On July 1, the Czech Republic took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union from France — and for the next six months, it will set the priorities for the EU’s political agenda. On Wednesday, July 6, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala...
A draft of the European Union Data Act would require a smart contract kill switch that could have a profound effect on the use, and even usefulness, of commercial blockchain technology. Smart contracts are self-executing agreements that, once created, are effectively unchangeable and unstoppable. They’re...
The European Commission proposed new rules on February 23 to complement existing legislation governing data. The proposed Data Act is the second main legislative initiative resulting from the European strategy for data that intends to boost the EU’s leadership in the regulation of the data-driven...
May 08, 2023
Worried about cybersecurity, five European tech CEOs are seeking changes to the proposed Data Act. “Such a monumental change to established ways of doing business without proper consideration is a huge risk both to cybersecurity and to the competitiveness of some of Europe’s most successful companies,” the executives wrote in a letter published Monday (May […]
