Data protection and digital competition

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Greens/EFA webinar on interoperability

Posted on 2 July 20212 July 2021 by Ian Brown

Thanks to the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament for organising this great webinar yesterday — Tech your pick: Beating the giants with interoperability.

A standardisation section for the Digital Markets Act

Posted on 22 June 202123 June 2021 by Ian Brown

A technical standards section for the Digital Markets Act, for any interested MEPs or Member States (or trilogue!)

What can the Digital Markets Act do for EU Culture and Education?

Posted on 19 May 202119 May 2021 by Ian Brown

This morning I was pleased to give evidence to the European Parliament’s culture and education committee (CULT) rapporteur in a hearing on the Digital Markets Act. Here are my notes.

How not to digitise property transfer bureaucracy

Posted on 29 April 20217 May 2021 by Ian Brown

Spanish property-buying bureaucracy is a wonderful example of how NOT to digitise government processes.

Transfers of personal data from the EU… not a “Mission Impossible”

Posted on 22 April 202122 April 2021 by Douwe Korff

Contrary to comments from the European Commission, personal data transfers from the EU following the Schrems II judgment are not a mission impossible.