EU

The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. Its members have a combined area of 4,475,757 km² and an estimated total population of about 513 million.

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Booking.com Will Change Sales Tactics At EU’s Request
Booking.com Will Change Sales Tactics At EU’s Request
December 20, 2019  |  Regulation

Booking.com has agreed to change the way it sells on its site, including ending time limits for offers and claiming that a room is the...

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Navigating Merchants’ Bumpy Ride To SCA Compliance In 2020
Navigating Merchants’ Bumpy Ride To SCA Compliance In 2020
December 19, 2019  |  Regulation

The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulation rollout in the EU has been a little bit on the bumpy side so...

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ECB Head Calls For Clear Goals On Potential Crypto
ECB Head Calls For Clear Goals On Potential Crypto
December 12, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

The head of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, said she wants a task force to identify clear objectives regarding the ECB’s proposed digital...

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Facebook To EU: Forced Data Sharing Could Be Dangerous
Facebook To EU: Forced Data Sharing Could Be Dangerous
December 02, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook told European Union (EU) regulators that it shouldn’t be forced to share the large amount of data it has with other companies, as that...

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German Gov’t Snaps Up Tech Firms To Prevent Foreign Acquisitions
German Gov’t Snaps Up Tech Firms To Prevent Foreign Acquisitions
December 01, 2019  |  Europe

Germany is planning to temporarily take stakes in high-tech companies in order to stop investors from non-EU countries from acquiring them. The “national fallback” proposal,...

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Google Data Practices Under EU Antitrust Scrutiny
Google Data Practices Under EU Antitrust Scrutiny
December 01, 2019  |  Google

EU antitrust regulators are probing Google to see how the search giant uses and monetizes the data it collects on users, Reuters reported on Saturday...

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Germany Urges EU To Crack Down On Big Tech Platforms
Germany Urges EU To Crack Down On Big Tech Platforms
November 12, 2019  |  Regulation

Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier wrote a letter to European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, and asked for tighter regulations on Big...

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Apple Pay Competition Practices Eyed By EU Regulators
Apple Pay Competition Practices Eyed By EU Regulators
November 11, 2019  |  Regulation

Big Tech has gotten, is getting and will get its share of regulatory scrutiny. For Apple, there seems to be an increasing interest in its...

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EU’s Public Version Of Libra Could Soon Make Headway
EU’s Public Version Of Libra Could Soon Make Headway
November 08, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

With the caveat that the project faced challenges and was for the long term, senior officials have noted that progress on the feasibility of a...

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