April 16, 2024
Is the Brussels Effect Creating a New Legal Order in...
By: Patricia Boshe & Carolina Goberna Caride (Technology & Regulation Journal) Brussels serves as the hub for the EU legislator, where influential norms like the EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) are...
April 04, 2024
US-UK Alliance Pioneers AI Safety Tests, Earning Expert Praise
In a landmark move, the U.S. and U.K. have joined forces to develop safety tests for advanced artificial intelligence (AI), an initiative experts widely applaud as a critical step forward....
March 19, 2024
Meta Platforms Cuts Subscription EU Fees Amid Regulatory Pressure
In response to mounting pressure from privacy and antitrust regulators, Meta Platforms has announced a significant reduction in its monthly subscription fees for Facebook and Instagram services in Europe. The...
March 19, 2024
TechREG® Chronicle – Regulating Cloud Computing
Dear Readers, The term “cloud computing” refers to the abstraction of infrastructure and computing resources traditionally managed by a customer to be instead managed by a third party, known as...
March 19, 2024
Cloud Regulation in the EU Data Act
The European Union values cloud computing as one of several key future technologies. It has therefore embedded goals for the technology in its Digital Decade program. By 2030, 75 percent...
March 19, 2024
Cloud Sovereignty as a Driver of EU Policy
As part of a broader discussion of European “digital” sovereignty, some in Brussels are calling for a “sovereign” European cloud. Such calls stem from long-standing concerns about Europe’s widespread dependency...
March 19, 2024
Regulating Data Protection in Cloud Computing
The ever-growing adoption of cloud-based solutions by businesses brings with it a number of compliance challenges, not the least of which are those related to data protection law. Ranging from...
March 12, 2024
German Cartel Office Finds Deutsche Bahn Guilty of Antitrust Violations
The German Federal Cartel Office has determined that Deutsche Bahn (DB) is in breach of antitrust law, accusing the state-owned railway behemoth of leveraging its market dominance against mobility platforms....
March 11, 2024
Swedish Court Fines Klarna $733,324 for Flaws in Privacy Notice
Klarna has reportedly been fined 7.5 million Swedish crowns ($733,324) after a Swedish court ruled that the company violated the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Sweden’s Administrative...
