Europe's digital chief supports compromise on Google antitrust case
Europe's digital chief is supporting efforts to compromise with Google in an antitrust case involving alleged abuse of its dominant position in the search market.
Stories by Jennifer Baker
Google hit with new antitrust complaint in Europe, officials confirm
Google has been hit with yet another antitrust complaint in Europe, this time for alleged anticompetitive behavior in the app market, the European Union's top competition authority confirmed Tuesday.
Intel loses appeal against €1.06 billion European antitrust fine
Intel lost its appeal against a €1.06 billion (US$1.44 billion) antitrust fine on Thursday when the General Court of the European Union upheld a 2009 ruling by the European Commission that the company had abused its dominant market position.
New EU privacy laws will apply to non-European companies in the continent
EU justice ministers on Friday reached a partial agreement on planned new data privacy laws, but still disagree about how to implement them.
No Europe, Google does not have to delete all your personal data
A Google representative confirmed on Thursday that the so-called European right to be forgotten will not apply to the .com domain.
Google has received over 41,000 requests to 'forget' personal information
Google has already received around 41,000 requests to delete links to personal information from its search results in the three weeks since a key ruling by the European Court of Justice about the so-called right to be forgotten.
EU countries likely to drag out data privacy talks this week
New rules governing who handles EU consumers’ privacy complaints will not be agreed this week despite being on the agenda for member states to discuss.
One EU data protection authority to rule them all, under new proposal
A new document that sets out plans for a so-called one stop shop for policing EU data has been released.
What does the new EU Parliament mean for tech?
As the dust settles on a new European Parliament, digital rights and IT lobbyists try to work out what it will mean for the tech industry.
EU competition chief stands by Google decision, despite increasing outrage
Despite competitors and politicians lining up to complain about Google, the EU’s Competition Commissioner on Tuesday defended his decision to settle an antitrust case against the search giant.
Google hit with new anticompetition complaint in EU
Europe’s top competition watchdog confirmed Thursday that it had received yet another formal complaint against Google.
EU court ruling on Google links could encourage paywalls
An EU court ruling that Google must delete links to private data could encourage online publishers to put more information behind paywalls according to a legal expert.
Motorola Mobility found guilty of breaching EU competition law, but escapes a fine
Google-owned Motorola Mobility has been found guilty of breaching EU competition law but escaped a fine from European Union regulators.
EU looks to micro-licensing for user generated content issues
European Union lawmakers believe that micro-licensing could solve all user generated content problems (UCG) according to a European Commission document leaked on Monday.
ICANN delays uncorking of wine-related domains
European lawmakers are concerned that cyber-squatting could undermine the entire wine industry and on Monday welcomed a decision to put the allocation of new top level domains on hold.