Child pornography: MEPs doubt effectiveness of blocking web access Justice and home affairs – 22-11-2010 – 15:55 Committee : Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Blocking access to web sites containing child pornography may not…
EU – Net neutrality – the way forward: “(RAPID) Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, Speech at European Commission and European Parliament Summit on ‘The Open Internet and Net Neutrality in Europe’,…
Commission proposes new EU cybercrime law: “The European Commission wants to harmonise the laws of EU member states dealing with cyber-attacks. It wants to create a new Directive on attacks on information systems, it said…
Is Europe’s shield for web hosts corroding away?: “OPINION: A gap is emerging between the way similar laws are being interpreted in the US and Europe that presents a threat to web hosts. In Europe…
Telecoms – Regulatory Framework: “Public consultation on the open internet and net neutrality Deadline: Thursday 30 September 2010 DG Information Society and Media has launched a public consultation on key questions arising from the issue…
Wider European Scrutiny of Google on Privacy: “Six countries have joined Germany in a move that may force the company to disclose what data its employees collected from unsecured wireless networks. (Via NYT > Technology.)
EU plans IP address snatch to battle cybercrime: “ Proposes new anti-cybercrime body An international cybercrime centre will be able to revoke domain names and IP addresses under new proposals by European governments.… “ (Via…
EU Parliament calls for internet rights charter: “ And individual control of data Internet users should be able to demand that their information is removed from company systems even if it was collected with their…
Google Data Admission Angers European Officials: (New York Times) European privacy regulators and advocates have reacted angrily to the disclosure by Google, the world’s largest search engine, that it had systematically collected private data since…
Google claims its privacy protections are adequate in response to regulators’ criticisms: “Google has responded to the criticisms of 10 privacy commissioners and their demands that it improve its record on the privacy protections in…