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Article | 16/06/2011 Senior EU official wants ISPs to safeguard public values

A senior European Commission official has said that Internet service providers (ISPs) should be responsible for safeguarding public values.

Article | 16/06/2011 New plans to use 1.4GHz could to solve EU's spectrum crunch

The use of the 1.4GHz band for a supplemental mobile downlink could solve Europe's spectrum-crunch problem, according to a new report presented Wednes...

Article | 15/06/2011 EU ministers seek to ban creation of 'hacking tools'

Justice Ministers across Europe want to make the creation of "hacking tools" a criminal offense, but critics have hit back at the plans, saying that t...

Article | 11/06/2011 EU will take a year to set up full cybersecurity agency

Security experts have criticized the European Commission's plans to set up a team to look at how to combat cyberattacks as too little, too late, sayin...

Article | 10/06/2011 German crime stats deal blow to EU's data retention laws

The latest statistics published by German police show that telecommunications data retention has had no positive impact on the number of cases solved.

Article | 9/06/2011 Copyright advocates slam ISPs for not stopping piracy

Representatives of the music industry attacked ISPs on Wednesday at the World Copyright Summit in Brussels.

Article | 8/06/2011 EU Parliament votes for contract for online sales

Europe-wide rules covering online sales came a step closer as the European Parliament backed plans for a new contract law on Wednesday.

Article | 4/06/2011 Battle over EU flight passenger data rages on

Digital rights organizations have hit out at new agreements to transfer information about flight passengers in Europe to the U.S. and Australia.

Article | 2/06/2011 IT workers' mobility hindered by incomparable qualifications

CIOs would hire more foreign IT workers if they could more easily compare qualifications, according to a new survey.

Article | 26/05/2011 An EU firewall won't protect kids, says top legislator

The European Union's top legislator on digital issues has said that education and awareness are the best way to protect children online, dealing a blo...

Article | 26/05/2011 EU countries ignore new law on Internet privacy

New European Union rules to ensure privacy have been ignored by the vast majority of E.U. member countries, according to Jonathan Todd, European Commi...

Article | 25/05/2011 Governments illegally specify brands in IT tenders - study

One in eight government IT tenders in the European Union illegally specifies a brand, according to a new report from Openforum Europe (OFE).

Article | 25/05/2011 Microsoft back in court to appeal against EU antitrust fine

Microsoft was once again back in court on Tuesday to appeal an €899 million fine imposed by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in 2008 after a decade...

Article | 25/05/2011 EU IP plans tantamount to censorship, say critics

The European Commission has presented a controversial proposal for a European intellectual property rights strategy that it said will strengthen the k...

Article | 24/05/2011 Publishers urge lower VAT rates for digital publications

European newspaper publishers have called for lower value added tax (VAT) rates for digital publications.