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Facebook and Google 'must follow' EU privacy rules

...in Europe could face legal action if they do not adhere to EU privacy laws, justice commissioner Viviane Reding has said. Justice commissioner Viviane Reding... Read more

17 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

UK delays enforcing new EU privacy law on cookies

...The UK government has advised the ICO not to enforce a new EU privacy law in the short term" title="The UK government has advised... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

US access to EU Swift bank data agreed

After EU privacy laws denied American security services access to European bank information, the... Read more

29 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
Don't overbake fear of EU cookie law

Don't overbake fear of EU cookie law

...use cookies is still stoking controversy, seven months after it was passed. EU privacy watchdogs have just given their view on it and while web... Read more

28 June, 2010 by Struan Robertson

Courts cannot order ISPs to filter P2P, ECJ rules

...Court of Appeal, complaining that the ruling was in tune with neither EU privacy law nor the e-Commerce Directive. That directive places a ban... Read more

24 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Cookie consent: It's not optional - it's the law, warns ICO

...into force back in May - aligning UK law with changes to the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. The changes require companies to gain consent... Read more

17 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Cookie law won't bite for a year

...on users' computers. The rules have been updated in line with the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. However, the cookie consent laws will not... Read more

25 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

UK businesses get cookie amnesty

...while the work on the technical solutions is ongoing." Changes to the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive would mean that UK businesses must gain... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Yahoo brings AdChoices advertising service to UK

...international privacy director at Yahoo, told the Financial Times. Changes to the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive will mean UK businesses will have to... Read more

18 March, 2011

ICO: Cookie rules changes to affect businesses

...the end of May, the information commissioner has said. Changes to the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive coming into force on 25 May will... Read more

8 March, 2011

Wikileaks Twitter dispute reaches European Parliament

...s attempt to pry Wikileaks-related information out of Twitter, saying that EU privacy rules may have been violated. The parliamentary protest calls on the... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh
Corner Checkers Free 1.0

Corner Checkers Free 1.0

...phone call * iPhone, iPad and iPod touch supportPrivacy policy: http://www.targetworks.eu/privacy Read more

22 April, 2012

'Advertisers should give consumers better info on behavioural ads'

...approach to internet security, and specifically consumer rights to privacy, across the EU. Privacy International is also calling for a law stating that consumers must... Read more

1 June, 2010 by Rob Tomkinson

Government purse key to breaking spam curse

...more detail in its contribution to the government's consultation on the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. This legislation attempts to combat the growing... Read more

20 June, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Users to get more control over .Net Passport

Changes to bring Microsoft's .Net Passport authentication service into line with EU privacy laws will benefit users worldwide Read more

30 January, 2003 by Matt Loney

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