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US Report: EU privacy plan impact on US unclear
News E-commerce won't grind to a halt because of it, but the strict data privacy protection plan implemented by the European Union (EU) on Sunday is likely to cause some trepidation in US companies -- and the fallout could eventually be significant.
[October 27, 1998, 9:44]
EU lacks common ID privacy specs, says agency
News European Union members lack a co-ordinated strategy on how to protect citizen data linked to ID cards, according to an EU agency. Out of the eleven countries in the EU that have eIDs, only six of them had systems that allowed primary data to be...
[February 5, 2009, 17:04]
EU rejects US opposition to privacy directive
News The European Union (EU) has rejected a US request to delay implementing the section of its controversial privacy directive that deals with personal data flow from financial services, saying it will not postpone action because of "US domestic...
[May 8, 2001, 16:05]
Police slammed for 'hysterical' response to EU privacy directive
News Under current EU law, personal data can only be retained for 30 days -- the current legal period deemed acceptable for billing purposes. The National Crime Intelligence Squad (NCIS) last week issued what Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation...
[August 13, 2001, 12:52]
US firms see relaxation of EU privacy laws ahead
News After taking part in a conference that debated the EU Data Protection Directive, the Global Privacy Alliance is hopeful that changes will be made to the way that European countries protect the privacy of their citizens.
[October 14, 2002, 16:04]
Ira Magaziner: U.S. at odds with EU Net privacy directive
News While negotiations with EU governments are on hold until next month, Clinton administration officials believe they can be induced to consider a more market-driven approach to protecting consumers' online privacy, Ira Magaziner, the senior adviser...
[August 26, 1998, 6:44]
Groups take EU privacy fight public
News They urged the U.S.and the EU to work together on an international convention on privacy to safeguard consumer privacy and bolster e-commerce. The emergence of such widespread opposition could pose a stumbling block to the U.S.EU negotiations on...
[April 29, 1999, 14:09]
EU investigates DRM privacy threat
News Digital rights management (DRM) -- the technology that could dictate everything from who can read your documents to what music player you can put your tunes on and a whole host of other things -- could be a threat to your privacy, according to the...
[February 9, 2005, 12:55]
EU investigates DRM privacy threat
Talkback Nick Niceman www.getpaid.eu.tt www.eurovive.com Unless this DRM system will not protect from spam,scam and scanning ports of user's compters,sending to them a lot of spam emails.It will not be usefull.
[February 9, 2005, 19:34]
EU investigates DRM privacy threat
Talkback The much bigger issue with DRM is that it could lead to situations in which the lock on all your data is owned by a vendor that might get interested in finding ways to commercially exploit that in ways you might not approve of.
[February 9, 2005, 20:05]
EU privacy group: Google cookie life still too long
News The head of an influential group of European Union privacy experts has said that the time Google's cookies reside on computers is "still too long", despite the search specialist cutting the lifespan of the software from over 30 years down to two.
[July 20, 2007, 15:58]
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]
Data-breach admissions may become mandatory
News Banks, other businesses and authorities could soon be forced to confess to data breaches, according to the EU privacy tsar. Amendments to the EU E-Privacy Directive are currently being debated by the EU parliament and are expected to be passed in...
[October 28, 2008, 14:48]
Google criticises EU data protection
News However, Peter Hustinx, the EU's data-protection supervisor, said that before a discussion on reconsidering policy options could happen, the EU and businesses had to consider what the existing EU privacy framework could supply.
[November 5, 2007, 14:46]
Fears over EU's secret surveillance plans
News Privacy advocates have claimed that the European Union is planning to bring in sweeping changes to the laws that govern data retention and privacy in the EU, compelling the long-term storage of users' communications traffic data and making this...
[August 20, 2002, 10:09]
ICO: UK may get data-breach notification law
News The UK's privacy watchdog has said the country is a step closer to getting a law that forces organisations to reveal data breaches, thanks to draft EU legislation. Deputy information commissioner David Smith said proposals to revise the EU's E...
[July 4, 2008, 9:16]
Managing Workplace Monitoring in Europe and the EU
White Papers The United States and the European Union (EU) have taken significantly different approaches to protecting the privacy of their citizens. The EU, on the other hand, has adopted comprehensive principles that regulate all aspects of processing...
[August 5, 2009, 1:21]
Google explains privacy policy on YouTube
News ZDNet.co.uk understands that Google's privacy video is part of an attempt by the search giant to allay EU privacy concerns. The video and Fleischer's Google blog post make no reference to EU privacy concerns over Google's server log retention period.
[August 9, 2007, 15:10]
US firms fight Euro data protection laws
News The 10 companies, who dub themselves the Global Privacy Alliance (GPA) and whose members include IBM, Oracle and VeriSign, believe that the EU has put too much emphasis on the protection of individuals' privacy, and not enough on ensuring the free...
[September 30, 2002, 16:29]
Snooping laws may be illegal
News Regulations being introduced in the UK and other European Union member states that allow a wide range of government bodies to access communications data may violate EU human rights law, according to a British privacy group.
[October 17, 2003, 10:05]
