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Article | 20/05/2011 European agency lays out national risk management advice

Europe’s leading security agency has said that member states’ governments need to work more closely with critical information infrastructure stakehold...

Article | 20/05/2011 European Commission vows to simplify data protection

The European Commission has vowed to simplify rules on data protection and is considering establishing a voluntary register for companies in non-E.U. ...

Article | 18/05/2011 UK businesses warned to comply with EU cookie law

The U.K.’s Information Commissioner has told IT businesses to stop complaining and get on with allowing Internet users to opt out of receiving cookies...

Article | 17/05/2011 Location data is personal and private confirms EU watchdog

The European Union data protection watchdog says that geo-location constitutes private data.

Article | 17/05/2011 European Commission needs help on cloud computing strategy

The European Commission wants feedback on how to manage its cloud computing strategy for Europe, where legislation is trailing behind the new technolo...

Article | 14/05/2011 Open source advocates angry at German gov't decision

Open source activists have hit out at the German government for its decision to abandon free software in favor of Microsoft.

Article | 14/05/2011 EU, US call for ICANN Internet governance reforms

The U.S. and the European Union have agreed to work together to ensure that domain naming on the Internet remains in the hands of independent private-...

Article | 10/05/2011 Civil rights groups alarmed at court ruling against Google

European lobby groups have expressed alarm at a Belgian court's ruling that Google News violates copyright rules.

Article | 4/05/2011 Internet resilience must be tested says EU cyberagency

Europe's cybersecurity agency ENISA has raised concerns that a lack of information of the size and shape of the Internet infrastructure makes it vulne...

Article | 4/05/2011 ACTA text hurts startups, goes beyond EU law, says FFII

A controversial anti-counterfeiting agreement between the European Union, the U.S. and other countries has come in for fresh criticism after the Europ...

Article | 3/05/2011 European legislators consider net filter for Europe

European Union plans to "create a single secure cyberspace" have come under fire from civil liberties groups, with many saying that they only serve to...

Article | 28/04/2011 German lawmakers say Data Retention Directive may be illegal

The German Parliament said Tuesday that the European Commission's controversial Data Retention Directive may be illegal.

Article | 20/04/2011 EU's net neutrality battle rages on

Despite claiming to support net neutrality, the European Commission has been criticized for not going far enough in its latest report released Tuesday...

Article | 19/04/2011 Simulated cyber attack reveals EU flaws in coordination

Some 55 percent of national information technology agencies would not know who to contact in the event of a European Union cyber attack, according to ...

Article | 19/04/2011 EU data retention law blasted on privacy issues

The European Union's data retention law has come under scrutiny, with a new report saying that it poses significant risks to individuals' right to pri...