
UK to 'align' with EU on data protection
British data minister says 'a strong future data relationship between the UK and EU' is in both parties' interest.
Friday
25th Aug 2017

British data minister says 'a strong future data relationship between the UK and EU' is in both parties' interest.

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The right to be forgotten is coming to Britain, with or without Brexit.
The Copernicus project is a great achievement, but the EU needs to act swiftly to become a world leader in Earth observation data.
The fine for violating the EU principle of net neutrality is €9,600 in Estonia, while it can be up to €1 million in Bulgaria, Luxembourg, and Belgium.
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With two landmark court cases approaching, the European Court of Justice's decisions could have far-reaching effects on citizens' cyber rights.

Its telecom regulator agrees that a €14,000 fine is “neither dissuasive nor effective”.

Estonia calls the out-of-border backup, which will include copies of its citizens' health data, population data, and business registries, a data embassy.

President Kersti Kaljulaid said countries should start small with digital changes in society: "I would never advise using e-voting as the first digital service".
Baltic nation of 1.3 million inhabitants plans to use its EU presidency to showcase its status as a digital frontrunner.
Brussels says Google has abused a near-monopoly position in online searches to favour its shopping service, but the US company said Brussels cannot prove the charges.
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Outgoing MEP Mariya Gabriel made mostly general remarks about the need to “complete the digital single market”, but did not bump into any trouble.
Mariya Gabriel, a Bulgarian MEP, is designated to take up the EU commission's digital affairs portfolio, although she has little experience with that file.
Major telecoms operators across all 28 EU states have scrapped roaming fees on data, text messages, and calls, as of Thursday (15 June).
The European Collaborative Economy Forum, a trade association, has recently started doing advocacy work, while Uber increased its spending on EU lobbying significantly.
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The sharing economy is set to grow a stunning 1200 percent in Finland, posing a challenge to tax systems in Nordic welfare states.

The EU's digital single market strategy is becoming a regulatory burden for new technologies.
Mariya Gabriel, recently nominated as commissioner-designate, seems to not only be a good fit for the digital portfolio but also for Europe as a whole.
EU commissioner Vestager announces the decision via Twitter, saying Facebook had given “wrong/misleading information” when it took over WhatsApp.

The European Parliament's position on the audiovisual media services directive will legalise state censorship in social networks.

Health campaigners would encourage kids to drink water instead of fizzy drinks. But the watering down of an EU directive to protect children from sugary food and drink ads was not what they had in mind.
EU's right-to-be-forgotten celebrates its three-year anniversary, but citizens in most member states have started to use it less.
The digital currency Ethereum allows people to run so-called smart contracts, potentially creating a decentralised sharing economy, and could be the beginning of the end for firms like Uber and Airbnb.

The Court of Justice of the EU was asked to define Uber. The final ruling will likely have consequences for the whole sharing economy.

The EU's executive revealed some of the last-minute changes its officials made to the mid-term review of the digital single market strategy.
The US said Russia was behind the Macron hack, but one cyber expert is less sure, saying that German elections and EU journalists were in Moscow's crosshairs.
EU leaders said there would be almost a million ICT vacancies by 2015, and made digital skills a priority, but in reality the number of vacancies was much lower.