EU-wide counter-terror rules are paving the way to allow authorities to crack down on people before any crime has been committed.
Hint: it’s not what you think. Even taking into account all the malware out there, from Trojans to ransomware, a cyber weapon is not always on the offensive.
We should not allow private companies to take over our law and order. To say this seems self-evident. And yet this is increasingly what big tech is being asked to do.
Germany has a debate, the ECJ seals Hungary’s fate, and it’s baby three for William and Kate.
In scenes reminiscent of the last days of GDPR drafting, lobbyists from the advertising industry queued up to give European plans for the ePrivacy regulation a kicking.
Six European countries have publicly questioned whether a proposed new law that would require automatic upload filtering is actually legal. Article 13 of the controversial European Union (EU) copyright reform, which has been lumbering on for years, includes a rule to force …
On August 7, the UK government published a so-called “Statement of Intent” for the overhaul of its data protection law. Nearly a month later, companies and citizens alike are still waiting for the details. Speculation has been rife, but let’s …
The egg crisis, Brexit and Trump’s mensis horribilis!
Have your say on plans to “help Europe’s law enforcement agencies combat crime in the digital age” — that’s code for getting access to more information more easily. Read more…
For the agenda: #CJEU hearing on #Google case related to the Framework Dir to be held on March 13. Most questions cover core issues of the ongoing #ePrivacy reform (and confirms the need for an update!) : ads, "paying with data", transmission, etc
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Today I am doing, officially, the WORST job in media: Vox Pops! Actual contact with the great unwashed general public *shudder*
This week's Friday fun: #EUTweets of the week. Shock and awe at latest Parliament poll, Commission scores #copyright own goal, and Hungary’s #Fidesz party is playing the troll.
The Belgian kids might all be out marching every week for climate change, but their parents are all sat on their own in cars that the government encourages by offering tax breaks for company cars. #Brussels is snarled up tonight. #Youth4Climate #YouthStrike4Climate @GretaThunberg
