Surveillance
Judges clip EU countries’ wings on collecting travel data
Top court says airlines shouldn’t have to hand over passenger data to governments for EU flights.
Pegasus makers face EU grilling. Here’s what to ask them
Abortion rights advocates in US prepare for a new wave of digital security threats
What’s wrong with the GDPR?
Big Tech cries foul over EU cloud-security label
Germany forces EU into damage control over encryption fears
Australia complains to Beijing over ‘dangerous’ move by Chinese jet
UN’s Bachelet wraps up Xinjiang trip without seeing where China locks up Uyghur activists
Advocacy groups say they’re ‘appalled’ by UN human rights chief’s performance in Xinjiang.
Commission to extend EU debt-rule suspension to 2023
The onset of the war in Ukraine prompted the Commission to consider waiting before reimposing the rules.
Spain’s Sánchez is still fighting for political survival — even after peace offering
A spying scandal has engulfed the Spanish leader, who is trying to keep his leftist coalition together — just as the right rises in the polls.
Commission unveils law to fight child sexual abuse online amid swelling privacy fears
Companies could be faced with court orders under threat of fines to find, report and remove such material on their platforms.
Crypto campaign targets EU ‘track-and-trace’ bill at 11th hour
The measure would kill innovation in Europe and drive technology to the US, Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier warns.
Outrage after EU signs mega-deal with UK firm to handle confidential data
Critics say Commission can’t achieve strategic autonomy while awarding multibillion-euro contracts to non-EU companies.
Political pressure wins out as US secures preliminary EU data deal
Ursula von der Leyen and Joe Biden stepped in to push through a political deal for data transfers that will likely be tested in court.
EU, US strike preliminary deal to unlock transatlantic data flows
The EU’s top court had struck down a previous agreement in July 2020.
US eyes breakthrough on data dispute with EU as Biden visits Brussels
Pressure to strike a new transatlantic data transfer deal to replace ‘Privacy Shield’ is rising amid the war in Ukraine.
Commission wants EU governments to get tougher on violence against women
Brussels wants member countries to classify any nonconsensual sex as rape, and also criminalize actions such as female genital mutilation and cyberstalking.
Baltics look to Britain to firm up NATO support
Post-Brexit Britain has carved out an important role for itself in the Baltic security debate.
Brussels, EU governments on collision course over Pegasus spyware
The EU’s privacy watchdog calls for a ban on the spyware as justice chief Didier Reynders cautions members on its use.
EU privacy watchdog urges ban on Pegasus
MEPs said recently they would set up an inquiry committee into the use of the spyware tech.
US-EU data transfers on life support after French Google decision
Tough EU privacy requirements are starting to bite.
Poland’s ruling party tries to block phone hack inquiry
The fate of a commission to investigate illegal hacking by Pegasus malware rests with a former rock musician.
CEOs make final push to ban targeted ads
A Parliament vote on the Digital Services Act is the last chance to ban such practices based tracking on users’ online behavior.
Too early to treat coronavirus as endemic, WHO warns
Intervention by global health body comes after Spanish PM announces shift to influenza-style approach to disease management.
Human rights court slams Bulgaria’s surveillance apparatus
ECHR says Bulgarian government ‘was unable to keep surveillance to only that which was necessary’
Poland’s government scrambles to minimize hacking backlash
The opposition alleges the government used Pegasus malware to snoop on its opponents.
Despite EU court rulings, Facebook says US is safe to receive Europeans’ data
Internal documents say EU judges’ ruling ‘should not be relied on’ in data transfer assessments.
Grindr fined over €6M for privacy violations
Norwegian data protection agency says dating app shared data without users’ consent.
Biden’s Summit for Democracy gets under autocrats’ skins
The run-up to the president’s long-promised event shows both promise and peril
At NATO, Polish president calls for allied response to Russian troop build-up near Ukraine
Visiting alliance HQ, Duda urges new troop deployments and stepped up air policing.
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