Topic: TMT
Indian telecoms bill brings new data localisation concerns
The Indian government has presented a draft Telecommunications Bill for consultation, with possible widespread consequences for both traditional and internet-based communication service providers operating in the country.
26 September 2022
Analysing the ePrivacy Regulation
Osborne Clarke Madrid partner Rafael García del Poyo unpacks the recent EU Council draft ePrivacy Regulation.
24 February 2021
Online advertising drives huge Big Tech revenues
Data-dependent digital advertising revenues have shot up at Google, Facebook and Amazon, recent earnings releases reveal.
03 February 2021
Covid-19: Brazil’s top prosecutor defends telecoms data collection scheme
With Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court set to decide the lawfulness of a government order for telecoms companies to provide information on up to 226 million residents, the country’s attorney general has issued an opinion arguing that government’s scheme is constitutional given the circumstances presented by the covid-19 pandemic.
04 May 2020
Dutch regulator breaks ranks on coronavirus data sharing
The Dutch data protection authority has urged caution in allowing location data to be shared with its government for coronavirus-fighting efforts – taking a position that differs from many of its European counterparts.
06 April 2020
Telcos share location data for coronavirus efforts
Data regulators have greenlit wide scale data-sharing practices as telecommunications companies across the globe hand over location data to health authorities to assist in the fight against coronavirus.
20 March 2020
Ericsson pivots to data strategy for network maintenance
Telecommunications giant Ericsson has launched a series of predictive maintenance products that take advantage of its large datasets – and set out its ambition to be a “data-driven” service provider.
19 February 2020
Civil liberties groups weigh in on dispute over filtering software
Two US civil liberties pressure groups have backed a software company’s petition to have a case involving its filtering software reheard.
07 November 2019
Satellite deal to pass with cybersecurity conditions
The UK’s government’s clearance of a $3.4 billion (€3.1 billion) takeover of satellite communications company Inmarsat is conditioned on the company changing its cybersecurity programme.
31 October 2019
Telefónica fights data supply lawsuit
Telefónica has denied claims that it breached a contract with phone retailer Carphone Warehouse by failing to supply hundreds of thousands of customers’ data.
25 October 2019