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European Commission proposed a major €2,4 trillion recovery plan
On 27 May 2020 , the European Commission proposed a major €2,4 trillion recovery plan which is based on using the full potential of a powerful, modern
German Presidency first draft paper on e-privacy
The German Presidency of the Council of the European Union published a discussion paper regarding upcoming work on a potential ePrivacy Regulation. The presidency said
In a major development for international data transfers, the European Union’s highest court declared that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield arrangement — which includes thousands of participating
European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis will be the EU’s new trade commissioner and Mairead McGuinness will be the new Irish commissioner with responsibility
The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 9 that Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner issued a preliminary order that Facebook must stop transferring user data to the U.S.
Spain to consider Instant Messaging providers as telecommunication providers
The Spanish government is preparing a tax for instant messaging services. A bill is underway that will affect applications like WhatsApp, the favorite in the
Court of Justice of the EU rules no mass surveillance without limits
In a ruling from October 6, 2020 , the CJEU has made it clear that national security concerns do not exclude EU Member States from
EU considering a New Council working party on blanket telecommunications surveillance
The German Presidency of the Council of the EU is planning a new working party, which will work on policy and legal initiatives aiming to
MEPs approved on October 21 two separate “legislative initiative” reports calling on the Commission to address and tackle current shortcomings in the online environment in
CJEU ruling invalidates consent in pre-ticked boxes with Orange Romania
On 11 November 2020, the Court of Justice of the EU adopted a ruling which considers that Orange Romania did not comply with 95/46/EC Directive
The European Data Protection Board welcomes comments on the Recommendations 01/2020 on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of
European Commission releases draft implementing decision on Standard Contractual Clauses
The European Commission released on 12 November 2020 its draft implementing decision on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of data to third countries. The
