#EU accuses Apple of antitrust breach following Spotify complaint

#EU accuses Apple of antitrust breach following Spotify complaint

“#EU accuses Apple of antitrust breach following Spotify complaint” European Union regulators accused Apple on Friday of violating the bloc’s antitrust laws, alleging the iPhone maker distorts competition for music streaming by imposing unfair rules for rival services in its App Store. The EU’s executive Commission said it objected to Apple’s rules for music streaming…

Read More
# Brexit and fintech: A spring stocktake

# Brexit and fintech: A spring stocktake

“# Brexit and fintech: A spring stocktake ” It has been four months since the Brexit trade deal came into effect between the United Kingdom and the European Union. The deal, in common with other free trade agreements, does very little to support the export of financial services from the U.K. into the single market….

Read More
#Facial recognition should be banned, EU privacy watchdog says

#Facial recognition should be banned, EU privacy watchdog says

“#Facial recognition should be banned, EU privacy watchdog says” BRUSSELS, April 23 – Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its “deep and non-democratic intrusion” into people’s private lives, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said on Friday. The comments come two days after the European Commission proposed draft rules that would allow facial recognition to be used to search for missing children or criminals and…

Read More
#TikTok faces claim for billions in London child privacy lawsuit

#TikTok faces claim for billions in London child privacy lawsuit

“#TikTok faces claim for billions in London child privacy lawsuit” TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London’s High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the private data of millions of European children. Anne Longfield, the former Children’s Commissioner for…

Read More