UK to 'align' with EU on data protection

Next year, companies will be required to move personal data to competitors if consumers decide to switch. Yet one year before the new rules go into force, a lot is still unclear.

Following the recent devastating WannaCry cyberattack, which affected over 200,000 people globally, there needs to be a joint effort to ensure Europe's systems are secure.

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.