The European Union’s top court Thursday ruled that the consumer protection association may bring representative action against Big Tech over infringements of laws protecting personal data. The ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) allows the German Federal Union of Consumer Organisations and Associations to seek an injunction against Meta Platforms [...]

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) announced their intention Thursday to take the “government of Canada to court” and challenge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act (“the Act”). Invoking a national emergency provides the federal government with sweeping powers to, among other provisions, tackle the ongoing [...]

The European Commission Tuesday presented the European Chips Act–a multi-billion dollar initiative aimed at developing a thriving semiconductor ecosystem and enhancing supply chain resilience–in an effort to emerge as a global leader in the semiconductor industry. The proposal by the Commission comes against the backdrop of huge semiconductor supply chain shortages and extreme global dependence [...]

In a major setback for EU antitrust regulators, the General Court of EU Wednesday overturned the €1.06 billion ($1.2 billion) fine imposed on Intel almost 13 years ago for abuse of market dominance and stifling competition. In 2009, the European Commission found that the US chip-maker had abused its position in the market for x86 [...]

The District of Columbia and the states of Texas, Indiana and Washington Monday filed lawsuits against Alphabet’s Google over alleged deceptive location-tracking practices and violating the privacy of the users. In separate lawsuits filed against Google, the attorneys general allege that the search engine giant has systematically deceived its users about its location tracking practices [...]

The Supreme Court of India Thursday pronounced its reasons in a detailed judgement upholding a 29th July notification by the central government to implement a 27% quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and 10% quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the pre-medical exam entrance called National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET). The special bench, [...]

The EU Commission Thursday adopted new rules for open-source software distribution. The move is intended to facilitate the Commission’s transmission to make its software source code publicly accessible for the benefit of public services, companies and citizens, within a shorter time period and with less paperwork. The adoption of new rules comes close on the [...]

Google suffered a significant defeat Wednesday in its appeal against a €2.42bn ($2.8bn) EU fine, a landmark ruling that is likely to strengthen the EU’s efforts as it seeks to regulate big technology companies. The decision relates to a 2017 ruling by the European Commission, where it was found that Alphabet, parent company to the [...]

The UK Supreme Court unanimously rejected Wednesday a legal action against Google, which alleged that the tech giant had secretly tracked millions of iPhone users and used their data for commercial purposes without consent. The class action-style case began in 2017 when consumer rights activist Richard Lloyd brought an action seeking damages on behalf of all [...]