Tag: data privacy

Google did battle with Spain's data protection authority in Europe's highest court on Tuesday (26 February), in a case with global implications that poses one of the toughest questions of the Internet age: When is information really private?

European Parliament lawmakers voted on Wednesday (20 February) against mandatory fines of up to 2% of global turnover for companies caught breaching consumer privacy, potentially limiting the impact of new data protection rules on the internet.

In an unprecedented move, the European Union's national data protection regulators have asked Google to make changes to its new privacy policy to protect the rights of its users.

Imposing restrictions on the internet, such as the proposed "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) in the United States, will only hamper technological developments, writes Bulgarian MEP Ivailo Kalfin (Socialists and Democrats).

The European Commission believes it is only "logical" that companies providing cloud services over the Internet face audits on whether they are keeping their promises on personal data security.