IoT Security & Public Policy: Europe

EU Agrees Embedded Tech Regulatory Changes

The EU has addressed an escalating problem with its AI Act which threatened to paralyse industrial and smart tech deployments across multiple key sectors in Europe. The Digital Omnibus [...]

UK-Japan Frontier Tech CNI Partnership

On June 14, the prime ministers of the UK and Japan signed the UK-Japan Frontier Technology Partnership. Backed by an £18 billion ($24 billion) investment programme, the UK-Japan FTP [...]

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EU Announces Embedded System Reliefs to AI Bill June 29, 2026 The EU has delayed implementation and announced reliefs for embedded systems affecting Industrial IoT, Smart Cities, port automation, [...]

Europe launches Technological Sovereignty Package

The European Commission has launched an industrial strategy to transform the continent’s technological sovereignty that is likely to impact the future development, deployment and operation of every EU or [...]

EU EDPB tightens IoT data collection clause

The definition of “legitimate interest” as a justification for data collection by IoT operators and providers is shifting thanks to a joint opinion issued by the European Data Protection [...]

Shifting European Tech: the Industrial Accelerator Act

The formal introduction of the European Union’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) in March 2026 has shifted assumptions about how best to build and implement IoT and embedded technology within [...]

The UK turns interventionist on IoT Cyber Security

For the better part of a decade, the United Kingdom’s approach to critical infrastructure and corporate cyber security has combined voluntary standards, light-touch regulation, and a belief that market [...]

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EU Frontier AI Grand Challenge Winner Selection June 19, 2026 The European Commission selected the Italian-led EUROPA consortium to develop a sovereign, open-source frontier AI model. The project aims [...]

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Polish Government issues AI Policy The Polish Government has issued a policy document setting out a five year plan for the development of AI in Poland through to 2030. [...]