The Irish Times

Big fines can change Big Tech, says French competition chief

Since June, Isabelle de Silva’s office has hit Google with €720m in fines in two separate cases

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 08:06

UK’s competition regulator plans probe into Amazon’s use of data

CMA has recently been focusing on how the online retailer uses data it collects on its platform

Fri Jun 11 2021 - 11:59

European Commission set to open antitrust investigation into Facebook

Inquiry to focus on classified advertising end of social media group’s business

Wed May 26 2021 - 12:25

EU must overhaul flagship data protection laws, says ‘father’ of policy

GDPR already out of date and must be revised for new tech, says Axel Voss

Wed Mar 03 2021 - 07:18

EU charges Amazon with misusing data to edge out rivals

Company accused of using platform to collect data on rivals and give edge to own products

Tue Nov 10 2020 - 17:54

EU admits it has been hard to implement GDPR

Official report on data protection regulation notes burden on smaller companies

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 11:05

European Union seeks to curb state-backed foreign rivals

Move aims to rein in unfair competition from China at sensitive time for Brussels’ relations with Beijing

Tue Jun 02 2020 - 19:13

EU restarts work on regulating Big Tech

Officials considering plans to force tech companies to be more transparent

Tue Apr 28 2020 - 10:15

ECB pushes for euro zone bad bank to clean up soured loans

Move is expected to be resisted in some quarters as it breaches state aid rules

Mon Apr 20 2020 - 13:25

EU considers measures to cushion businesses from coronavirus impact

Ursula von der Leyen promises exceptional measures to tackle ‘vast impact’ of crisis

Tue Mar 10 2020 - 08:01

EU backs away from call for blanket ban on facial recognition tech

New draft of AI paper drops suggestion of five-year moratorium on surveillance tech

Wed Feb 12 2020 - 14:49

Apple, Cisco, Daimler and BMW complain to Brussels over patents

Coalition of tech firms and carmakers say competition is suffering in connected devices

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 20:14

EU to inquire into Amazon’s use of merchants’ data on its website

Commissioner Vestager questions how US tech giant tries to identify ‘new big thing’

Wed Jul 17 2019 - 08:26

WeWork competes to lease New York’s Flatiron

Flexible office firm, which is to be anchor tenant in former Central Bank office in Dublin, is competing for US landmark building

Fri Jul 13 2018 - 16:57