Facebook (LUXEMBOURG) – Facebook can be ordered to seek and remove, among shared user content, defamatory content which is identical to content already characterised as illegal, the EU Court of…
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Internet ‘cookies’ can only be set if users have given consent that is valid under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and a pre-ticked…
Internet (BRUSSELS) – Internet companies would be forced to remove content promoting terrorism within an hour of being informed, under new EU rules adopted by an EU Parliament committee on…
Photo Pixabay (LUXEMBOURG) – Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’, which has been defined as “the right to silence on past events in life that are no longer occurring”, only applies…
The EU Commission will launch Thursday a new call for applications for WiFi4EU vouchers to set up free Wi-Fi networks in public spaces, including…
Google search (LUXEMBOURG) – A German provision stopping Google search from using newspaper snippets without publisher authorisation must be disregarded as it was not notified to the Commission, the EU…
Image Alias noa (LUXEMBOURG) – A website displaying Facebook’s ‘Like’ button, which processes users’ personal data, becomes jointly liable for collection and transmission of the data to Facebook, the EU’s…
Photo EC (BRUSSELS) – While most EU Member States have set up the legal framework for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), more is needed…
The EU Commission fined US tech giant Qualcomm EUR 242 million Thursday, for abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband…
Image by Varun (LUXEMBOURG) – Many challenges in collecting correct amounts of VAT and customs duties on e-commerce remain to be resolved, according to a report from the European Court…
