The AGCM labelled the social network’s commercial use of subscribers’ data as “unfair”
Australian parliament passes law to grant access to encrypted communications
The Senate has voted the bill, which compels technology companies to grant police and security agencies access to encrypted messages
Australian government announces new Universal Service Guarantee
The Universal Service Guarantee (USG) replaces the previous Universal Service Obligation and now includes broadband within its scope
Ofcom proposes BT and KCOM as providers for the broadband universal service
The UK regulator set out its proposal on the implementation of the new Broadband Universal Service Obligation
EU presents an action plan against disinformation
FTTH Council write an open letter to EU Telecoms ministers on fibre advertising
The industry organisation representing FTTH operators and vendors has voiced its concern over “misleading fibre advertising”
European Council pushes back plans for a Digital Tax until March 2019
EU Council ministers push e-Privacy Regulation proposals into 2019
The Telecommunications, Transport and Energy ministers are yet to have ironed out their disagreements on the proposed Regulation
Swiss Parliament votes against introduction of fibre unbundling in telecoms reform
The Council of States has voted on the reform of the telecommunications act, but has rejected some of the initial proposals
Spanish Data Protection Act allows political parties to gather user information online
The Senate has passed the law to bring Spain’s data protection framework fully in line with the GDPR
