Here you will find all the articles with the tag: legislation.
Cloudflare has unveiled the Data Localisation Suite. The service is intended to help companies comply with legislation in countries where it is forbidden to store personal data across borders. Customers of Cloudflare can use the service to indicate where they want their data to be encrypted, dec... Read more
3 years ago
A large majority of the European Parliament has expressed its support for Right to Repair for consumers. The vote gives the go-ahead for several laws that should make it easier for consumers to repair their own equipment. Of the members of the European Parliament, 395 voted in favour of the legi... Read more
3 years ago
The move targets American tech giants Google and Facebook. It seems that US Big Tech just cannot get any sympathy in Europe. Britain is now going to impose a new competition regime on Google and Facebook. In what has become a common theme in European regulations, the move by the U.K. seeks t... Read more
3 years ago
Tech giants who oppose the EU's new rules restricting their power can expect to face severe penalties. Large fines or even breaking them up are not out of the question. This was stated by the European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton. "We start with a fine, then you have a bigger ... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union has introduced a new set of rules giving companies and organisations the means to exchange data with each other. This includes both personal and public data. The model is based on neutrality and transparency, Reuters writes. It makes use of so-called "data intermediaries", whi... Read more
3 years ago
The ruling is a major rebuke to telecom giants and ISPs. Internet traffic needs to be treated in a non-discriminatory manner. ISP's may not favour certain traffic over others or apply a premium price. In a long-awaited decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled to put peo... Read more
4 years ago
It is something that foreign investors are not very happy about when they look at the Chinese market. Non-Chinese companies must enter into a joint venture with a Chinese company if they want to be active in the market. This often means that technology is being transferred, which, of course, foreign... Read more
5 years ago
New research shows that very few companies meet the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Since EU rules came into force three months ago, not all businesses have yet complied with the legislation. The survey was conducted by data company Talend SA, which states that 98 per... Read more
6 years ago
The European Union has proposed that large Internet platforms should be fined if they fail to filter out extremist content within one hour. These services include Facebook, Google and Twitter. This is still a proposal, not a policy. Last March, the European Union asked Internet companies to indicate... Read more
6 years ago
