Europe
European Parliament Resolution Raises Doubt about EU-UK Data Flows
May 10, 2021
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) today reportedly opined that the United Kingdom does not provide adequate privacy protection...
CCIA Welcomes the EU’s Risk-Based AI Proposal, Urges Further Clarifications
April 21, 2021
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission today presented its Artificial Intelligence (AI) framework which includes an AI-specific Regulation. The regulation prohibits certain practices and introdu...
CCIA Offers Recommendations on EU-US Regulatory Agenda
April 9, 2021
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association released recommendations for a new start to EU-US cooperation on trade and digital regulations. The Transatlantic relationship rema...
CCIA Welcomes G20 Tax Reform Progress, Warns Against EU Digital Levy
April 7, 2021
Brussels, BELGIUM -- G20 Finance Ministers today met and reconfirmed their commitment to “reaching a global and consensus-based solution ... by mid-2021” on global tax reform.
Today, CCIA filed...
CCIA shares its AI recommendations with the European Commission
March 31, 2021
Brussels, BELGIUM -- CCIA sent its Artificial Intelligence (AI) recommendations to the European Commission. The EU executive is expected to present its legislative proposal on trustworthy AI in the ...
CCIA Recommendations for Achieving an Effective and Proportionate Digital Markets Act
March 11, 2021
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association published its position paper Thursday on the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA proposal of 15 December 2020 is currently...
New CCIA Paper: National Initiatives Risk Undermining the EU Digital Single Market
March 3, 2021
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) shared its recommendations on the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) proposal.
The DSA proposal was presented by the Eu...
CCIA Welcomes New Momentum towards Global Tax Reform at G20 Finance Ministers Meeting
February 26, 2021
Brussels, BELGIUM -- A meeting of G20 Finance Ministers today showed strong signs of broad support for reaching an agreement this year on global tax reforms through the OECD negotiations.
This w...
CCIA Applauds EU-UK Data Flow Decision
February 19, 2021
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The European Commission today announced two new adequacy decisions for the transfer of EU personal data to the United Kingdom.
With these decisions, the European Commission c...
EU Council e-Privacy Agreement Paves Way for Final Negotiations, CCIA Urges Further Improvements
February 10, 2021
Brussels, BELGIUM -- The EU Member States (“EU Council”) today approved a joint position on the e-Privacy Regulation, originally proposed in 2017. This decision paves the way for final negotiation...
Tech Sector Bodies Call for New Effort in Global Talks on Digital Taxation
February 10, 2021
Technology sector organisations techUK, the City of London Corporation, Allied for Start-ups, the Developers Alliance and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) have today issued ...
German Legislature Preempts EU Reforms with National Competition Law Amendments Targeting the Digital Economy
January 14, 2021
Berlin, GERMANY -- Members of the German parliament voted to approve far-reaching regulations for large digital platforms today. Once signed into law, the proposal would make Germany the first jurisdi...