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Digital policy

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US data transfer agreement: Substantial improvement or just cosmetics?

Long-awaited, now finally here: On Friday, US President Joe Biden signed presidential orders in Washington, D.C. to make way for the Privacy Shield, which failed on the EU side. The business community is hoping, the EU Commission is confident. And data protection experts consider this attempt to be ineffectual yet again.

By Falk Steiner

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Commission revises liability rules – also for AI caused damage

The Commission is revising liability rules for products to make them fit for the digital age – and laying down special rules for AI. But consumer advocates fear that the hurdles are too high to bring justice to injured parties.

By Corinna Visser