SWIFT stalled EU probe of US snooping
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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¦
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"It seems to me that the Americans are starting to better understand our concerns"  NOORDWIJK, Netherlands : NATO appeared to make little progress Thursday in narrowing differences with Russia over plans by the United States to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, even after ... via International Herald Tribune
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With a deadline looming, President Bush and congressional Democrats are locked in a standoff over the government's authority to spy on foreign phone calls and e-mails that pass through the United States.
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BRUSSELS, May 25 -- An independent European Union panel is investigating whether Google's Internet search engine follows European privacy rules, which tend to be stricter than those in the United States.
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We'd love to tell you about it. But we won't European privacy guardians committed themselves to transparency and openness last week - but haven't gotten round to telling anyone yet.â¦
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The European Union approved a deal on  Wednesday setting conditions for the U.S. Treasury Department  to consult records of the international banking network SWIFT  in anti-terror probes, EU diplomats said.
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Its plan may be flawed, but at least Europe is taking action. What is the US willing to do?
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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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BRUSSELS, Belgium Aug. 25, 2004 - Risking another trans-Atlantic tussle over Microsoft Corp., European Union antitrust regulators said Wednesday they were investigating whether the software giant&#39;s deal with media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.
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As eastern Europe improves privacy safeguards for its citizens, western Europe and the United States are stepping up surveillance. The U.S. and Britain rank with China and Russia as the among the most intrusive of governments.
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The United States has reassured the European Union that it will continue to apply safeguards on the use of air passenger data until the two sides conclude a new agreement, an EU spokesman said on Wednesday.
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European airlines entered a legal limbo over the weekend as a data-sharing agreement between the U.S. and the European Union expired with no resolution. The agreement shielded airlines from stringent EU data-privacy laws.
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European officials investigating the chip maker say they have a watertight argument for pursuing antitrust charges.
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A move to devise privacy policies for ICANN that might shield information on people who register domains has stalled for now, continuing a long-running stalemate  on reforms to the way the WHOIS database is handled.
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Europe&#39;s top data protection officials are working to clarify a grey area of Internet law: the legal status of an IP address.
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Google is being investigated by the European Union over possible violation of the bloc's privacy rules. At issue is the search engine's practice of retaining user information for up to two years.
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Privacy questioned Google has faced down one European probe into what it does with people's personal information, only to be challenged with another.â¦