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New Data Protection Laws Intended to Protect Citizens' Privacy
Oct 24, 2013New 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 ...
Tags: Protection Laws, MEPs
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Over Three Quarters of Consumers Globally Are Concerned About Their Privacy Online
Jun 27, 2013In 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 ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The European Commission Has Pledged to Crack Down on Unfair Trade Practices
Mar 21, 2013The European Commission has pledged to crack down on unfair trade practices by e-commerce sites across the European Union. The promise comes five years after the European Union's first Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, which had been ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The EC Announced Proposals for The 'right to Be Forgotten' Among Internet Users
Mar 8, 2013Analysts 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 ...
Tags: internet, web economy, cyber security
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The EU Will Not Accept Any Moves by The Americans to Water Down Rules About The Collection
Mar 8, 2013The EU will not accept any moves by the Americans to water down rules about the collection of individual personal information by companies, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said today inBrussels. “If companies outside Europe ...
Tags: EU, personal information, data safety
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Many Consumers Say 'No' to Online Tracking
Feb 6, 2013More than two thirds of consumers say “no” to online tracking. Many consumers around the globe are becoming more cautious about their personal data being collected when on the internet. According to Ovum this is creating a ...
Tags: Internet Economy, EU justice commissioner, data proposal
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Of World's Three Largest Toy Companies, Only Two Have Women on Their Board of Directors
Jan 21, 2013Of the world’s three largest toy companies, only two have women on their Board of Directors and one has none. In the US, Hasbro has Lisa Gersh and Tracy Leinbach while Mattel has Frances Ferguson, Andrea Rich and Kathy White Lloyd, ...
Tags: toy companies, toy, toy industry
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EC Will Prevent Data Protection Regulation From Curbing Uptake of Cloud Computing
Sep 27, 2012The European Commission(EC)has said it will work with the US and Japan to prevent data protection regulation from curbing the uptake of cloud computing across the region. According to the EC,up to€45bn could be spent on cloud ...
Tags: EC, US, Japan, data protection, cloud computing, EU, ETSI