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Data protection watchdog targets businesses
News The launch of the Regulatory Action Division (RAD) by the Information Commission comes in the same week the National Consumer Council (NCC) warned that tougher and better policed data protection legislation is needed to deal with the increasing...
[June 17, 2005, 15:20]
Data Protection law may outlaw spamming
News Discussions are currently underway at the European Commission and the Department of Trade and Industry about whether unsolicited e-mails can be controlled under the Telecommunications Directive -- a supplement to Data Protection Act -- which...
[October 26, 1998, 17:17]
ID cards: Data-protection minister calls for review
News A full report is due in spring next year, which will take into account the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation and consultation with the Information Commissioner's Office. Plans for a national ID database must be reviewed...
[November 28, 2007, 8:07]
3G phone ads could be illegal
News Advertising on mobile phones -- crucial for companies investing in mobile technology -- may be illegal, according to the Data Protection Commission Thursday. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) expects this change to receive little...
[November 24, 2000, 14:31]
Data protection laws still face uphill battle
News The European Commission on Friday issued its first assessment of the 1995 Data Protection Directive, arguing that data protection legislation has achieved many of its aims, but admitting it still faces steep opposition from businesses and non-EU...
[May 19, 2003, 16:24]
EC urges unity on data protection
News The European Commission is intent on boosting data security and raising awareness around the protection of personal information. Speaking at the Microsoft Innovation Day in Brussels on Tuesday, vice president of the European Commission Franco...
[December 5, 2007, 14:26]
EU creates loophole for personal data transfers
News Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to receive personal data from businesses within EU member states under a standard contractual clause newly adopted by the European Commission.
[January 24, 2002, 16:12]
Data protection code lays down law for IT staff
News The code is the first of four parts of the Employment Practices Data Protection Code that is being drawn up by the Information Commission. The Data Protection Act, which the codes address, was drawn up mainly to protect personal data held on...
[February 22, 2002, 14:31]
EU agreement on communications snooping 'unlikely'
News Members of the Council and European Commission (EC) are vehemently opposed to UK demands for electronic data to be retained for up to seven years for use by law enforcement agencies, as are rapporteurs in the European Parliament and the Data...
[June 27, 2001, 13:19]
RFID tagging tech gets EU privacy code
News On Tuesday, the European Commission issued a set of principles for the use of track and trace RFID technology with the aim of reassuring the public that their privacy and personal data will be safeguarded.
[May 13, 2009, 12:14]
EC acts against UK over data protection
News The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against the UK, claiming the country is not sufficiently complying with European data-protection laws. In a statement, the Commission said the proceedings addressed "several problems...
[April 14, 2009, 16:53]
US firms fight Euro data protection laws
News The GPA also believes that a simpler approach would allow data protection authorities to focus on real threats to privacy," said the Global Privacy Alliance in a submission it made to the European Commission in August.
[September 30, 2002, 16:29]
Europe succumbs to UK pressure on data retention
News Members of the Council and European Commission (EC) have been vehemently opposed to UK demands for electronic data to be retained for up to seven years so that law enforcement agencies can access them.
[December 7, 2001, 15:05]
US demand for flight data worries Europeans
News In March 2003, with the Commission's backing, the US authorities got direct access to the booking systems of the main companies who fly to the US, without guaranteeing adequate protection of the data according to EU privacy laws.
[October 7, 2003, 11:15]
Covert staff surveillance 'illegal'
News In a draft of its guide on employee monitoring, The use of personal data in employer/employee relationships, the Commission says it is difficult to see how covert monitoring of performance can ever be justified.
[April 9, 2002, 14:28]
UK gov't rubber-stamps Phorm technology
News The Commission letter addressed two trials by BT — one in 2006 and one in 2007 — which security experts and campaigners say contravened several UK laws, including the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), the Privacy and Electronic...
[September 16, 2008, 16:08]
Whois database 'contributes to identity theft'
News A June 2003 report from a European Commission working group said data protection rules -- outlined in the European Data Protection Directive -- cover the Whois directory. Whois, an online database that contains personal information about Internet...
[November 6, 2003, 12:00]
Cable company sacks six for email "misuse"
News Companies are facing a difficult choice -- either allowing employees freedom of email speech and risking libel actions or complaints, or facing the wrath of the Data Protection Commission by spying on what their employees are writing.
[November 29, 2000, 15:13]
New paternity-testing site may be illegal
News The Human Genetics Commission and Data Protection Commissioner are similarly in agreement that DNAnow.com are on thin legal ground. Barney Wylde, press officer for the Human Genetics Commission, draws a big question mark over the hair-based test.
[August 31, 2000, 10:50]
UK failed to protect privacy over Phorm, says EC
News The Commission said the UK had failed to comply with both the European e-Privacy Directive and the Data Protection Directive. A Home Office spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the government had received a letter from the Commission...
[October 29, 2009, 16:54]
