Data protection regulators have begun a Europe-wide review of the use of cloud services by public bodies. The review, which has been planned since the fall, will now examine in a coordinated way how public authorities use network-based storage and processing services. The General Data Protection Regulation also applies to public bodies, with the exception […]
In the dispute over transatlantic standards for data protection, the French data protection supervisory authority CNIL has made another momentous decision. According to this, the use of Google Analytics violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as data would be transferred to the USA. The CNIL now asked the website operator to “bring these processing […]
Yesterday, the EU Commission adopted the work program for the European Innovation Council (EIC). This means that it is now clearer how the EU intends to pursue its innovation funding in the third pillar of the Horizon Europe research funding program in the future.With the work program, the EIC is further on its way to […]
The European Parliament now wants to set up a special committee on the use of the controversial Pegasus spy software from the Israeli manufacturer NSO Group in the EU. According to MEPs Sophie In ‘t Veld and Róża Thun, a motion by the Renew Group to this effect has found a majority in principle. The […]
Deep in the notes on potential business risks, the group has stated in the mandatory disclosures in the 10-K form that it expects an important decision from the Irish data protection supervisory authority DPC in the first half of 2022. This is expected to rule within the next few months on whether Facebook’s transfer of […]
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has sent a letter to WhatsApp, part of Facebook and Meta Group, on the occasion of today’s 16th European Data Protection Day. In it, he asks the company to explain how its 2021 changes to its terms of service and privacy policy would comply with EU consumer law. “WhatsApp needs […]
The European Court of Justice has declared invalid a fine of €1.06 billion imposed by the EU Commission in May 2009 for competition violations against chip manufacturer Intel. The judges of the lower two chambers of the European court found that the Commission had not sufficiently proven that Intel had violated European competition law with […]
Public diplomacy, in part, is the art of advocating for one’s own country’s concerns and perspectives through public speech and action and raising awareness of both among others. This form of diplomacy is not necessarily a great strength of German politicians. Helmut Kohl came closest to achieving this in Gorbachev’s dacha in July 1990, Helmut […]
The basic idea behind the Digital Services Act is simple: The DSA is intended to create uniform rights and obligations throughout Europe between users and various forms of providers on the Internet. And impose heavier burdens on providers in the process. On Thursday afternoon, the European Parliament voted 530 to 78, with 80 abstentions, in […]
The final debate on the European Parliament’s position on the Digital Services Act (DSA) was characterized by weighty words on the role of the European regulatory framework. A set of rules that – depending on the perspective – is intended to put a stop to the Internet giants, fraudsters and radicals on the Net, or […]