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EDPS wants data protection considered by EU research projects
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) wants privacy and data protection requirements to be considered in the future EU research and technological development (RTD) projects, especially those developing information and communication technologies. The EDPS’ main role is to monitor EU developments which have an impact […]
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EDPS endorses data breach notification provision in ePrivacy Directive
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has issued his opinion on the new draft text of the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePrivacy Directive) as proposed by the European Commission. One of the important changes supported by the EDPS with the new text is the creation […]
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Eurobarometers on data protection in EU
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) — Version corrected on 24.04.2008— According to a couple of Eurobarometer surveys on data protection, issued by the European Commission on 17 April 2008, EU citizens have little faith in the security of data transmission on the Internet. Two surveys were conducted by Gallup in January 2008, […]
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Italian DPA: It's illegal to spy on P2P users
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) issued a press release on 13 March 2008, explaining that the private companies can’t systematically monitor the activities of peer-to-peer (P2P) users that share files on the Internet, for the purpose of identifying and suing […]
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UK: Phorm targeted advertising practices – under pressure
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A large controversy has been lately spurred in the UK by the new technology Phorm, which can track users’ online surfing habits in order to better target ads. The Phorm system is apparently meant to assign a unique identifying number to a user’s browser, which, according to […]
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Czechs became Trojan horses for new US visa waiver programme
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Czech Republic Interior Minister Ivan Langer and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff signed on 26 February 2008 in Washington D.C. the Memorandum of Understanding which is the first step in introducing new electronic visa programme for all EU countries. In this Memorandum Czech authorities agreed to […]
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Google completes the DoubleClick deal after EC clears the acquisition
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission (EC) announced on 11 March 2008 that it has cleared the Google-DoubleClick deal after its investigation made according with the EU Merger Regulation. The decision of the EC considered that “found that Google and DoubleClick were not exerting major competitive constraints on each other’s […]
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High Level Contact Group talks about EU-US personal data issues
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) According to a document revealed by Statewatch, the EU and US are negotiating the data protection principles for which common language has been developed. The Group has as purpose to draft a proposal that should deal with the personal data protection in any future EU-US agreements that […]
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French website Note2Be.com closed by court order
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following the legal action initiated on 14 February by several individual teachers and SNES-FS union, a French court ordered on 3 March 2008 to Note2be.com to eliminate from their site the names of the teachers graded by students. The site, launched on 30 January 2008, that allowed […]
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Germany: New basic right to privacy of computer systems
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German Constitutional Court published on 27 February 2008 a landmark ruling about the constitutionality of secret online searches of computers by government agencies. The decision constitutes a new “basic right to the confidentiality and integrity of information-technological systems” as derived from the German Constitution. The journalist […]
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EC Draft Recommendation on RFID Privacy and Security published
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission published the Draft Recommendation on RFID Privacy and Security on the Your Voice in Europe-Platform for public consultation. After a public consultation on RFID Privacy Issues in 2006, some conferences and workshops and various discussions on the topic within the RFID Expert Group, this […]
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French Police extends the Internet blacklist
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) French Internal Affairs Minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, announced on 14 February 2008 new measures to fight against cybercrime, including extending the websites blacklist and pushing for computer online investigations, without the permission of the country of the hosting company. The Minister visited the Cybercrime Brigade that is located […]
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