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Location tracking needs permission, says EU group

...on Monday, the group looked at the application of the EU's Data Protection Directive and the e-Privacy Directive to the gathering of geolocation... Read more

19 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

NHS unprepared for data law overhaul, say experts

...legislation in the summer as part of an ongoing review of the Data Protection Directive. The rights for individuals as outlined by EU justice commissioner... Read more

13 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

EU outlines shortcomings in UK data law

...Data Protection Act does not meet the requirements of the EU's Data Protection Directive. "This case concerns an alleged failure of the UK legislation... Read more

23 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Home Office consults on interception law

...such as Ripa do not adequately transpose European data laws, including the Data Protection Directive and the E-Privacy Directive. One of the problems lies... Read more

11 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

MoJ calls for comments on data protection

...data protection legislation. It has asked for views on how the European Data Protection Directive and the Data Protection Act are working, and whether the... Read more

7 July, 2010 by Kable

Google to meet EU investigators over privacy concerns

...did not comply with Articles 6 and 7 of the EU's Data Protection Directive. The news of the meeting coincides with the launch on... Read more

17 May, 2012

ICO to spot company data breaches through analysis

...ICO of breaches, due to tough European Commission proposals to update the Data Protection Directive. Should the draft update to get passed as it is... Read more

26 April, 2012

Firms face tough new EU fines for data breaches

...percent fine level. Under the Commission's proposed changes to the 1995 Data Protection Directive, companies can be fined up to €1m (£830,000), or... Read more

25 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

UK businesses can't handle EC's data breach rule

...1,000 employees about their ability to comply with new European Commission Data Protection Directive rules. It found that only 13 percent would be able... Read more

18 April, 2012

Google posed 69 privacy questions by EU

...provides all the information required in Articles 10 & 11" of the European Data Protection Directive, and "it follows the guidelines published by the Article 29... Read more

20 March, 2012

EU justice chief: Google is playing privacy 'games'

...the situation. Reding is in the process of bringing in a new Data Protection Directive for the EU, which has already got her office at... Read more

2 March, 2012

Google's privacy policy comes under EU probe

...does not comply with Articles 6 and 7 of the EU's Data Protection Directive. These sections relate to the scope of user data that... Read more

1 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

Microsoft cloud meets EU data protection standards

...which will help customers certify compliance with the European Commission’s stringent Data Protection Directive, and the US-mandated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act... Read more

14 December, 2011

EU promises harmony on corporate data law

...of every one of those DPAs. "The situation under the current [1995 Data Protection] Directive means that your one set of rules must be checked... Read more

1 December, 2011 by David Meyer

EC works with Germany over social networking

...in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss upcoming proposals to change the 1995 Data Protection Directive, the European Commission said on Tuesday. Reding and Aigner share... Read more

9 November, 2011

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