03 March 2021
European Data Protection Supervisor raises concerns around targeted advertising
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/european-data-protection-supervisor-raises-concerns-around-targeted-advertising

Targeted advertising and recommender systems have been highlighted as key concerns by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) in the context of the Commission's Digital Services package proposals. The EDPS, which ...

03 March 2021
Economic Experts calls for strengthened 'gatekeeper' obligations
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/economic-experts-calls-for-strengthened-gatekeeper-obligations

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre recently published “A Report by a Panel of Economic Experts” (“the Report”) on the Digital Markets Act proposals unveiled by the Commission on 15 December 2020. To recall, ...

08 May 2019
Practical Law Digital Business Global Guide updated for 2019
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/practical-law-digital-business-global-guide-updated-for-2019

For many years Bird & Bird has been providing first-rate legal advice to renowned electronic commerce players as they drive forward the global digital revolution.

29 April 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: Transparency, Consent, Control and Personal Data Ownership
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In this seventeenth article in our series on "Big Data & Issues & Opportunities", we look into the social and ethical aspects of privacy, with a particular focus on transparency, consent and control, and personal data ...

07 January 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: General Overview
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This introductory article is the first in a series of articles looking into the legal, ethical and social issues and opportunities surrounding big data, which were brought to the forefront by the LeMO Project ...

25 February 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: Liability
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In this eighth article in our series on "Big Data & Issues & Opportunities", we look into liability issues in the context of new technologies, including with respect to big data, applied in the transport sector.

11 February 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: Supply of digital content
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In this sixth article of our "Big Data & Issues & Opportunities" series (see our previous article here), we look into the possible use of personal data as counter-performance in the context of supply of digital content ...

11 March 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: Open Data
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In this tenth article in our series on "Big Data & Issues & Opportunities", we address various legal issues and opportunities that one may encounter when using open data for big data technologies.

18 February 2019
Big Data & Issues & Opportunities: Free Flow of Data
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In this seventh article in our series on "Big Data & Issues & Opportunities", we focus on the free flow of data in the context of big data processing. Where relevant, illustrations from the transport sector will be ...

03 July 2019
Starting gun fired for roll out of 5G services
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/starting-gun-fired-for-roll-out-of-5g-services

As the 2020 target date of the EU Action Plan to launch 5G services in Europe is fast approaching, several Member States are taking further steps towards deployment.