Europe
Data Act’s Undue Data Portability Restrictions: CCIA Requests EU Privacy and Competition Enforcers To Step In
June 15, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) sent a letter to the European Commission and a separate one to the European Data Protection Board earlier tod...
AI Act: EU Lawmakers Abandon Risk-Based Approach, Start Final Negotiations
June 14, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – Today, the European Parliament adopted its position on the landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, paving the way for final negotiations with the 27 EU Member States starting ...
EU Product Liability: Council Position Is Missed Opportunity To Improve New Rules
June 14, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – The Council of the European Union adopted the position of Member States on the revision of the Directive on the Liability for Defective Products (PLD) today.
The Computer &...
CCIA Statement on Irish Decision Regarding EU-US Data Transfers
May 22, 2023
Washington / Brussels – Today, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) published its decision on Facebook’s transfers of personal data from the European Union to the United States, ordering the...
EU Network Fees Lack Justification and Would Harm Europeans, New Paper Warns
May 16, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – Introducing network usage fees to subsidise EU telecom operators would have disastrous consequences for European consumers and the EU digital economy as a whole, the tech industr...
AI Act: EU Lawmakers Favour Regulation Over Innovation in Key Vote
May 11, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – Today, the European Parliament’s lead Committees adopted their position on the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, which is set to become the world’s first comprehensive reg...
CCIA Europe Comments on Dutch DMA Implementation Act
April 11, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM - The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) has submitted comments to the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) ...
CSA: Industry Associations Suggest Improvements to EU Regulation in Joint Statement
April 4, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) alongside eight European industry associations – ACT, CISPE Cloud, DOT Europe, eco, EuroISPA, FiCom, ISPA A...
CCIA Asks European Court of Justice To Preserve Existing Legal Tests in Response to Appeal
April 3, 2023
Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG – The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) submitted its response to Google’s appeal in Case C-738/22 P, which asked the European Court of Justic...
Tech Industry Launches Spanish EU Presidency Recommendations In Madrid
March 28, 2023
Madrid, SPAIN – Today, senior Spanish government officials were presented with key recommendations on how Spain can lead negotiations on tech and digital policy during its upcoming EU Presidency by ...
GDPR Enforcement Urgently Needs Fixing, Tech Industry Tells European Commission
March 23, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – The European Commission needs to address significant shortcomings in the way EU cross-border data protection cases are being handled right now, the Computer & Communications ...
Data Act: Modest Improvements by EU Parliament and Council Fail To Address Structural Flaws
March 14, 2023
Brussels, BELGIUM – Today, the European Parliament adopted its final report on the Data Act, the proposed EU regulation introducing harmonised rules on data-sharing and access obligations. With Memb...