Jennifer Baker - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 20/05/2013 Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are secret backers behind European Privacy Association

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have been confirmed as the secret backers behind the European Privacy Association (EPA) which was accused of a lack of tra...

Article | 15/05/2013 Russia signs international privacy pact

Russia on Wednesday took a step toward protecting private data by ratifying the so-called Convention 108, established in 1981 and legally binding in 4...

Article | 15/05/2013 Specter of ACTA hangs over TTIP negotiations

European civil liberties representatives on Wednesday advised the European Commission's trade department that the intellectual property chapter should...

Article | 14/05/2013 Google rival Foundem urges EU to reject remedies

A Google competitor that filed a complaint against the search giant said on Tuesday that the company's proposals to address the European Commission's ...

Article | 7/05/2013 EU data protection vote delayed again

An important vote on the future of the European Union's privacy laws has been delayed again.

Article | 7/05/2013 EU network operators say bandwidth-hungry services should not compete for spectrum

Europe's telecoms network operators on Tuesday said that bandwidth-hungry services like UHDTV (ultra high definition television) and 3DTV should be di...

Article | 25/04/2013 Civil rights coalition says EU data protection bill threatens citizens' rights

A coalition of international civil liberties organizations on Thursday said that some of the proposed changes to Europe's data protection laws would s...

Article | 25/04/2013 EU publishes Google antitrust remedy proposals

Google's rivals have been given one month to assess the search giant's proposed remedies, the European Commission announced Thursday.

Article | 25/04/2013 EU parliament committee votes against air passenger data sharing bill

European politicians are at loggerheads following a vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday that rejected proposals to store information on airli...

Article | 22/04/2013 EU details concerns about alleged smartcard chip cartel

The European Commission announced on Monday that it has launched an investigation into a group of chip suppliers who are suspected breaking the Europe...

Article | 19/04/2013 EU teachers need more IT training, report says

The latest European Union survey of ICT in schools has found that 20 percent of secondary students have never or almost never used a computer in their...

Article | 17/04/2013 EU digital rights groups demand net neutrality protection

More than 80 European digital rights organizations on Wednesday called on the European Commission to do more to protect net neutrality.

Article | 15/04/2013 EU's proposed Google antitrust settlement angers search rivals

Complainants in the European Union's antitrust case against Google said Monday that the company's proposed remedies could be worse than the current si...

Article | 12/04/2013 Industry group attacks EU plans to overhaul copyright enforcement law

Organizations representing Europe's electronic communications industry on Friday urged the European Commission not to change the directive on the civi...

Article | 11/04/2013 Google submits antitrust remedies to EU

The European Commission confirmed on Thursday that it has formally received a package of concessions from Google aimed at ending a two-year antitrust ...