EU regulators dish out record €1.1bn in fines for GDPR breaches in 2021 January 18, 2022 The total value of fines dished out by EU authorities for breaches of GDPR has risen to record highs of almost €1.1bn (£0.9bn), after jumping sevenfold between 2020 and 2021. EU authorities dished out a record €1.087bn worth of fines last year – a sevenfold increase on the € 158.5m worth of fines handed out [...]
‘An awful lot to play for’: Google lobbies EU for a softer Digital Markets Act as final changes made January 14, 2022 Google is in the process of nudging European Union officials this week in a last minute effort to influence the impending Digital Markets Act (DMA).
EU domain name revoked: thousands of UK websites taken down in post-Brexit internet push January 5, 2022 Nearly 50,000 internet domain names belonging to UK businesses and citizens have been taken down this week following the revocation of their .eu domain names.
Reeled in: EU council approves post-Brexit deal on shared fishing stocks December 22, 2021 The European Council has backed a deal between the EU and UK on their shared fishing stocks, after months of wrangling between both parties.
EU reasserts membership promise to six Balkan states December 14, 2021 European Union governments reaffirmed this evening their promise to allow six Balkan countries to one day join the bloc, nudging the EU towards finally opening talks with North Macedonia and Albania.
Human rights group tell the EU to ban Israeli NSO spyware December 3, 2021 Human rights organisations have called on the European Union to impose global sanctions on NSO Group and take “every action” to prohibit the company’s surveillance technology.
Europe’s biggest tabloid Bild forces staff to disclose romantic relationships November 9, 2021 The publisher of Germany’s most popular newspaper is to force employees to disclose their relationships in the newsroom, after its editor was ousted in a misconduct scandal.
‘Hands off our EU’ say thousands of Poles as country-wide protests erupt October 11, 2021 More than 100,000 people took to the streets as pro-EU demonstrations broke out across Poland amid fears of a “Polexit.” Last week Poland’s highest court ruled that certain decisions by the EU’s Court of Justice have no jurisdiction in the country, sparking outrage from the bloc’s highest authorities and prompting concerns of a schism. On [...]