Bloomberg Neither the European Union nor Britain is ready for a no-deal Brexit on October 31, according to a study of contingency plans by the UK’s biggest business lobby group. “There are no areas of relevance to the economy where the UK, EU and the business community are all prepared well enough for no deal,” the Confederation of British Industry ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc’s “Like” button makes third-party websites responsible for processing people’s data under the European Union’s privacy rules, according to the EU’s top court. The EU Court of Justice weighed in on a dispute after an online fashion retailer was accused of violating EU law by embedding a Like plugin, which a consumer association said allowed the social media ...

Bloomberg The so-called Snooper’s Charter, which allows the UK government to access data from emails and mobile phones, survived a court challenge from a privacy group. A pair of UK judges dismissed the lawsuit, saying they weren’t persuaded that the legislation is incompatible with European Union rules. Judge Rabinder Singh said the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act included several “safeguards against ...