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EU digital market plans to rile US internet firms

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EUROPEAN UNION

The Commission aims to stimulate an economic field where the EU lags the United States. It estimates that a completed digital single market would boost EU GDP by around 3%…

ECJ ruling further dims EU-US data protection outlook

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EU/US

The ECJ ruling could add to potential disruptions to transatlantic commercial data flows arising from the EU's developing data protection regime that a study for the US Chamber of…

EU-US data privacy dispute will boost localisation

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EU/US

EU/US: Data privacy dispute will boost localisation

US tech firms will be at the core of intra-EU quarrels

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EU

EU/US tensions on internet economy

Fintechs set for substantial growth in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Fintech growth.

China may drive multilateral digital trade framework

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CHINA

DEPA was concluded by its founding members -- Singapore, New Zealand and Chile -- in 2020. South Korea applied to participate in June this year. Canada has expressed interest…

Pandemic dampens South-east Asia's digital agenda

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SOUTH-EAST

Although internet use in the region fell slightly after lockdown conditions were lifted, it is still above pre-pandemic levels. Yet the region’s digital divide is extensive…

Activists will test EU-US 'Privacy Shield' deal

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EU/US

The European Commission and the US government on February 2 announced a political agreement in principle on rules to govern the transfer of data between them: the EU-US Privacy…

Quantum computing necessitates cybersecurity rethink

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INTERNATIONAL

Currently a theoretical threat, it could materialise in the future with wide-ranging implications. Quantum computers could be used to undermine cryptographic protection of…

Lawsuits may be key to tighter US data privacy rules

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US/INT

The move comes after Facebook suspended a UK political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, following allegations on March 18 that it improperly obtained personal data on 50…