Tag: Data
US: DOJ antitrust chief outlines role of data in antitrust review
The Justice Department's top antitrust official warned Big Tech companies Friday (November 8) that the government could pursue them for anticompetitive behavior...
US: Proposed social media law would let data flow among platforms
A proposed law created to increase competition in the tech sector would allow users to move their data between social media platforms.
US: Senators want social media users to be able to take...
Three US lawmakers active in tech issues will introduce a bill requiring social networks like Facebook to allow users to pack up...
Germany: Data Protection Authorities adopt new GDPR model
Data protection violations may result in German authorities imposing significantly increased fines.
The Conference of the German Data Protection...
Facebook and the Bundeskartellamt’s Winter of Discontent
September 2019
CPI EU News Column edited by Thibault Schrepel, Sam Sadden & Jan Roth (CPI) presents:
US: CEOs ask congress to pass data privacy law
To enable continued innovation and growth in the digital economy, the Business Roundtable is asking Congress to pass a comprehensive consumer data...
EU: Tech regulators may impose new data rules
The European Union’s (EU) Antitrust Chief Margrethe Vestager said new rules may be imposed to ensure companies that collect data are not...
US: Facebook lays out challenges of letting users take their data...
Facebook Inc. has promised regulators that it will protect users’ privacy and give them the right to take their data where they...
EU: Top data protection regulator dies
Europe’s data protection supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli, has died. His passing, at age 62, was announced by his office Wednesday, August 21 — which wrote:
"It...
EU: Commission could have a Facebook decision for privacy cases
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has the power to levy billions of euros in fines and...
