EU

France, Germany Pull Back On Plans For Tax On US Digital Giants

Under a new compromise, the EU now aims to implement its 3 percent tax on large digital companies' revenues by…

6 years ago

France’s Le Maire: European Tax On Tech Giants Is Question Of ‘Sovereignty’

French finance minister Bruno Le Maire argues the only thing holding the tax on Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and the…

6 years ago

EU Set To Approve Microsoft’s $7.5bn GitHub Buy Without Conditions

Microsoft is reportedly set to get a no-strings-attached green light for the surprise deal, which sees Redmond acquiring the internet's…

6 years ago

European Parliament Votes To Suspend Privacy Shield

The data-sharing agreement could be put on hold from 1 September if the Trump administration continues to delay compliance

6 years ago

Qualcomm Faces Additional EU Pricing Violation Charge

European antitrust regulators add a fresh violation in its case against Qualcomm over 'predatory pricing'

6 years ago

EU Fines Google Record 4.3 Billion Euros Over Android

The fine is the largest ever antitrust fine worldwide, dwarfing the EU's own 2.4bn-euro penalty last year over Google's shopping…

6 years ago

Google Faces Record EU Antitrust Fine Over Android Next Week

The European Commission is expected to hand down a multibillion-euro fine on Wednesday, a week later than planned

6 years ago

European Chip Makers Call For State Support

An industry study identifies AI and European semiconductor self-reliance as key priorities in uncertain times

6 years ago

Zuckerberg Says Yes To EU Parliament Appearance, But No To UK

The Facebook chief executive says he will appear before the European Parliament, but won't come to the UK

7 years ago

ICANN Looks For Guidance As GDPR Deadline Looms

The US-based domain name coordinator has acknowledged it will not be able to obtain an official exemption from EU data…

7 years ago

MPs Warn On ‘Unprecedented’ Brexit Trade IT Challenge

Defra and the Department for International Trade face an 'impossible' task in preparing for Brexit

7 years ago

Facebook Moves To Block Privacy Case From Reaching Top EU Court

A ruling by the European Court of Justice could disrupt transatlantic data transfers for thousands of companies

7 years ago

Brussels Aims To Regulate Online Giants’ ‘Harmful’ Business Practices

Proposal takes aim at the way intermediaries deal with the companies who depend on them

7 years ago

EU Calls For €20bn Artificial Intelligence Cash Injection

A major increase in AI investment is needed to catch up with the US and Asia and prevent brain drain,…

7 years ago

EU Opens In-Depth Probe Into Apple’s Shazam Buy

Competition officials fear Apple could use data from Shazam to place rival streaming services at a 'competitive disadvantage'

7 years ago

Proposal Gives EU Judges Power To Demand Data Across Borders

The 'e-evidence' law would force tech firms to hand over data within as little as six hours

7 years ago

EU, France Take Action Against ‘Abusive’ Google, Apple App Stores

The European Commission has drafted stricter rules for app stores, e-commerce sites and search engines, while French legal action targets…

7 years ago

EU Proposes Cross-Border Crowdfunding Regime In Fintech Push

The plan would create a single regulatory scheme across Europe for crowdfunding platforms, as the EU prepares for Brexit

7 years ago

Tech Giants Face EU Tax On ‘2 To 6 Percent Of Turnover’

A major change to the way the European Union taxes companies such as Google and Amazon is coming within 'weeks',…

7 years ago

Tech Leaders Urge UK To Maintain EU Data Standards After Brexit

techUK warns regulatory divergence from the European Union on data protection would make it more difficult for Britain to lead…

7 years ago

German Court Says Facebook Privacy Practices Are Illegal

Facebook doesn't give users enough information before granting itself broad access to their personal data, finds a Berlin regional court

7 years ago

French Watchdog Finds WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing Illegal

The CNIL has given WhatsApp and Facebook one month to bring themselves into compliance with French data protection law or…

7 years ago

France Demands €10m Amazon Fine Over Vendor Contracts

Amazon abused its e-commerce dominance to tie vendors using its platform into 'abusive' contracts, claims the regulator's lawsuit

7 years ago

Google Appeal Claims EU Misstated Facts When It Imposed Massive Fine

In its appeals of a $2.9 billion fine, Google has claimed that the European Commission misstated the facts about the…

7 years ago

Britain, France And Italy Will Pressure Internet Companies To Tackle ‘Terrorist Content’ Faster

Britain wants Internet firms to remove extremist content from their sites and services in a speedier fashion, with the aim…

7 years ago

New Citrix Cloud Region Will Serve EU Customers

Citrix wants to support European cloud customers with local data centres

7 years ago

Google Appeals £2.2bn EU Antitrust Fine For Search Abuse

Google will appeal the fine issued by the EC but it will still have to change practices by 28 September

7 years ago

EU Court To Reconsider Intel Antitrust Fine

Nearly a decade later...Europe's highest court to take a second look at the billion euro fine against Intel in 2009

7 years ago

Google Submits Compliance Plans For EU Antitrust Order

Google sends antitrust regulators its proposed fixes to compile with shopping results antitrust order

7 years ago

UK Wants Frictionless Post-Brexit Data Sharing Agreement With EU

Government says its essential for the future of digital economy and law enforcement that the UK and EU have a…

7 years ago