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European Regional Bureau Newsletter: 14 October – 20 October 2017
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: European operators CEOs address Council President Tusk on telecoms reform</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On October 19, in a</span> <a href="https://etno.eu/datas/press_corner/press-releases/2017/Note_of_Europe’s_leading_CEOs_on_the_Electronic_Communications_Code_19_Oct_17.pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">joint letter</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> to European Government leaders and telecoms ministers, a large group of companies argued the European Parliament’s changes to the Electronic Communications Code remove the stability required to spur investment in 5G and fibre infrastructure.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The telecoms companies’ CEOs believe strong and reliable investment incentives and predictable spectrum licenses are needed. Moreover, the empowerment of telcos to compete on the same terms as Internet players is deemed crucial.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The European Parliament introduced numerous amendments to the telecommunications reform, including proposals to tackle potential “oligopolies” in telecoms markets and new price regulation on international calling rates within the EU.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The signatories are the members of the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO). They include Deutsche Telekom, BT Group, Orange, Telefónica, Telecom Italia, Nokia, Ericsson and Orange.</span> <p style="text-align:justify">
<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: Trilogues on the European Electronic Communications Code</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">With both co-legislators (the European Parliament and the Council of the EU) having reached their initial positions on the telecoms reform the first trilogue (informal meeting between these institutions and the Commission) will take place on 25 October.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">A clear agenda for the negotiations is not yet available, however it is expected that they will continue well on into 2018.</span> <p style="text-align:justify">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: Qualcomm announces first 5G data connection on a mobile device</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On October 17, Qualcomm, the mobile technology manufacturer,</span> <a href="https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2017/10/17/qualcomm-achieves-worlds-first-announced-5g-data-connection-5g-modem"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">announced</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> it has achieved 1Gbps mobile Internet speeds using its first dedicated 5G chip.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">According to the company spokesperson, this was a very initial-stage demonstration, but it proves the steady progress being made.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Some critics have already spoken out on the issue. According to</span> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41652967"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Prof William Webb</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">, an independent consultant and expert, “5G is not yet clearly defined, and Qualcomm has simply postulated what thinks it will look like.”</span> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:10.000000pt">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">NL: Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) criticises Windows 10</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">According to a</span> <a href="https://www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/sites/default/files/atoms/files/public_version_dutch_dpa_informal_translation_summary_of_investigation_report.pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">report</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> published on October 13, the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system breaches data protection rules in The Netherlands, collecting data of a sensitive nature. The Dutch DPA argued that users were not clearly informed about what data the company was using.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The Dutch DPA is considering whether to sanction Microsoft.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Microsoft has replied to the accusation in a</span> <a href="https://pulse.microsoft.com/nl/nl/security-privacy/na/microsofts-response-privacy-concerns-netherlands/"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">blogpost</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">, saying “it is a priority that Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro are clearly compliant under Dutch law” and that “we welcome the opportunity to continue to work with the Dutch DPA on their comments.”</span> <p style="text-align:justify">
<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: EP LIBE Committee adopts report introducing stronger data protection practices from EU institutions and bodies</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On October 12, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) adopted its</span> <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=&reference=2017/0002(COD)&utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=8d39a191fa-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10959edeb5-8d39a191fa-189644601"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">report</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> on the Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and the free movement of such data.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The new law updates the EU’s responsibilities bringing them in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will enter into force in May 2018. The LIBE Committee introduced specific rules for processing of law enforcement data and further strengthening transparency.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">At the end of the month, the European Parliament will vote on the report during its plenary session in Strasbourg.</span> <p style="text-align:justify">
<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: Article 29 Working Party releases new guidelines for businesses</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The</span> <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?item_id=50083"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Article 29 Working Party</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> has issued new guidelines outlining the changes companies will have to make to comply with the GDPR.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">These include how businesses should notify authorities in case they face a data breach (“</span> <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/document.cfm?doc_id=47741"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Guidelines on Personal data breach notification</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">”), and how to respect privacy when collecting and processing data on an individual’s profile (“</span> <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/document.cfm?doc_id=47742"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Guidelines on profiling and automated individual decision-making</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">”).</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The documents were adopted during the Article 29 WP’s last plenary session on October 3 and are open to public consultation until 28 November.</span> <p style="text-align:justify">
<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: Council discusses Digital Single Market and cybersecurity</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union (COREPER I) met in Brussels on October 18-20.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Following up on the Tallinn Digital Summit and in preparation for the next Transport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE) Council</span> <a href="http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/tte/2017/10/24-tte-provisional-agenda_pdf/"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">meeting</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> on October 24, the Permanent Representatives discussed the</span> <a href="file:///C:\Users\George\My Tresors\CPA-Shared Data\Clients\Internet Society\EU Issues Newsletter\Microsoft Windows"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">implementation of the Digital Single Market Strategy</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> (DSM Strategy) and the new</span> <a href="http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-13475-2017-INIT/en/pdf"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">cybersecurity</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> proposals</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">According to the most recent European Council</span> <a href="http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/european-council/2017/10/19-euco-conclusions-migration-digital-defence_pdf/"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Conclusions</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> (October 19), at the next TTE meeting, EU Ministers will be invited to share their views on how to boost investments in cyber security and identify the next steps needed to achieve next generation connectivity.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The Council conclusions call on EU countries to cooperate in deploying 5G within the bloc, and increase coordinated availabilities of spectrum.</span> <p style="text-align:justify">
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On October 18, while</span> <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/brussels-promises-more-police-access-to-encrypted-data-but-no-backdoors/"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">announcing</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> a number of new initiatives on counter-terrorism, EU Security Commissioner Julian King reiterated that European Commission does not intend to weaken encryption.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The Commission is calling for a new network of encryption experts, and is calling on member states to develop a “tool box of alternative investigation techniques that police can use to obtain needed information encrypted by criminals.”</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The Commission also</span> <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-17-3982_en.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">announced</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> that it will add an extra €500,000 for police training on encryption next year.</span> <p style="text-align:justify">
<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU:</span><span style="font-family:'Hind Light'"></span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EP LIBE Committee adopts report on Privacy and Electronic Communications</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">After long and intricate negotiations, on October 19, the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) adopted its</span> <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-606.011+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">draft report</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> on Privacy and Electronic Communications, which aims at updating the EU legal framework on ePrivacy.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The report strengthens protections for encrypted communications, ruling out so-called “backdoors” that would allow access to encrypted messages.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The document also calls for stricter requirements for software developers to guarantee their settings are privacy-friendly from their conception (“privacy by default”).</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The EU aims to finalise the e-Privacy Regulation before 25 May 2018, when its new data protection rules (the GDPR) will also come into force.</span> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:10.000000pt">
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<span style="font-family:'Hind Light';color:#3a82e4"></span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">EU: “Digital Nine” meets in Stockholm to discuss EU’s digital agenda</span>
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<span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">On October 18, the Ministers of the Digital 9 group (D9)</span> <a href="http://www.government.se/press-releases/2017/10/ann-linde-to-host-digital-9-ministerial-meeting/"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">met</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> in Stockholm to discuss the EU’s Digital Single Market, including the role of platforms in the digital economy and the removal of illegal content online, cybersecurity, as well as the legislative proposal on free data flows across the region.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The D9 group is made up of digital frontrunner states, notably Ireland and Nordic, Benelux and Baltic countries. It aims to identify and promote the implementation of strategic digitalization measures, and to encourage a closer dialogue with industry.</span> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">The next meeting will likely be held in</span> <a href="https://dbei.gov.ie/en/News-And-Events/Department-News/2017/October/18102017a.html"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'">Ireland</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Hind Light'"> in 2018.</span> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:10.000000pt">
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