Press releases

Consumers are too often ill at ease, feel insufficiently protected in the digital world, and want greater protection and rights in certain areas, according to survey results published today on various aspects of the online environment.

A European Parliament Committee has today voted to ban surcharges on intra-EU communications (calls, text messages and data usage) which would for example bring down prices for consumers when they call another EU country from home.

As of 25 August, large search engines and online platforms designated by the European Commission will have to begin to comply with one of the EU’s major laws to bring about a safer and more accountable online environment.

The European Parliament’s Industry Committee (ITRE) in the lead for the Cyber Resilience Act, a proposal to set minimum cybersecurity requirements for connected products, has, through today’s vote, tightened some obligations for manufacturers, but ultimately failed to tackle all its major blind spots.