Europe claims UK botched one third of Data Protection Directive
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Act 'doesn't implement European law properly' The UK's Data Protection Act (DPA) does not implement European law properly, according to the European Commission which is investigating problems in the UK's implementation of 11 of the Data Protection Directive's articles, almost a third of the entire directive.â¦
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The European Union's data protection watchdog urged governments on Tuesday not to sacrifice personal rights in their talks with the U.S. on the transfer of air passenger data.
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Proposed legislation in some European nations has been accused of expanding too far beyond an EU directive and threatening citizens' privacy.
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An independent panel has alleged that the bank data-clearing agency SWIFT broke European privacy laws by giving the U.S. records of financial transfers to help anti-terrorism investigations, according to a news report Wednesday.
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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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Questions length of storage time before anonymisation A letter from an influential group of privacy experts in Europe saying that Google's new privacy policies appear to breach the requirements of the EU's data protection regime was published today.â¦
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The European Union investigates whether saving search data violates privacy laws.
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The UK is the main focus of value-added tax (VAT) fraud in the European Union, accounting for half the EU total, according to a Belgian government study.
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Data laws blamed for communication failure after education prizes worth Â£12m go unclaimed
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A report by an EU panel released Thursday said the bank data transfer agency SWIFT broke European privacy laws by handing over personal data to U.S. authorities for use in anti-terror investigations.
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Homeland Security promises greater privacy protections for European travelers, contradicting a U.S. push for more data.
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Credit card company MasterCard drew a rebuke at a closed European Commission antitrust hearing last week after claiming incorrectly that Britain had dropped an investigation into its fees, people who were present said.
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Doubts about how much plutonium and uranium is contained in a vast waste tank at Sellafield in Cumbria has led the European commission to prosecute the British government for failing to adhere to proper nuclear safeguards.
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Weeks after the government admitted that it had lost computer discs containing the names and bank account details of 25 million people, exposing nearly half the population to possible fraud and identity theft, the U.K. said a contractor has lost personal data on 3 million learner drivers.
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Data protection officials from 27 European countries have warned Google it is storing data on people&#39;s searches for too long-- but Europe&#39;s top privacy guardian, the European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx, believes Google&#39;s efforts to respect the privacy of European citizens in its Internet search software &quot;is not just window dressing.&quot;
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LONDON -- The European Union threw its weight behind Britain yesterday in a dispute with Russia over its refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing a former KGB agent in London last year.
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Stuck between a rock and a hard place European authorities squaring up to the US over its secret surveillance of international financial records were caught off-guard when the firm caught in the middle of the tussle failed to volunteer key evidence.â¦