The Tech Brief
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Euractiv's Tech Team gives a breakdown of the week’s biggest European tech news in the world of politics and policy.
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Jun 18, 2021 • 13min
What’s the scope for tech cooperation across the Atlantic?
Technology has become a key dimension of transatlantic relations. We take stock of the EU-US summit, discussing the outcome for the tech sector.
Jun 11, 2021 • 17min
EU-US data transfer negotiations
What to expect from next week’s summit? International lawyer Rafi Azim-Khan walks us through the state of play for international data transfer and the key challenges ahead of the negotiations.
Jun 4, 2021 • 10min
COVID App tracing & privacy reversal
Contact-tracing apps have raised major privacy concerns. Jascha Galaski, advocacy officer at Civil Liberties Union For Europe, illustrates a study on how data protection was privatised, and other flaws in the overall process.
May 28, 2021 • 7min
GDPR turns 3
Three years since its entry into force, the data protection framework is still falling short proper enforcement.
May 21, 2021 • 7min
UK-US data transfers
This week, the European Parliament approved two resolutions on the data transfers between the EU and the United States and United Kingdom respectively.
The Data Adequacy debate spurred from a ruling of the Court of Justice ofthe European Union from July 2020, the now famous Schrems II.
May 14, 2021 • 6min
State aid and web tax
The General Court has overturned the Commission's state aid decision against Luxembourg and Amazon. The ruling is another setback for the EU executive, that is still working on an international framework for taxing web services.
May 7, 2021 • 8min
The weaknesses of Europe's digital economy
This week, the Commission has announced its updated Industrial Strategy, identifying several areas of strategic vulnerability. The chip and the cloud are two key technologies for our digital future, but Europe is light-years behind its competitors.
Apr 30, 2021 • 6min
Apple set to change the app market
In this week's episode we look at Apple’s new privacy feature, which might change mobile usage as we know it. Apple devices will now request app-makers to receive explicit consent for tracking users, threatening a multi-billion advertising industry.
Apr 16, 2021 • 10min
Digital Vaccine Passports are coming
This week, we examine the Commission’s plans to introduce a Digital Green Certificate, the aim of which is to ensure the freedom of movement within the EU during the covid crisis.For a full breakdown of all of the most important stories over the past 7 days in this patch, sign up to my free newsletter or take a look at it online at Euractiv.com
Apr 9, 2021 • 6min
The 533 million
This week, we take the examine the recent Facebook data breach that has reportedly impacted 533 million users worldwide.
