Cybersecurity legislation from the European Union, the Digital Services Act, has wider implications for global online fraud and misinformation mitigation campaigns.

The European Parliament voted "to force Americans to apply for visas before visiting Europe this summer."

Last week’s vote supporting the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union (Brexit) is expected to have many transcending effects for Europe and beyond, such as weakening the European Union and other multi-national political, economic, and security institutions.

Resisting a move to plastic money, Euro banknotes will remain paper as the European Central Bank chooses to fight counterfeiting with new security measures, according to Reuters. The ECF also has no plans to eliminate the 500-euro notes favored by some criminals.

European businesses that provide critical infrastructure services, including banks, stock exchanges, telecommunications firms and utilities, may soon be required to disclose any data breaches to authorities.

European passengers left stranded in the U.S. before Hurricane Sandy can be awarded up to 600 Euros in duty of care compensation. 

Most cyber security incidents often go unreported or undetected even though they can affect millions of citizens and businesses worldwide. 

New guidelines, expected today from an E.U. panel on privacy, will give strong recommendations to European governments on whether to and how to adopt cloud computing.