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The European Commission announced on Monday a data transfer agreement with the United States after Europe's top court annulled two previous pacts that underpinned how thousands of companies transfer Europeans' personal data across the…

The European Union and Belgium's regional Flemish government will together invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in Belgian chip technology firm Imec, the Flemish government said on Friday.Imec will use the investment to expand its "clean…

Amazon's $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot may reduce competition and strengthen Amazon's position as online marketplace provider, EU antitrust regulators warned on Thursday. The European Commission opened a…

Last Updated: July 04, 2023, 01:15 ISTNoyb asserted that the use of Google Analytics for web statistics by the companies resulted in the transfer of European data to the United StatesSweden's privacy protection agency, the IMY, said it had…

Last Updated: July 04, 2023, 01:35 ISTUnited States of America (USA)Microsoft kicked off talks with the European Commission last year in a bid to stave off an investigation. Microsoft has been fined 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in the…

The European Union's ambassador to China expressed regret on Sunday over the lack of "substantial progress" with Beijing on trade talks, as EU countries seek to reduce their economic dependence on the Asian giant.…

France approved a new law Thursday requiring social media platforms like TikTok to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for those under 15 years in an effort to protect children online. Issued…

Amazon's $1.7 billion (roughly Rs. 13,500 crore) acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot faces a full-scale EU antitrust investigation, people familiar with the matter said, weeks after the US online retail giant won UK approval…

European Union industry chief Thierry Breton on Thursday defended draft rules aimed at preventing non-EU governments from gaining illegal access to EU data, saying they were not protectionist.The draft Data Act, which Breton proposed early…

Amazon's $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot faces a full-scale EU antitrust investigation, people familiar with the matter said, weeks after the U.S. online retail giant won UK approval for the deal.Amazon…