The rise of cloud computing has been transformative for startups, enabling them to scale rapidly and compete with larger enterprises. For startups, cloud infrastructure provides unparalleled scalability, cost-efficiency, and access to cutting-edge tools that would have been out of reach just a few years ago. Yet, the regulatory framework surrounding its use is critical. Startups …
Cloud Data Privacy
August 1, 2024
Understanding Cloud Services and the EU Cybersecurity Certification Scheme (EUCS)
Cloud services have become integral to modern business operations, providing on-demand access to computing resources such as storage, processing power, and software applications over the internet. These services offer scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency, allowing businesses to grow and adapt without the need for substantial upfront investment in IT infrastructure. The European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for …
Artificial Intelligence Data Policy Privacy Startups
February 23, 2024
The EU’s AI and Copyright Laws: The Challenges Ahead For Startups
Although one may think that artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright are issues separately addressed, nothing could be further from the truth, particularly today. With the rise in popularity of tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, EU policymakers decided to regulate the use of generative AI (GenAI) systems, i.e. the technology at …
Artificial Intelligence Data Policy
January 31, 2024
AI, Startups, and GDPR: A Privacy Tango with a Twist
Startups are at the vanguard of providing AI solutions to grand societal challenges. Yet, those AI solutions are only as good as the data they are fed, which includes extensive amounts of personal information. This is precisely why, soon after generative AI applications like ChatGPT went viral at the end of 2022, privacy concerns rapidly …
Data Innovation Policy
November 16, 2023
Done and dusted: what does the Data Act mean for startups?
On 9 November 2023, the European Parliament adopted the final text of the Data Act, by a majority of 481 votes in favour, 31 votes against, and 71 abstentions. The Data Act has the potential to fulfill its promise of boosting Europe’s competitiveness and innovation capacity by harmonising rules on access and use of industrial …
Data DTX Innovation
November 8, 2023
Infographic: Secondary Health Data Sharing Across the EU 🩺
Data is an indispensable part of today’s world, with vast amounts being generated every second. The healthcare industry is no exception to this rule. The European Health Data Sharing Space, or EHDS, is an opportunity for startups to scale life-changing innovations across the EU. The platform offers to provide high-quality insights based on secondary health …
Data Innovation Privacy
September 27, 2023
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: Protecting Startups’ Data
Startups are increasingly dependent on the collection, processing, and use of personal data for their success. For that reason, businesses and startups take data breaches and privacy violations very seriously and implement measures to ensure their users’ data security. We’ve identified some of the Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) that startups are employing! What are PETS? PETs …
Data Latest News Privacy Startups
September 12, 2023
INFOGRAPHIC: The New EU-US Data Privacy Framework
We have crafted an infographic to explain the current landscape of EU-US data transfers. It dives into how the successor to the Privacy Shield, the new Data Privacy Framework, holds great potential to facilitate the transfer of data from the EU to the US, in particular for startups. As Allied for Startups, an association that …
Data Latest News Press Release Privacy
July 11, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: New EU-US Data Privacy Framework is vital for startups and a key milestone for Transatlantic Relations
[Brussels, 11 July 2023, contact: [email protected]] The European Commission’s adoption of its adequacy agreement for EU-US personal data is a milestone decision. It is a crucial step towards an adequacy regime that will provide significant benefits for startups by enabling free and secure data flows across the Atlantic. The invalidation of the Privacy Shield in …
Data Policy
July 6, 2023
Assessing The Data Act: How Startup-Friendly Is It?
On the 27th of June, after three months of trilogue negotiations, EU policymakers came to an agreement on the Data Act, which mandates requirements to facilitate the sharing of non-personal data. Before the beginning of the trilogues, Allied for Startups and its Members approached policymakers with an open letter in which we suggested three key …