The Tech Brief

Introducing merger regulations for Big Tech is at the centre of the debate for competition policy. Yet we know very little about these ‘killer acquisitions’. A new research sheds some light on this phenomenon, and its consequences for competitors and consumers.

The French historical ambitions are now eyeing digital sovereignty as its next frontier of grandeur. We take a deeper look at the state of play of France’s tech strategy and the challenges that lay ahead.

This week Slovenia has entered the international human rights watchlist for the repeated attacks on the press. We have taken a closer look at the country’s declining media freedom.

Technology has become a key dimension of transatlantic relations. We take stock of the EU-US summit, discussing the outcome for the tech sector.

What to expect from next week’s summit? International lawyer Rafi Azim-Khan walks us through the state of play for international data transfer and the key challenges ahead of the negotiations.

Contact-tracing apps have raised major privacy concerns. Jascha Galaski, advocacy officer at Civil Liberties Union For Europe, illustrates a study on how data protection was privatised, and other flaws in the overall process.

Three years since its entry into force, the data protection framework is still falling short proper enforcement.

This week, the European Parliament approved two resolutions on the data transfers between the EU and the United States and United Kingdom respectively.

The Data Adequacy debate spurred from a ruling of the Court of Justice of
the European Union from July 2020, the now famous Schrems II.