EU urges fast rollout of age-verification app to protect minors onlineThe call followed the EU's announcement earlier this month that the app was ready, amid a broader push by member states to limit children...
29 Apr, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
EU finds Meta failing to keep under-13s off Facebook, InstagramThe European Union has accused Meta of not effectively preventing users under 13 from accessing Facebook and Instagram, which could lead to...
29 Apr, 2026, 02.38 PM IST
Sweden rights groups blast 'honest living' criteria for migrantsSweden's government has faced growing criticism over its plans to require migrants to adhere to "honest living", with rights groups and leg...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.08 AM IST
UK could make migrants wait up to 20 years before becoming settled - making it one of the longest waits in worldThe UK government plans to significantly increase the time migrants must wait for permanent residency, doubling the standard period to ten ...
13 Apr, 2026, 10.26 AM IST
Europeans cautious as they scramble to digest major US, Israeli attack on IranEuropean nations are reacting to major strikes on Iran by the US and Israel. Leaders are working to safeguard their citizens in the Middle ...
28 Feb, 2026, 05.42 PM IST
EU will carefully assess X's promised changes to Grok, spokesperson saysThe European Commission will review changes Elon Musk’s platform X plans for its Grok chatbot. The updates aim to stop Grok from producing ...
14 Jan, 2026, 11.37 PM IST
EU bows to pressure on loosening AI, privacy rulesThe EU plans to ease parts of its AI and data protection rules to help European businesses compete with US and Chinese rivals. Critics argu...
15 Nov, 2025, 10.57 PM IST
Op Sindoor was reaction to Pahalgam, EU recognises India's right to defend itself: EnvoyThe European Union acknowledges India's right to self-defense following the Pahalgam terrorist attack, as stated by EU Ambassador Herve Del...
29 May, 2025, 10.22 PM IST
Spain's data protection agency suspends two of Meta's EU election appsSpain's data protection watchdog AEPD orders the provisional suspension of Meta's planned products for the European election on Instagram a...
31 May, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
EU fines Meta $1.3 billion over data transfers to USThe social network giant’s continued data transfers to the US didn’t address “the risks to the fundamental rights and freedoms” of people w...
22 May, 2023, 03.45 PM IST
Data Bill waivers sought by govt worry Indian IT firmsBroad exemptions sought by lawmakers in the proposed Data Protection Bill will adversely impact the fortunes of India’s $190 billion IT-BPM...
28 Jan, 2022, 04.27 AM IST
ET View: India needs its own GDPRFacebook, like any Big Business, is neither devil nor angel if ‘sins’ are not clearly defined and punishments for transgressing specified.
19 Apr, 2018, 04.17 PM IST
IT companies play it safe ahead of European Union’s data protection lawCompanies that have EU citizens as employees could also get into trouble. Employee contracts of all EU residents and that of expatriates wo...
12 Apr, 2018, 08.32 AM IST
Nobody outside India calls 5.7 per cent growth a slowdown: European CommissionWorld Bank President Jim Yong Kim had said yesterday that the recent slowdown in India's economic growth is an "aberration."
06 Oct, 2017, 10.22 PM IST
PM Theresa May promises to let EU citizens stay in UK after BrexitAddressing EU leaders at her first summit since the snap general election that lost her a majority in the UK Parliament, May said she did n...
23 Jun, 2017, 03.10 PM IST
Ruling on data flow between EU & US may impact India’s IT sectorThe decision was made in a case filed by an Austrian citizen who had raised concerns about the safety of his personal data.
07 Oct, 2015, 03.58 AM IST
EU, US set for FTA talks in shadow of spying stormAn FTA "is not just in the interest of the EU, but it is also clearly in the interest of the US," Barroso said.
08 Jul, 2013, 02.02 AM IST