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News briefsMeta not allowed to use personal data for advertising
Facebook owner Meta will no longer be allowed to use the personal data of its users in Europe for advertising personalization without being asked. This was the decision of the responsible Irish data protection authority DPC. At the same time, the authority imposed a fine of €390 million. According to ...
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ArticleEurostat reviews EU sports employment
The number of people employed or self-employed in the EU’s sports sector has recovered since the dip occasioned by lockdown policies, according to a recent report in late September by the EU’s statistical body, Eurostat. That number is back to 1.37 million, as in 2019. It was down to 1.31 ...
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ArticleConsumer confidence at historic lows in Europe
Consumer confidence has taken a dive in Europe. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) has produced a flash estimate for September, according to which the indicator has “resumed its steep downward trend, dropping by 3.5 points in the EU and 3.8 points in the euro ...
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Fourth country rules that Google Analytics runs afoul of EU law
The Danish Data Protection Agency has determined that the operations of Google Analytics are unlawful in Denmark without “the implementation of supplementary measures in addition to the settings provided by Google.” At issue is the protections on consumer data collected in Europe for dispatch to the U.S. As the agency ...
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News briefsEU and New Zealand agree on free trade agreement
The European Union and New Zealand have agreed on a joint Free Trade Agreement (FTA). According to estimates, trade could increase by around 30 percent. The EU is currently already New Zealand’s third-largest trading partner. In addition to consumers and trading companies, agriculture is also expected to benefit. “Our EU-NZ ...
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ArticleThe Italian "sport system" accounts for 3.6% of the country’s GDP, new report says
The sport system in Italy is worth €95.9 billion, namely 3.6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), and employs 389,000 people, according to a recent report by Banca Ifis. The study, presented on March 30 at the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) in Rome, represents the first edition of ...
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Amazon under scrutiny in multiple EU countries
The National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) in Luxembourg, where the company has its European headquarters, has proposed fining Amazon $425 million for violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In short, Amazon is alleged to have improperly collected and used data on its customers. If it meets with ...
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Council of Europe adopts two resolutions on sports
The 16th Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport of the Council of Europe has adopted two resolutions. The first one, titled “A European approach to sport policies: the revision of the European Sports Charter,” is meant to “facilitate access to sports for all layers of society,” largely through investments in ...
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Google probed again by the EU
Google is under dual investigations in the European Union for allegedly abusive practices in its advertising business. This month, according to Reuters, anti-trust regulators for the EU have sent to a number of advertisers a 13-page questionnaire regarding the “Include Google Display Network” default setting for search campaigns on Google ...
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ArticleOpinion: Amazon and other marketplaces may be in for a reckoning over illegal sales
Why the sale of illegal products through online platforms could become a problem for Amazon and other marketplaces – and why the widespread circumvention of EU competition law may soon be over
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