The advertising industry, website operators, consumers, and data protectionists all have one thing in common: no one likes the cookie banners that are everywhere in front of websites. Now a solution could be on the horizon in Germany — but even that is already controversial.
By Redaktion Table
While the topic and the dispute are not new, the uproar is: After social media, now even the "Bild" newspaper has taken up the topic of "chat control" and headlined: "Big Brother attack by the EU on our mobile phones". But behind this is a serious and important debate.
By Falk Steiner
The EU Commission has promised too much and has more work to do. New rules for smartphones and tablets are now not expected until 2022 — if all goes well. The European Parliament and the German government want stricter regulations soon.
By Eric Bonse
The Council working groups have made significant progress on the digital dossiers in recent days. In particular, the package of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Single Markets Act (DMA) is now on the home straight ahead of the trilogue with Parliament and the Commission. The next stage of the less controversial Data Governance Act (DGA) should also be reached soon.
By Falk Steiner
