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We have already seen street protests in a few places including Norway (photo above; here is a video and the full story). The BSI (UK) came under legal fire as well. The European Commission is dealing with several investigations as complaints continue to come (more recently from BECTA, whose formal complaint was added to the pile). As we emphasised before, over two weeks remain until finalisation and now comes Denmark with a complaint that’s very revealing.

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