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A European Parliament Committee has today voted to ban surcharges on intra-EU communications (calls, text messages and data usage) which would for example bring down prices for consumers when they call another EU country from home.
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BEUC, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Access Now, and 115 other civil society organisations call on EU lawmakers to close a dangerous loophole in the AI (artificial intelligence) Act, which risks undermining the entire legislation.
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As of 25 August, large search engines and online platforms designated by the European Commission will have to begin to comply with one of the EU’s major laws to bring about a safer and more accountable online environment.
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The European Parliament’s Industry Committee (ITRE) in the lead for the Cyber Resilience Act, a proposal to set minimum cybersecurity requirements for connected products, has, through today’s vote, tightened some obligations for manufacturers, but ultimately failed to tackle all its major blind spots.
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A European Commission proposal published today which should have led to speedier and more effective cross-border enforcement of the EU’s signature law on data protection – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – is unlikely to be of much help to consumers. The European Parliament and Member States have to substantially amend it to truly improve cross-border enforcement and improve complainants’ rights.
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New rules agreed at EU level yesterday, which could have given consumers more protection and better rights to decide what happens to data they generate through their use of connected products, are a missed opportunity.
Consumer groups call on regulators to investigate generative AI risks & enforce existing legislation
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Consumer groups from 14 European countries are alerting their national authorities to launch urgent investigations into the risks of generative AI, such as ChatGPT, and to enforce existing legislation to protect consumers.