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The European Commission announced on Monday a data transfer agreement with the United States after Europe's top court annulled two previous pacts that underpinned how thousands of companies transfer Europeans' personal data across the Atlantic.However, the move was immediately criticised by privacy activist Max Schrems' noyb group, which said it will challenge the agreement. The EU executive said measures taken by the United States ensured an adequate level of protection for Europeans' personal data transferred across the…

Google is challenging a record European Union antitrust fine that took aim at the Android operating system's role in restricting mobile competition and consumer choice. The company said that it filed the appeal against the 4.125 billion euro (USD 4.3 billion) penalty "because there are areas that require legal clarification from the European Court of Justice," the EU's top court. Google previously appealed to a lower tribunal, which slightly lowered the original 4.34 billion-euro penalty in a decision largely siding with…