Europe
CCIA panels at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Mexico
December 5, 2016
Will you be amongst the 2,500 attendees at this week’s IGF in Guadalajara, Mexico? Check out our two IGF sessions:
Wednesday, Dec 7, 12:00, Room 3: CCIA & Council of Europe session: “La...
20 industry groups call for a future-proof EU Single Market
November 15, 2016
Brussels, BELGIUM -- Today 20 industry groups sent an open letter to the European Commission Vice President Ansip and Commissioner Oettinger calling on an ambitious EU Regulation to "future-proof" th...
CCIA Offers Statement On EU Competition Objections, Google’s Response
November 3, 2016
Brussels - Google defended itself today in an EU investigation into competition among online shopping and price comparison platforms, saying that even applying the EU’s narrow market definition that...
CCIA Met With Incoming Maltese Ministers Ahead Of EU Presidency
October 26, 2016
CCIA met with Maltese ministers in Valletta on October 20-21 to discuss Malta’s EU Presidency. Malta will during the first half of 2017 steer EU Member States’ negotiations on important issues i...
WTO Public Forum: Enabling Human Rights and Inclusiveness through Digital Trade
September 26, 2016
New technologies create novel opportunities for social inclusion and economic growth around the globe yet online freedoms appear to be deteriorating.
When does suppression of online rights become a t...
CCIA Welcomes Article 29 Working Party Statement on Adoption of EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
July 26, 2016
Brussels, Belgium -- Representatives of the EU’s national data protection authorities have recently issued a statement on the adoption of a new agreement to permit transatlantic data transfers betwe...
European Commission Sends New Statement of Objections to Google
July 14, 2016
Brussels, Belgium -- The European Commission has announced a supplementary statement of objections in the Google comparison shopping case and new statement of objections about Google’s ‘AdSense’...
Privacy Shield Adopted: Clarity For Firms, Privacy Win For Consumers
July 12, 2016
Brussels, Belgium -- The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the new framework for transatlantic data transfers, was adopted in Brussels today after EU Member States approved it last week. Privacy Shield was u...
CCIA, Industry Groups Encourage Swift Adoption Of Privacy Shield
July 1, 2016
Brussels, Belgium -- CCIA and other members of the Industry Coalition for Data Protection (ICDP) today issued a joint statement to welcome the improved Privacy Shield text. Privacy Shield will stre...
EU Issues Antitrust Charges Against Google
April 20, 2016
Brussels -- The European Commission’s Commissioner of Competition, Margrethe Vestager, issued a Statement of Objections against Google outlining alleged competition problems with Google’s contract...
Data Protection Authorities’ Opinion Paves Way For Adoption Of EU-US Privacy Shield
April 13, 2016
Brussels -- European Data Protection Authorities today issued a non-binding opinion on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the new framework for transatlantic commercial data transfers.
The Chair of the Arti...