A large number of laws are intended to break the dominance of US companies in the future and give European companies better access to data.
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With much pathos, the EU Commission announced its new data strategy in a kind of manifesto at the beginning of 2020. The EU could become a role model for a society that “thanks to data is able to make better decisions in the economy and in the public sector”. To be a world leader in the data economy requires immediate action and regulatory tackling the multiple issues ranging from connectivity to data processing and storage to cybersecurity.
For this it is necessary to improve the conditions for handling data and to build up “pools of high-quality data” for society. These should not only increase the productivity of companies and improve their competitiveness, but also benefit the areas of health, the environment and public services. At the same time, they want to promote the digital economy so that it can keep up with companies from the USA and China.
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How the EU wants to revolutionize the way data is handled through data acts
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What the USA learns from Europe when it comes to data protection
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EU undermines data protection for searches for child abuse images
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Law: ECJ allows decompilation of software for debugging
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Legal issues of agile software development
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Legal issues of pseudonymization and anonymization
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Consumer protection: Confusion about the right of withdrawal for “order and pick up” transactions
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Impact of Brexit on IT law
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Law against restraints of competition: declaration of war on the digital giants
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Arbitration procedures for IT-related legal disputes
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Consumer law: Bill against fake product recommendations
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Personal rights: Press archives can also store unpleasant things for a long time
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Law: Reformed data protection regulations reveal strengths and weaknesses
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Law: EU unitary patent clears important hurdle
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GDPR in practice: erasure of personal data
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GDPR threats for companies: where hidden personal data lurks
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Warnings: Claims for injunctive relief under competition law endanger online shops
In order to achieve these ambitious goals, the Commission has launched a whole bundle of laws since the announcement. Lawyers even expect a new area of law, data law. The focus of the discussion is about half a dozen of these projects. They have the potential to change society in the long term.
