Amazon's e-book distribution contracts could be illegal, says EU
Amazon.com's e-book distribution deals are coming under close scrutiny from the European Commission, which has begun a formal antitrust investigation into the company's contracts with publishers.
View ArticleBelgian data retention law axed by constitutional court
A Belgian law requiring telecommunications operators and ISPs to store customer metadata for police investigations was axed by the Constitutional Court of Belgium on Thursday because it violates...
View ArticleRight to be forgotten applies to all Google domains, rules French privacy...
Google must respect the European Union's 'right to be forgotten' court ruling on all its sites, not just those it says target EU countries, the French data protection authority has ruled, giving the...
View ArticleEU Parliament committee moves copyright reform forward
The European Parliament's legal affairs committee is taking a strong stance against geo-blocking online content in a report on copyright reform that is largely in sync with the Commission, which is...
View ArticleGoogle's foes have four weeks to comment on EU antitrust charges
The European Commission is almost ready to file final antitrust charges against Google: It has shared a redacted copy of charges with complainants and given them four weeks to provide additional...
View ArticleGoogle harms consumers by favoring its own services, study finds
Google's favoring of its own services in search results doesn't just harm competitors, it also harms consumers, according to research sponsored by a complainant in the EU antitrust trial against the...
View ArticleEU Parliament takes strong stance against geoblocking
A large majority of the European Parliament took a strong stance against geoblocking of online content in a report calling on the European Commission to reform E.U. copyright laws.
View ArticleHuawei buys software networking tech from Irish Amartus
Chinese networking giant Huawei has bought the software-defined networking (SDN) division of Irish telecom software maker Amartus.
View ArticleEU air passenger data retention system ready for take-off, says Parliament
Air passengers entering or leaving the European Union could soon have their personal details stored and shared among EU countries, after lawmakers voted Wednesday to move forward with the proposal.
View ArticleQualcomm hit with two EU antitrust probes
Qualcomm is under investigation by the European Union's antitrust authority, which suspects the company of abusing its dominant position in the market for 3G and 4G chipsets used in smartphones and...
View ArticleBig tech companies back Samsung in Apple patent fight
Tech companies including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Facebook are backing Samsung Electronics as it appeals a court ruling to pay Apple almost US$1 billion in damages in a patent infringement suit.
View ArticleBelgian government phishing test goes off-track
An IT security drill went off the tracks in Belgium, prompting a regional government office to apologize to European high-speed train operator Thalys for involving it without warning.
View ArticleTrillion-dollar world trade deal aims to make IT products cheaper
A new global trade agreement that eliminates tariffs on more than 200 kinds of IT products should result in lower prices to technology buyers around the world as it is implemented over the next three...
View ArticleGoogle tells its publisher partners to comply with EU cookie directive
Google is now requiring that publishers that carry its ads comply with a European Union directive and ask their site visitors' for permission before setting cookies on their computers.
View ArticleEU privacy watchdog weighs in on data protection reform, shares concerns
As European Union lawmakers in the Commission, Parliament and Council debate a new data protection law, the EU's data protection watchdog has chimed in, expressing some concerns and saying individuals'...
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