Tag: European Union

Washington - President Obama late yesterday signed an important bill into law which will extend some privacy rights to citizens of certain allied countries including European Union states.  Specifica...

Washington - Congress gave final approval on legislation that will give European citizens additional privacy protections after the House and Senate reconciled the Judicial Redress Act Wednesday evenin...

Brussels -- Negotiators announced a political agreement today on a new “Safe Harbour” framework that will allow for commercial data flows between Europe and the United States.  Commissioner Jouro...

A new report by law firm Sidley Austin, released today, compares EU and U.S. privacy laws and find them “essentially equivalent”. The recent Court of Justice of the European Union ruling declared...

Strasbourg, France - Today the European Parliament adopted an ‘own initiative’ report “Towards a Digital Single Market Act”. The report sets out the Parliament’s view on how to build a Digit...

Washington - In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Leahy, the leaders of a coalition of industry associations, including the Computer & Communications Indu...

Brussels -- Investors are betting on the continued growth of Europe’s ecommerce market with investment into both public and private ecommerce companies growing from millions to billions in the past ...

Brussels - The European Commission today issued guidance to companies after the European Court of Justice invalidated the 15 years old EU-U.S. Safe Harbour framework which EU and U.S. big and small co...

Brussels - In our report on digital trade barriers yesterday for USTR CCIA cited issues from Internet censorship and data transfers to fair use and copyright issues like Germany's snippet tax. The pus...

Washington -- As the U.S. Trade Representative’s office prepares its annual report on trade barriers, the Computer & Communications Industry Association offered its input on digital trade issues...

Brussels, BELGIUM -- More than 20 major industry groups are today sending a joint letter to European Commission President Juncker following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) recent...

Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its final ruling this morning in the case “Schrems Vs the Data Protection Commissioner.”  The high court decided t...