New data protection laws intended to protect citizens' privacy, which could see internet companies forced to pay out up to €100m (£85m) in fines if they fail to comply, have been given the go ahead by Members of the European ...
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The owner of the Sears Hometown store here is spearheading a C$100 million class action lawsuit against Sears Canada and its U.S.-based parent, Sears Holdings, alleging the publicly held retailer "breached its legal obligations by depriving ...
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Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd (Coles) has paid six infringement notices totalling $61,200 for alleged misleading representations about the country of origin of fresh produce made in five of its stores between March 2013 and May 2013. ...
In spite of assertions by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and others that the age of privacy is over, new research commissioned by civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has revealed that over three quarters of consumers globally ...
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Google is not obligated to delete sensitive data from its search index, despite being subject to EU privacy legislation. That's the view of a top adviser to the European Court of Justice about a case concerning whether individuals can ...
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Businesses risk failure to comply with privacy and data protection laws due to the rise of"regulated data"being accessed via smartphone and tablet devices. So says a new report by independent research firm Ponemon Institute and security ...
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France's data protection authority has given Google three months to change the way it handles users' private data, or face legal sanctions. The order, made on June 10 and published Thursday, is the result of a formal investigation begun ...
Salesforce.com, the cloud-based customer relationship management service provider, is to open a new European data centre in the UK to support its fast expansion across the continent. The company claims that sales across Europe are ...
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A receptionist at a GP surgery has been prosecuted for illegally accessing sensitive medical information relating to her ex-husband's new wife. Appearing at West Hampshire Magistrates on Monday (14 March) Marcia Phillips was prosecuted ...
Analysts say the proposal for internet users to delete their online data and become invisible online could create a black hole in the web economy. Tineka Smith reports. Last year the European Commission announced proposals for the 'right ...
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Skeptical consumers, take heed: If you receive a notice that your personal data has been breached, pay attention and take free self-help steps to protect yourself from identity fraud. Data-breach notifications have become an increasingly ...
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Europe is planning a co-ordinated response to Google’s data collection practices, says the Wall Street Journal. The French Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et de Libertes (CNIL) says it, and other European privacy ...
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Australia's High Court cleared Google on Wednesday of violating fair trade laws by allowing companies to publish advertisements containing their competitors' names, handing a defeat to the country's fair trade regulator. The High Court ...
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Facebook has deleted all European facial recognition data, the Irish data protection commissioner and a German data protection regulator confirmed independently Thursday after reviewing parts of the social network's source code. "We ...
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American technology giants including Google, Yahoo and Amazon have been criticised by privacy groups and European regulators for lobbying in Washington against new EU data privacy laws. The American firms are campaigning for more relaxed ...
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