EU politicians pledge net neutrality and data privacy to gain votes
European politicians have pledged to defend net neutrality and data privacy in a bid to get elected.
Stories by Jennifer Baker
ICANN's cosy relationship with the US must end, says EU
The exclusive relationship of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) with the U.S. must end said the European Union’s digital agenda chief on Wednesday.
EU politicians split over digital copyright levies
Proposals to place copyright levies on cloud computing services have divided opinion following an important vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday.
Google's promises to EU not good enough for US consumer group
A U.S. consumer group on Monday added its voice to the growing criticism of Google’s proposed settlement with the European Union’s competition authorities.
Europe's online music players get a break from new EU copyright law
Online music providers such as Spotify, iTunes and Last.fm, have been given a boost thanks to a new European Union law, approved on Tuesday.
EU copyright consultation extended for another month
The planned overhaul of the European Union’s copyright laws have been set back by a month as a public consultation was extended.
Confusion over EU data protection watchdog resolved
The European Union’s data protection tzar has committed to staying on the job for until October 2014 ending uncertainty after no suitable replacement could be found.
Hit Google where it hurts to enforce data protection, urges EU Commissioner
The way to get Google to comply with data privacy laws is to hit the company where it hurts: its bank balance, the European Union's Justice Commissioner said Monday.
EU tells Google, make antitrust concessions within weeks, or face a fine
Europe’s competition chief is running out of patience with Google’s attempts to avoid an antitrust fine.
Former WTO boss to lead EU study of how to use TV broadcast spectrum
The former Director General of the World Trade Organization is to head up a new group looking at the future use of TV broadcast spectrum across the European Union.
EU politicians doubt that fighting terrorism is only reason for U.S. surveillance
E.U. politicians said that they consider it doubtful that data collection by the U.S. National Security Agency’s Prism scheme was purely for the fight against terrorism.
Europe faces data protection vacancy
Europe could be without a data protection tzar from next week as none of the candidates applying for the job are suitably qualified.
EU to reject Google's latest efforts to avoid an antitrust fine
The E.U. will reject Google’s latest proposals aimed at settling a three-year dispute revealed the Commissioner in charge Friday.
Snowden speech to EU parliament could torpedo US trade talks
The head of the White House’s intelligence committee warned the European Parliament on Tuesday that inviting whistleblower Edward Snowden to address them could torpedo a transatlantic trade agreement worth more than €2 billion a year.
SAP co-CEO to influence EU Internet taxation rules
The head of SAP has been appointed to a top European Union group tasked with coming up with new ways to tax the digital economy it was announced on Thursday.