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Browsers Could Face Two Regimes in Europe as UK Law Set to Diverge from EU

British government wants to boost innovation but lawyers warn of risk to adequacy ruling

Staff Reporter Jul 27, 2022 1 min read Policy & Governance

Tracking Cookies Found in More than Half of G20 Government Websites

Sorry, conspiracy theorists, it's more likely sloppy webdev work rather than spying

Staff Reporter Jul 6, 2022 4 min read News

New Innovation Agenda Launched to Boost EU Startup Ecosystem

The Commission on Tuesday (5 June) released its new European Innovation Agenda, setting out five core channels through which it will seek to boost deep tech investment and innovation within the EU. The five areas include talent attraction, policymaking and bridging the scale-up gap and aim to foster a more comprehensive supportive landscape for startups in Europe.

Staff Reporter Jul 5, 2022 4 min read Policy & Governance

South Mediterranean Countries Face the Challenge of Protecting Personal Data

South Mediterranean countries should be aware of the “necessity” associated with the protection of personal data. These policies are not used adequately when cases such as identity theft, loss or theft of personal data are filed every day.

Staff Reporter Jun 5, 2022 2 min read Cybersecurity

Report Explores Child’s Data Safety Legislation Across 50 Countries

Pro-consumer website Comparitech has released a new report exploring legislation about child data collection in the world’s top 50 countries by gross domestic product (GDP). The document assessed 23 different aspects of these policies to assess whether specific legislation was in place for children’s online data or not.

Staff Reporter May 26, 2022 3 min read Cybersecurity

Study: 67% of US Websites Violate EU Data Protection Law

To help smaller app developers make sure they’re complying with the GDPR — and thus avoiding penalties they may not be able to afford — Google has launched a new platform called Checks, designed to automate GDPR compliance.

Staff Reporter Apr 5, 2022 2 min read News

Apple’s Financial Service Ambitions May Clash With EU’s DMA

The DMA establishes that gatekeepers that have a dual role as developers of operating systems and device manufacturers, namely Apple and Google, cannot impose restrictions to access certain functionalities in their devices to third parties, like near-field-communication technology (NFC)

Staff Reporter Apr 5, 2022 3 min read Policy & Governance

EU Proposes Cybersecurity Rules for EU Bodies

Cybersecurity Regulation aims to create a Cybersecurity Board to monitor the implementation of the new rules. All EU institutions, bodies and agencies will have to identify cybersecurity risks, set up a plan to improve their cybersecurity, do regular assessments and share details about incidents.

Staff Reporter Mar 23, 2022 1 min read Cybersecurity

Harvard Students Create Website Matching Ukrainian Refugees with International Hosts

Ukraine Take Shelter launched on March 3. Within a week more than 4,000 people had created listings offering shelter to Ukrainian refugees. To date, there have been more than one million users on Ukraine Take Shelter and over 25,000 listings. Short- and long-term hosts across the world have offered whatever they can, from living room couches and spare bedrooms to entire homes and apartments.

Staff Reporter Mar 21, 2022 4 min read News

EU Deploys Cyber Response Unit to Ukraine

Lithuania will be leading the coalition of six EU countries – which also includes Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Romania and the Netherlands – in order “to help Ukrainian institutions to cope with growing cyber-threats.”

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