Amazon’s Dash buttons have been found to breach consumer ecommerce rules in Germany. The push-to-order gizmos were debuted by Amazon in 2015, in an attempt by the ecommerce giant to shave friction off of the online shopping process by encouraging consumers to fill their homes with stick-on, account-linked buttons that trigger product-specific staple purchases when pressed […]
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Facebook and Airbnb told to change their ToS to fix EU consumer rights issues by year’s end
Facebook has been singled out for censure by the European Commission’s head of consumer affairs who has warned she’s running out of patience and said the company needs to make additional changes to their terms of service before the end of the year to bring them into line with the bloc’s consumer rules. The Commission […]
View More Facebook and Airbnb told to change their ToS to fix EU consumer rights issues by year’s endApple slapped with $6.6M fine in Australia over bricked devices
Apple has been fined AUS$9M (~$6.6M) by a court in Australia following a legal challenge by a consumer rights group related to the company’s response after iOS updates bricked devices that had been repaired by third parties. The Australian Competitor and Consumer Commission (ACCC) invested a series of complaints relating to an error (‘error 53’) which […]
View More Apple slapped with $6.6M fine in Australia over bricked devicesHere are the experts who will help shape Europe’s AI policy
The European Commission has announced the names of 52 experts from across industry, business and civil society who it has appointed to a new High Level Group on AI which will feed its strategy and policymaking around artificial intelligence. In April the EU’s executive body outlined its approach to AI technology, setting out measures intended to increase […]
View More Here are the experts who will help shape Europe’s AI policy