Tag: Data
US: New Chief Data Officer named
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has named Austin Gerig as its Chief Data Officer. Dr. Gerig, currently Assistant Director of...
EU: EC wants industrial data to help them compete with US...
Europe needs to help its companies do more with their vast output of industrial data to help them stave off competition from the US...
EU: Facebook tells regulators “data is complicated”
Facebook has a message for regulators and policy makers concerned about the company’s harvesting of user information: don’t treat data as a simple resource...
South Africa: Regulator finds that data prices are too high
South Africa’s Vodacom Group and MTN Group could face prosecution if they do not agree with the Competition Commission in the next two months...
US: DOJ antitrust chief outlines role of data in antitrust review
The Justice Department's top antitrust official warned Big Tech companies Friday (November 8) that the government could pursue them for anticompetitive behavior related to...
US: Proposed social media law would let data flow among platforms
A proposed law created to increase competition in the tech sector would allow users to move their data between social media platforms.
The Augmenting Compatibility...
US: Senators want social media users to be able to take...
Three US lawmakers active in tech issues will introduce a bill requiring social networks like Facebook to allow users to pack up their data...
Germany: Data Protection Authorities adopt new GDPR model
Data protection violations may result in German authorities imposing significantly increased fines.
The Conference of the German Data Protection Authorities (DSK)—the joint body of the...
Facebook and the Bundeskartellamt’s Winter of Discontent
September 2019
CPI EU News Column edited by Thibault Schrepel, Sam Sadden & Jan Roth (CPI) presents:
Facebook and the Bundeskartellamt’s Winter of Discontent By Giuseppe Colangelo...
US: CEOs ask congress to pass data privacy law
To enable continued innovation and growth in the digital economy, the Business Roundtable is asking Congress to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy law...
