European Union

The European Commission has issued its preliminary findings, according to which search engine giant Google must open its search data for use by third parties.

Save the Children Finland has launched a lobbying campaign in Finland, with which the organization hopes to advance the hated, so-called Chat Control law in the European Union.

The official EU age verification app released this week is reportedly easy to crack. Security researchers claim that it can be circumvented within two minutes.

By the end of April 2026, European Union legislation will come into force, mandating the use of a USB-C charging port for all laptops.

The European Commission has announced that the age verification app is now technically ready. The app is part of the EU's broader effort to protect minors online and provides a way to verify age without revealing the user's identity.

The spirit of the European Union's Ecodesign regulation was clear: the EU wants smartphones to last significantly longer in active use. But it appears the legislative text contains a serious flaw.

European Union is set to launch an age verification app by October 2025. Age verification uses so-called strong digital user authentication and it is required in order to access the largest adult websites.

European Union requires phone manufacturers to provide software updates for minimum of 5 years for all their phones, starting from June, 2025.

AfterDawn's wrap-up for the tech year 2022. The rise of the artificial intelligence was probably the most significant change that occurred during the year 2022, but there were many other interesting developments, too.

Europe requires all new phones, laptops and other electronics to have USB-C charging port.

German court ruling finds all 3rd party embedding to be illegal in Europe.

Austian data protection agency rules that Google Analytics violates European Union's GDPR by transferring data to United States.

European Union plans to make USB-C mandatory for all phones, cameras and headphones.

All .eu domains owned by British nationals or British organizations will be suspended on 1st of January, 2021 after Brexit transition period is over.

Facebook threatens to quit European markets unless data flow between United States and EU is kept intact. Move could involve both, Facebook and Instagram.

EU Court terminated the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, making it essentially illegal for American companies to store EU user data within U.S. soil.

As Internet Service Providers note an increase in Internet usage during the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU is suggesting you lower your resolution.

European Union regulators are to investigate Facebook and its upcoming 'Libra' digital currency for potential anticompetitive behavior.

Poland has made a complaint to the European Union's top court against controversial new copyright reforms that were approved and adopted by the bloc in April.

European Union slapped Google a 4.3 billion euro ($5bn) fine last year for breaking EU's competition laws with Android operating system. Now ......
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