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Germans to ban Facebook job checks

...be forbidden from examining the Facebook profiles of prospective employees, under a new law that has just been drafted in the country. According to various... Read more

23 August, 2010

Government restricts 'snooping' surveillance

A wide-ranging new law will strengthen civil liberties, the government has said, and will include... Read more

11 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Government to overhaul Communications Act

...has taken over responsibility for telecoms regulation, has begun consultation on a new law covering broadband, mobile and online TV services Read more

20 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

Enisa: Telecoms companies are wary of data breach law

...Europe-wide security agency has said that companies are worried about a new law that would compel them to inform their customers when a data... Read more

14 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Don't overbake fear of EU cookie law

Don't overbake fear of EU cookie law

...revenues of advertisers and publishers are threatened. Advertisers have claimed that the new law allows them to assume consent because a web browser is not... Read more

28 June, 2010 by Struan Robertson

Dutch ratify net neutrality law

...access to WhatsApp, a free online service that sends text messages. The new law specifies that no carrier can impose charges or special conditions for... Read more

9 May, 2012

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

...Vaizey, communications minister, will also be having discussions in the US. The new law has two clear principles, according to Bristows' Grant: transparency and consent... Read more

17 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

White House eyes new powers over 'offshore' websites

...more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see White House calls for new law targeting 'offshore' Web sites on CNET News. Get the latest technology... Read more

2 April, 2012 by Declan McCullagh

Email and web snooping plans draw back-bench fire

...BBC on Monday that the government was yet to justify its proposed new law, which may make its way into the Queen's Speech next... Read more

2 April, 2012

Belarus bans citizens from visiting foreign sites

...a legal basis for extensive censorship and monitoring of the internet". The new law is part of the implementation of that presidential decree. Registered entrepreneurs... Read more

3 January, 2012

Data breach law: Companies facing fines of five per cent of turnover

...the measures come into effect. In her speech Reding said that the new law will simplify current data regulations by reducing the number of differing... Read more

6 December, 2011 by Nick Heath

Online shoppers to get two-week right of return

MEPs have voted through a compromise law that will give online buyers the ability to return goods within 14 days of delivery, but will not force traders to sell their goods across the whole EU Read more

24 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Cameron weighs in on Twitter injunction debate

...the past is the danger is that judgements are effectively writing a new law, which is what parliament is meant to do," Cameron said. "So... Read more

23 May, 2011 by Ben Woods

EU ministers set revamped WEEE targets

...and electronic devices put on the market from four years after the new law comes into effect, to be raised to 65 percent four years... Read more

16 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Congress pushes for specifics on internet monitoring plan

...of Congress chided the US Department of Justice today for suggesting a new law requiring internet companies to keep records of user activity, but not... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

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