EU DIGITAL AGENDA Telegram - published 22 January

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# CYBERCRIME

  • Cybercrime – Dutch EU Presidency Discussion Paper for the informal meeting ministers of Justice and Home Affairs
  • Berliner OSZE‑Konferenz zur Cybersicherheit soll die mit der Nutzung der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien verbundenen Konfliktrisiken vermindern
  • 2015 Breaches Show That Current Cybersecurity Measures Aren’t Enough - Cloud Security Alliance Blog

# SURVEILLANCE

  • Intelligence services surveillance and fundamental rights: EP committee debate

# IOT

  • Internet of Things for a data-centric food chain – Digital Agenda for Europe Blog

# DSM

  • The EU and the digital economy - What Think Tanks are thinking - European Parliamentary Research Service
  • Briefing - Digital Single Market - Key Studies - EP THINKTANK
  • MEPs Pittella & Bullmann (S&D): "Yes to the digital revolution - but only if all can join in!"

# DATA PROTECTION

  • Trans-Atlantic data flows: in search of a long-term solution (CPDP) – MEP Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66)

# TSM

  • ETNO update: Telecoms Framework Review & the future of Access Regulation
  • BEREC: Ex-ante advertisement for a negotiated procurement procedure, with at least three tenderers, in order to acquire HR related professional support and consultancy services

# COPYRIGHT

  • EP Subject files - Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright Reform - Committee on Legal Affairs
  • U.S. Copyright Royalty Board News
  • # AI
  • EP Subject files - Working Group on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence - Committee on Legal Affairs

# AMAZON

  • After Setting New Job Creation Record in 2015, Amazon’s Investment in Europe Continues with Several Thousand New Jobs in 2016

# DATA ANALYTICS

  • EDSA: From Bricks to Clicks Report Launch: Data and Analytics in HE
  • EDSA: Prof John Domingue – The Impact of Learning Analytics

# MEDIA FREEDOM

  • ECPMF:  'Baby steps' welcomed for new UK press regulator -  22.01.2016
  • ECMPF: High hopes for press freedom from Dutch EU presidency  22.01.2016

# DIGITIZATION

  • New Europeana Collections site brings people closer to culture

# CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

  • EU Commission: New projects supporting the Creative Industries

# EU REGISTERS

# EU PARLIAMENT

  • Amendments A-AA - Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age - PE 575.122v01-00 - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
  • Motion for a resolution on introducing EU legislation on temporary loans of artworks and cultural objects not on public display - B8-2016-0046

# EU COUNCIL

  • St 5439 2016 Init Case C-687/15 before the Court of Justice - Application brought by the European Commission seeking the annulment of the Council Conclusions, adopted on 26 October 2015, on the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • Cm 1219 2016 Init Working Group on e-Law (e-Justice) - expert group on multichannel communication strategy for justice
  • Cm 1223 2016 Init Working Group on e-Law (e-Justice) - expert group on minors
  • Cm 1224 2016 Init Working Group on e-Law (e-Justice) - expert group on fundamental rights
  • Cm 1228 2016 Init Working Group on e-Law (e-Justice) - expert group on interconnection of registers of wills
  • St 5420 2016 Init Draft Council Implementing Decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to Vehicle Registration Data (VRD) in Latvia
  • St 5430 2016 Init Descriptions of the Data Fields


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