ACTA vote in the European Parliament on 4 July
Update: since I posted this, someone (hat tip to @andrewjburgess ) decided to ruin the spotting game but made it probably a bit more accurate: see voting results hereunder (go to pg 19 of the document): Download (PDF, 540KB) So voted in favour of ACTA: ALDE: Newton Dunn, Takkula EFD: Allam, Provera, Tzavela PPE: Audy, Bendtsen, Berra, Cadec, Casini, Dantin, Dati, Deß, Florenz, Gahler,...
Read MoreData Retention: A keeper or not?
Coincidence or not, in the evaluation process of the Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC) the Directorate-General Home Affairs of the European Commission invited all stakeholders to participate on Friday the 3th of December at the 3th Data Retention Conference, themed ‘Taking on the Data Retention Directive’. Cecilia Malmström, the Swedish European Commissioner for Home Affairs,...
Read MoreNet Neutrality Timeline
As Net Neutrality seems to be all over the place at the moment, we considered it couldn’t hurt to put together a summary timeline of the Net neutrality debate. It is obviously not exhaustive and biased in the sense that it tries to highlight some key moments in the debate. As always, click on the infographic below to see the picture as a stand alone, and click a second time on the picture...
Read MoreNet Neutrality: The Oxford Street Dilemma
The Hon Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, remarked in his recent speech at the Financial Times World Telecoms Conference 2010 (16 & 17th November) that: ‘Unlike in the UK, in some parts of the US consumers have no choice which ISP they use because only one offers a service in their area. So the debate has particular resonance there. ISPs could...
Read MoreMy Right to be Forgotten = Your Obligation to Forget?
The balance between different rights (e.g. privacy Vs freedom of expression) is a well-known tension. But the creation of new rights that are so-called derivatives from privacy and seem to ignore both that tension and the fact that if you set up a right, it’s always better if it’s enforceable in practice, is a worrying trend. You will have guessed (if only due to the title of this...
Read MoreEU Net Neutrality Summit: a tale of gifts, monkeys, bullies…all solved by feet?
The European Commission and European Parliament organised a one-day Summit on the ‘Open Internet and Net neutrality in Europe’ on the 11th of November following the recent public consultation on this topic. A summit for which Europe – at least according to AT&T – have to be grateful to the Americans. A tale of gifts… AT&T bij #summit over #netneutraliteit van...
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Lobbynomics is the professional blog of N-square Consulting, a Brussels lobbying firm specialised in the high tech sector. The opinions and thoughts (if any) in this blog our the authors' own. They should not be seen as client positions, unless expressly marked as such.
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