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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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Are Voice Ecosystems The Next Antitrust Battleground For Big Tech?

Are Voice Ecosystems The Next Antitrust Battleground For Big Tech?
Are Voice Ecosystems The Next Antitrust Battleground For Big Tech?
July 17, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

In less than a decade, voice-activated artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like Alexa and Siri have gone from something seen in science-fiction films to mainstream consumer...

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Today In Payments: EU Ruling Limits Personal Data Transfer To US; Airbnb Revives Plan To Go Public
Today In Payments: EU Ruling Limits Personal Data Transfer To US; Airbnb Revives Plan To...
July 16, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, EU’s top court will limit companies’ ability to transfer personal data to the U.S., and Airbnb said it will revive its...

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EU Probe Into IoT Targets Siri, Alexa Over Data Collection
EU Probe Into IoT Targets Siri, Alexa Over Data Collection
July 16, 2020  |  Regulation

Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and other voice-activated assistants are on the hot seat as one of the world’s largest regulatory bodies takes aim at the...

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EU Ruling Limits Personal Data Transfer To The US
EU Ruling Limits Personal Data Transfer To The US
July 16, 2020  |  Data

In a surprise win for privacy advocates, the European Court of Justice has ruled companies will face restrictions on storing information about European Union (EU)...

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EU To Examine German Regulators’ Oversight Of Wirecard
EU To Examine German Regulators’ Oversight Of Wirecard
July 15, 2020  |  Regulation

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Union’s (EU) financial watchdog, plans to examine how German regulators handled oversight of Wirecard AG, the collapsed...

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Belgian Regulator Fines Google $681K Over Privacy Violations
Belgian Regulator Fines Google $681K Over Privacy Violations
July 14, 2020  |  Google

Google is objecting to a fine issued by Belgium’s privacy watchdog, the latest for alleged violations from a European privacy regulator. Get the Full Story...

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Google Caves On Data To Get Fitbit Merger Approval
Google Caves On Data To Get Fitbit Merger Approval
July 13, 2020  |  Google

Google, trying to meet regulators halfway, offered to pledge not to use fitness data to help it target ads in its purchase of Fitbit, Reuters...

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Amazon Retracts Request For Employees To Remove TikTok From Phones
Amazon Retracts Request For Employees To Remove TikTok From Phones
July 10, 2020  |  Amazon Technology

After asking employees to remove the TikTok app from their phones Friday morning (July 10), Amazon later said it sent the staff memo in error, The Wall...

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Deep Dive: How Open Banking Helps Accelerate B2B Payments
Deep Dive: How Open Banking Helps Accelerate B2B Payments
July 03, 2020  |  API

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