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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
The Italian data protection supervisory authority ordered Vodafone to pay a fine in excess of Euro 12,250,000 on account of having unlawfully processed the personal
To better exploit the potential of ever-growing data in a trustworthy European framework, the European Commission proposes on 25 November 2020 a Regulation with new rules
European Commission unveils the Digital Services Act and the Digital Market Act
The Commission has proposed on 15 December 2020 an ambitious reform of the digital space, a comprehensive set of new rules for all digital services,
UK CMA investigates Google’s proposal to replace third-party cookies
On Jan. 8, the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into whether Google’s proposals for replacing third-party cookies — through an effort Google has
Paris Commercial Court fines Google 1 M for abuse of dominant position
In a judgment handed down on 10 February, the Paris Commercial Court ordered Google Ireland to pay the directory assistance information operator Oxone more than
Council agrees its position on ePrivacy rules
On February 10th, 2021, member states agreed on a negotiating mandate for the Council on the e-privacy regulation. These updated ‘ePrivacy’ rules will define cases in
Council to discuss a first draft paper on the EU Data Governance proposal
On February 22, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU proposed its first draft paper on the EU Data Governance Act, proposal which
