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Google posed 69 privacy questions by EU

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

20 March, 2012

Anonymity loophole puts UK data at risk

DPA loophole 'has been a problem for years'... Read more

23 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Facebook and Google 'must follow' EU privacy rules

Global companies with a footprint in Europe will be subject to new European data privacy laws, according to justice commissioner Viviane Reding Read more

17 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MoJ calls for comments on data protection

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

7 July, 2010 by Kable

IBM buys database security start-up Guardium

...intended to help deal with regulatory requirements under legislation such as the European Data Protection Directive and the US federal government's NIST 800-53... Read more

1 December, 2009 by Matthew Broersma

Google criticises EU data protection

The search giant has criticised how the European Data Protection Directive is being implemented in the 'age of the internet... Read more

5 November, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Legal conundrums give IT staff the blues

...liability, rather than what is best for the business." Colao highlighted the European Data Protection Directive as an example of legislation that is posing particular... Read more

4 November, 2004 by Dan Ilett

Whois database 'contributes to identity theft'

A database publishing information about all Internet domain name holders is open to abuse and must be reformed, civil liberties groups have warned Read more

6 November, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Internet case overturns European Data Directive

The Swedish Supreme Court overturned the European Data Protection Directive on Tuesday by ruling that a person who posted... Read more

18 July, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

3G phone ads could be illegal

...The situation is likely to change next year, however, when a revised European Data Protection Directive is expected to come into force. The Department of... Read more

24 November, 2000 by Will Knight

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