European Parliament restricts access to personal data
News The European Parliament (EP) Civil Liberties Committee approved a report by the radical MEP Marco Cappato on Wednesday, in favour of a strict regulation of law enforcement authorities' access to personal data in the electronic communications sector.
[July 12, 2001, 15:54]
Europe moves in circles over spam laws
News The European Parliament's Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs has reasserted its earlier position on email spam by voting in favour of the Marco Cappato report on data protection.
[October 23, 2001, 14:47]
Bush lobbies EU to drop traffic data retention ban
News The European Parliament (EP) Civil Liberties Committee approved a report by the radical MEP Marco Cappato in July in favour of strict regulation of law enforcement authorities' access to personal data collected by telecoms companies and ISPs.
[November 5, 2001, 13:04]
Information commissioner slams European data initiative
News France's warning follows the European Parliament (EP) Civil Liberties Committee's approval of a report by the radical MEP Marco Cappato yesterday, which states that electronic information should not be stored for longer than is necessary for the...
[July 13, 2001, 16:44]
Protesters target anti-piracy directive
News More than 100 MEPs have already pledged to support the amendments, proposed by MEP Marco Cappato and the parliamentary groups Green/EFA, GUE and EDD, according to FIPR. Civil-liberties groups are engaging in a last-minute attempt to alter a...
[March 8, 2004, 10:40]
