The European Commission (EC) met in Brussels last week and issued a recommendation outlining what it hopes will be a unified approach throughout the European Union (EU) on how smartphones and data are used to fight the spread of COVID-19. The EC laid out an ambitious timeline and explained “[t]he first priority for the Toolbox … Continue reading EC Calls For EU-Wide Approach on Big Data and COVID-19
First things first, if you would like to receive my Technology Policy Update, email me. You can find some of these Updates from 2019 here. These are the articles from last week's issue: Key Senator Releases Long Awaited Privacy Bill Without Expected Co-SponsorFederal Government Spells Out How Agencies Should Accommodate COVID-19 Caused Contract Issues and … Continue reading Michael Kans’ Technology Policy Update (27 March)
The European Commission (EC) has released a digital strategy, Shaping Europe's Digital Future, along with two components of this strategy: a "European strategy for data" and a white paper on artificial intelligence. This initiative flows from the new European leadership and could significantly change how the European Union (EU) regulates technology and data in the … Continue reading EC Unveils Digital Strategy, Data Strategy, and AI White Paper
In seeming contradiction of its recent decision in Google v. CNIL, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU or Court) has ruled that European Union (EU) law allows EU nations to order platforms the host content like in Facebook in this case to remove illegal content or any identical or equivalent illegal content … Continue reading EU’s Highest Court Rules Against Facebook
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