May 20, 2019 9:00AM
EU election season and securing online democracy
Legal
Europe
Election Security
It’s election season in Europe, as European Parliament seats are contested across the European Union by national political parties. With approximately 400 million people eligible to vote, this is one of the biggest democratic exercises in the world....
February 28, 2019 1:00PM
Digital Evidence Across Borders and Engagement with Non-U.S. Authorities
Legal
Politics
Abuse
Due Process
Community
Since we first started reporting in 2013, our transparency report has focused on requests from U.S. law enforcement. Previous versions of the report noted that, as a U.S. company, we ask non-U.S. law enforcement agencies to obtain formal U.S. legal process before providing customer data....
February 26, 2019 8:36AM
Cloudflare Signs European Commission Declaration on Gender Balanced Company Culture
Last week Cloudflare attended a roundtable meeting in Brussels convened by the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel, with all signatories of the Tech Leaders’ Declaration on Gender Balanced Company Culture....
December 04, 2018 5:00PM
EU Terrorist Content Online proposal – political haste and unintended consequences
Legal
In September, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal to address the removal of terrorist content online....
September 10, 2018 11:23AM
EU Copyright Vote: A Critical Juncture for the Open Internet
Legal
Europe
Net Neutrality
Save The Web
Back in June, we blogged about the draft EU copyright proposal which is currently making its way through the legislative process in Brussels....
June 25, 2018 7:59PM
Copyright? Copywrong!
Legal
The drafting of the new EU Copyright Directive was never going to be an easy task. As has been seen over the years, policy discussions involving digital service providers and the intellectual property rights community are often polarizing, and middle ground can be difficult to find....
October 01, 2017 11:00AM
A New Cybersecurity Strategy for Europe
Legal
Europe
Security
DDoS
IoT
October is European Cybersecurity Month, an annual advocacy campaign to raise awareness of cyber risks among citizens and businesses, and to share best practices in cybersecurity....
August 22, 2017 12:42AM
Advancing Privacy Protection with the GDPR
Legal
Privacy
GDPR
The road towards implementation of the new European GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation) has been a long one, even though public awareness of its impact, especially outside of Europe, is only now really starting to take hold....
April 13, 2017 2:06PM
Data Transfers Post-Brexit: Smoothing the Transition
Data
Legal
Europe
Privacy
Politics
The average internet user consumes vast amounts of data on a daily basis but rarely – unless an avid follower of Max Schrems - thinks about how the data flows or the mechanisms and legal arrangements in place to make it all happen....