The proposed merger of two suppliers of electronic gadgets for children will be the subject of an in-depth competition investigation in the UK. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The UK’s data protection authority is to look into plans by leading messaging service WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook, its parent company. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →A telecoms regulatory body in the EU has been urged to rethink proposed new net neutrality guidance by a cohort of think tank organisations. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Public interest research bodies could win new rights to scour text and data produced by others using sophisticated software, according to leaked proposals under consideration by EU policy makers. Read […]
Continue Reading →Local authorities and businesses in the UK are being encouraged to consider how they might respond to “improbable” or “unforeseen” disruption, including that prompted by developments in technology. Read Complete […]
Continue Reading →There is a “proven operational case” for most of the bulk surveillance powers the UK government wishes to provide UK intelligence agencies in the proposed new Investigatory Powers Bill, the […]
Continue Reading →FOCUS: Opportunities for innovative models of insurance distribution in the Gulf region have been quite limited to date – but thanks to new regulatory regimes and advancements in technology, this […]
Continue Reading →The UK government has confirmed that the communications infrastructure behind its plans for nation-wide energy smart metering will not become operational until next month, marking a delay in the project. […]
Continue Reading →Internet-based communication services will be subject to a revised EU regulatory framework on privacy and electronic communications (e-Privacy), according to media reports. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →An online poster and picture frame seller has been handed a six-figure fine by the UK’s main competition authority over its participation in a cartel. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Companies with financial years ending before 31 March 2016 have just six weeks left to notify HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if they believe that the new diverted profits tax […]
Continue Reading →The UK government will make public funds available to some local authorities that intend to invest in new ‘smart’ road transport systems or technologies. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →A social media marketing company has committed to improving its online practices after a UK regulator took issue with its paid-for advertising. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →A compensation scheme which the Spanish government proposed offering to private terrestrial broadcasters during the country’s switch to digital television breached state aid rules, the European Commission has ruled. Read […]
Continue Reading →Telecoms regulator Ofcom has closed its two-year competition investigation into how the English Premier League sells the rights to broadcast football matches, as changes made by the organisation have assuaged […]
Continue Reading →Amazon is the latest major US technology business to announce it is in the process of self-certifying with the requirements of the new EU-US Privacy Shield. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The approval that telecoms regulators have signalled for “vertical consolidations” in the EU market might not be sufficient to entice major technology businesses based elsewhere in the world to make […]
Continue Reading →Online services providers with EU-based operations should cautiously welcome a new ruling by the EU’s highest court over the extent to which data protection laws in other EU countries might […]
Continue Reading →Ofcom will look at telecoms companies’ level of investment in infrastructure when determining what price is “fair and reasonable” for them to charge others to access that infrastructure to deploy […]
Continue Reading →It is wrong to view companies’ desire to make new uses of data as being in conflict with consumers’ privacy rights, Facebook has said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →BT will need to separate its network infrastructure division Openreach from the rest of its business under new proposals outlined by the UK’s telecoms regulator. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Amazon has announced plans to test the delivery of parcels using airborne ‘drones’ in the UK in trials the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said will help shape future […]
Continue Reading →All businesses, and not just telecoms companies, should be required to obtain device users’ consent to gather and use their traffic and location data, an EU privacy watchdog has said. […]
Continue Reading →Microsoft has announced its intention to sign up to the EU-US Privacy Shield as a means of transferring personal data between the EU and US in line with the requirements […]
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