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European Commission unveils plans for gigabit future

By Joe O’Halloran 24 Feb 2023

Brussels presents set of actions aimed to make gigabit connectivity available to all EU citizens and businesses across EU by 2030 Read More

Meta fined €17m over EU data breaches

By Bill Goodwin 15 Mar 2022

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has fined Meta after finding it in breach of GDPR rules Read More

Oracle to open first sovereign cloud regions for EU-based users in 2023

By Caroline Donnelly 11 Jul 2022

Database software giant Oracle has set out plans to provide private enterprises and public sector organisations with access to sovereign cloud regions, with the first set to open in Spain and Germany next year Read More

Privacy Shield: US surveillance law reforms essential for EU-US data, says EU parliamentary study

By Bill Goodwin 15 Jul 2021

EU Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs study calls for major reforms of US spying laws to enable an EU-US data-sharing agreement to replace Privacy Shield Read More

All EU states can take data protection cases against Facebook, says EU court

By Bill Goodwin 14 Jan 2021

An opinion from the European Court of Justice has the potential to lead to a flood of privacy complaints against Facebook if upheld Read More

EU lawmakers propose limited ban on predictive policing systems

By Sebastian Klovig Skelton 22 Apr 2022

MEPs’ joint report on European Artificial Intelligence Act sets out limited ban on predictive policing systems alongside a raft of further amendments to improve redress mechanisms and extend the list of AI systems ... Read More

New EU due diligence law needs amending to stop tech sector abuse

By Sebastian Klovig Skelton 03 Aug 2022

European corporate due diligence directive seeking to transform how companies approach their human rights and environmental risk is welcome, but without further changes, it will fail to effectively curb tech firms’... Read More

MEPs demand EU probe into Pegasus spyware abuse

By Alex Scroxton 12 Jan 2022

A group of European Parliament Members has called for an EU-wide investigation into NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware after it emerged EU member states may have used it Read More

Walmart works on carbon emissions, prepares for new rules

By Makenzie Holland 06 Oct 2023

Walmart is working on its carbon emissions reduction goals as the EU, U.S. and states like California advance carbon emission and climate risk reporting rules. Read More

AWS to open European sovereign cloud region

By Caroline Donnelly 26 Oct 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is to open its first European sovereign cloud region in Germany, as part of a push to better meet the regulatory and data residency needs of its EU customers Read More