Thursday
22nd Dec 2016
The proposed new Digital Content Directive could create uncertainty because of conflicts with the General Data Protection Regulation and undermine growth of one of Europe's fastest growing job-creating sectors.
The digital content directive is vital to promote competition, innovation and to modernise consumer rights.
The economy of all countries is transforming into a digital economy whether they like it or not. Huawei's Global Connectivity Index provides an indicator of which EU countries are best poised for development and growth.
While 90 percent of jobs requires IT knowledge, almost half of the EU population is not properly digitally skilled. That's why training is key for the future, says Google Europe chief.
The European Court of Justice delivered stunning verdicts in 2015 to protect citizens' fundamental privacy rights over mass-surveillance.
Android has been a force for good, not a walled garden of software, writes Google's president for Europe.
As some places struggle to deal with the impact of firms like Uber and Airbnb, other cities are embracing the change and seeking to learn.
Europe’s messy copyright legal framework doesn’t belong in the 21st century. A citizens' movement can help reform it.
The EU's new data protection deal with the US fails to guarantee privacy or security, says Max Schrems, the activist who brought down the scheme's predecessor.
A Belgian court has overturned a previous ruling that banned Facebook from tracking people who are not users.
Talks on Privacy Shield have agreed key issues - on US security access, bulk collection and oversight - EU commissioner Jourova told EUobserver. Questions on data retention outstanding.
Digital commissioner Ansip tells journalists it is "practically impossible" to govern all online platforms with the same regulation.
Europe's largest business organisation pledges to present a plan for an advanced European border system within a week to save the Schengen area.
As connecting everyday items to the internet is set to become a normality, the EU Commission is trying to develop a 5G network to cope with the extra demands.
As the 5G era is drawing near, it is important to facilitate dialogue between the security and privacy communities, and all other parties who contribute to 5G technologies, in order to provide enough protection for the ‘everything-connected’ world.
Consumer confidence and trust can only be delivered through transparency, based on handling a minimum amount of private data and no more.
Europeans will have the right to object to being targeted by online advertisers, to carry their data from one service to another, and to have personal data deleted if they want to.
Cyber security threats will be unintentionally elicited by hobbyists, said the EU cyber security agency's executive director.
Social network should stop tracking Belgians who aren't a member, a court said, or pay a daily penalty of €250,000.
The European Parliament has decided to stick with a compromise deal on roaming surcharges and Internet rules, giving it final approval, rather than risk reopening lengthy negotiations.
Identifying 5G projects for co-funding is a priority for the EU-China partnership.
MEPs are trying to close loopholes in new Internet legislation that will be put to a vote in Strasbourg on Tuesday.
Cloud services are not allowed to be funded under the EU's structural funds. "It's the single biggest thing we need to change", says Microsoft's Dejan Cvetkovic.
American firms that used only Safe Harbour to transfer EU data to the US could face court action.
Frans Timmermans, the EU commission vice president, said transatlantic data flows will continue despite an EU Court ruling against the Safe Harbour agreement.
The US mission to the EU has spoken out in defence of Safe Harbour, a data-sharing pact, after the EU Court's advocate general said it's invalid.
Future EU-US data sharing risks complications if the EU Court follows the opinion of Yves Bot, its attorney general, issued on Wednesday.
EU and US have signed a data protection agreement following 2013 revelations that US security services conduct mass, indiscriminate surveillance on EU citizens.
The EU has closed a deal ending roaming surcharges and securing an open internet, but there are many devils in the detail.
The compromise deal ends months of deadlock, but also delays fulfilment of promises by parliament and commission.
