According to a report, France became the first country in Europe to adopt the digital health pass, which lets users store their electronic certificate of negative COVID-19 tests and COVID-19 vaccine certificates on the TousAntiCov...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released two opinions on the European Commission draft Implementing Decisions on the adequate protection of personal data in the United Kingdom. Opinion 14/2021 is based on the GDPR an...
UK ministers are being asked to give employees a legal right to disconnect in order to improve their mental health and life quality. The call is led by the labour union Prospect which mainly represents scientists, engineers and te...
A federal court ruled that Google misled Android users about personal location data the company collected in violation to Australian law. Users creating new accounts on their Android devices were made to believe that by deactivati...
The University of Computer Sciences (UCI) along with the Ministries of Communications and Public Health have developed a mobile application, Pesquisador Virtual, that allows every citizen with mobile data to report on their health...
In response to Turkey's state broadcaster and news agency websites that were blocked in Saudi Arabia, Turkey blocked a number of Saudi and Emirates news websites. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has targeted the Turkish media after 20...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced large fines for those who share medical disinformation about COVID-19 (up to USD$5500). The government made the health ministry and other health institutions responsible for delivering 'tru...
The group of seventy-one WTO member states that signed the Joint Statement on Electronic Commerce at the Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) met in the week of 16 to 20 April and started to put forward non-papers. The propo...
Nairobi-based IBM researchers and Twiger Foods, a food distribution company, are using blockchain technology to help farmers obtain loans. 220 retailers in Kenya are using the platform. The financing system simplifies the challeng...
Currently, Facebook users outside the United States and Canada fall under the terms of services agreed with the company's international headquarters in Ireland. This means that around 1.9 billion Facebook Inc. users around the wor...
Russia has successfully put into orbit its second military communication satellite of the Blagovest series. The first Blagovest was launched on Aug. 17, 2017. The satellite is designed for high-speed Internet access, data transmis...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in South Dakota v. Wayfair, a case dealing with the state's attempt to force out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes when its residents make a purchase online. Internet retailers are...