Internet privacy concerns cause very public row in Brussels
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Cyber big brothers or friendly providers of targeted information? European parliamentarians have found themselves at odds with Internet giants such as Google on the thorny issue of online privacy.
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With the EU crafting new laws governing how data collectors such as Google protect users' personal data, lawmakers there are clashing with US business leaders over how far that protection can and should extend.
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European consumer groups warned the European Commission Thursday that&#160;Google&#39;s plan to take over the online advertising company DoubleClick, currently&#160;under investigation, would&#160;erode consumers&#39; privacy&#160;and would push up prices for online goods and services.
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Europe's major consumer group BEUC said Wednesday that it feared Internet search engine Google Inc.'s takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick Inc. would damage European Union privacy rights and limit consumers' choice of Web content.
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The Net giants incur the wrath of Privacy International, and eBay draws the attention of the U.K.'s Information Commissioner.
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The Estonian news site Delfi.ee weathers a two-week-long denial of service attack as uneasy political situation heats up again.
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Europeans seek assurances that company is respecting privacy rights of people whose data it retains.
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Google has been warned that it may be violating European Union privacy laws by storing search data for up to two years.
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LONDON, Oct 16  (IPS) - An information rights activist has warned against  the growing power of the  "landlords" of cyberspace.
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Talk of monetary union and wine quotas gave way to controversy over orgasms and innuendo at the European Commission on Wednesday as it defended a risque Internet video clip highlighting its backing for European cinema.
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Software on the Seine, anyone? Backup in Budapest? VTL from Vienna? And why not. Europeans have far more experience when it comes to dealing with data regulatory issues than we do.
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Europe&#39;s top data protection official, European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx, criticized plans to create a European equivalent of the PNR (passenger name records) gathered by U.S. authorities, questioning the plan&#39;s necessity and proportionality.
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The apparent release of searches made by hundreds of thousands of users is raising privacy concerns.
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The ACLU has complained that EarthLink and Google's proposed public Wi-Fi network in San Francisco doesn't adequately protect freedom of speech and privacy.
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An independent European Union panel is investigating whether Google Inc.'s Internet search engine abides by European privacy rules, which tend to be stricter than those in the United States.
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The portal's lapse tells a lot about the state of Web search privacy
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Privacy is going to be an increasing concern as more and more photographs embed information about the location where they were taken.