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• GDPR’s impact was too soft in 2018, but next year will be different

  One of the defining moments for tech in 2018 was on May 25, when the EU implemented its General Data Protection Regulation -- the ominous GDPR. The ambitious legislation is the toughest privacy and security law in the world and was meant to guarantee users better control over their ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• FairBnB is an ethical alternative to Airbnb, coming in 2019

  FairBnB aims to bring much needed fairness to the vacation rental markets, focusing on giving communities a voice and a stake ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• France will tax tech giants in 2019 if EU doesn’t step up

  France hasn't given up on creating a tax on digital revenue to prevent the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• German artists brilliantly honeypot 'Nazis' into exposing themselves and their friends

  Their site promised people cash to name participants of a violent anti-immigrant protest. But that wasn’t the real goal. ...

  • Alejandro Tauber

• 7 EU countries accuse Google of violating GDPR by tracking users

  Consumer groups in the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and Norway have asked regulators to look into ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Uber fined €1M for 2016 data breach by Dutch and British privacy watchdogs

  The Dutch Data Protection Authority and UK's Information Commissioner's Office have fined Uber over €1M the company's data ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• EU’s investigation into Google AdSense is coming to a close

  Margrethe Vestager, EU's Competiton Commissioner, confirmed at Web Summit in Lisbon that the probe into Google AdSense would ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• The EU's border control 'lie detector' AI is hogwash

  You've probably heard about the EU's new pilot program to use AI as a "lie detector" in airports. But the "lie dectector" ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Facebook can simply say ‘no’ to EU’s proposed audit

  EU Parliament has called for an audit on Facebook as it believes the company's handling of data has breached EU law -- but ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Facebook fined 0.001% of its 2017 revenue for Cambridge Analytica scandal

  UK watchdog just fined Facebook £500,000 for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but the amount is unlikely to affect the social ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Tim Cook supports EU’s strict privacy laws — but thinks taxes are 'crap'

  Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, gave a keynote at ICDPPC where he called for better data policies in tech and lauded EU's GDPR. Unfortunately, ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Germany wants a global 'minimum tax' for tech giants' revenue

  Germany's finance minister, Olaf Scholz finally supports global minumum tax on tech giants. France and Germany push for the ...

  • Már Másson Maack