One of the European Union’s leading regulators is making a house call to Silicon Valley this week. Her agenda: A series of meetings with the likes of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg to press the tech industry on privacy, hate speech and consumer protection. Source: A top EU official is pressing Apple, Facebook, on privacy, hate speech […]
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One of the most pressing challenges in our Digital Single Market project (DSM) is to create an online environment that people can really trust. Source: Online privacy, building trust in the digital age | European Commission
The European Commission wants to bolster cyber security in the EU by increasing investment in technology, setting stricter consumer safeguards and stepping up diplomacy to deter attacks by other nations, among other measures. Source: EU looks to extra spending, diplomacy to bolster cyber security
On August 4, the European Commission opened a public consultation to “help Europe’s law enforcement agencies combat crime in the digital age” — that’s code for getting access to more information more easily. Source: Law enforcement access gets review in the EU
Member States are still preparing their national positions on EU Commission’s proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation. However, the EU Council’s Maltese Presidency’s progress report reveals that some Member States think that ePrivacy Regulation may be too difficult to achieve by May 25, 2018 to come into force at the same time as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Source: […]
Data protection is only getting more important. Yet, most people simply do not care enough about protecting their personal data. Therefore Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová is going to launch information campaign to rise public awareness about privacy and data protection. Source: Jourová: I will launch a massive information campaign on data protection – EURACTIV.com
Vera Jourová, the European Union Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, rounded off a recent three-day visit to the US with a speech at Berkeley School of Law on the current state of online privacy and consumer protection.
The European Commission is trying to pull together member states’ differing views on security and privacy before it publishes a report on encryption technologies on 18 October. Source: Commission to publish encryption report on 18 October – EURACTIV.com
The European Commission will add funds and new powers for the EU cyber security agency and introduce a range of measures to limit threats from hackers, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced in his annual state of the union speech on Wednesday (13 September). Source: Juncker announces massive cyber security overhaul – EURACTIV.com
On September 8, 2017, the Council of the European Union published its proposed revisions to the draft ePrivacy Regulation, which was first published by the European Commission in January 2016. The revisions have been made based on written comments and discussions involving the Working Party for Telecommunications and Information Society and serve as a discussion […]