this initiative Europe and the U.S. are ready to announce a collec... Read more
3 years ago
According to a leaked draft of the artificial intelligence regulations envisioned by the European Union’s lawmakers, fines could reach up to 4%of global annual revenue (or €20 million if greater) for prohibited use-cases. The regulation is expected to be delivered this week. The plan to regu... Read more
3 years ago
On Wednesday, the European Union's watchdog, EDPS, supported the region's plan to curb the power held by US tech giants that include, Alphabet's Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple. The plan includes new tough rules and suggestions to include more safeguards to boost consumers' privacy rights. T... 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
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission handed down a fine of 450,000 euro to Twitter after finding that the social media platform violated the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The fine was announced on Tuesday and is notable because Twitter is the first US-based tech f... Read more
3 years ago
Beuc, the European consumer protection umbrella group, published a new report on the obstacles standing in the way of effective cross-border enforcement of the EU's flagship data protection plan. The report makes for awkward reading for lawmakers and regulators as they work towards a comprehensi... Read more
3 years ago
The remedial measures Google adopted have failed to achieve their stated purpose, according to the latest study. Since 2010 Google has been under the gun in the EU for various anticompetitive practices. In 2017, the European Commission fined Google 2.4 billion euros ($2.8 billion) for the offen... Read more
4 years ago
The EU continues to take the fight to the tech giants, deploying a new array of legal powers contained in the block's updated Digital Services Act. Thierry Breton, the EU's bad boy of technology oversight, is at it again. As the EC's Commissioner of Internal Market, Breton is responsible for "th... Read more
4 years ago
The Bureau Krediet Registratie (BKR) appears to be erecting unnecessary barriers for people who want to see their own file. In doing so, the BKR is acting in violation of the Privacy Act. It does this by, among other things, making it quicker and easier for people who pay, than for people who want t... Read more
5 years ago
