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EU Struggles to Create Effective Penalties for Data Abuse
January 31, 2018
Mark Scott of Politico warns that the EU's production of new data-protection regulations providing for significant penalties for technology companies that misuse or fail to protect user data will change nothing if citizens within the EU remain uninformed about the broad complaints powers the legislation will grant them.
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EC Seeks Comment on IP Blacklist
January 30, 2018
Broadband TV News reports that the European Commission (EC) is seeking public consultation on a new "Counterfeit and Piracy Watch-List" that will identify and monitor jurisdictions outside the EU containing large levels of intellectual-property (IP) abuse.
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New EU Rules Spur Facebook Action on Data
January 30, 2018
Reuters reports that tech giant Facebook is responding to the upcoming roll-out of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation by publishing its principles for safeguarding users' information, releasing an educational video training users on managing and deleting data on the platform, and creating a new "privacy center" for managing data settings.
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UNFCCC Promotes Use of Blockchain for Climate Action
January 29, 2018
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has launched a Climate Chain Coalition encouraging the use of blockchain technology among its member organizations to ramp up public reporting on climate action and promote the diversion of investments into climate-friendly projects.
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UN Rights Chief Promotes Corporate LGBTI Standards
January 29, 2018
In remarks at the World Economic Forum, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has called on businesses around the world to join a growing list of companies that have accepted new standards developed by his UN office on promoting LGBTI equality as part of their employment practices, consumer treatment, and public-relations campaigns.
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