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Article | 13/12/2012 Apple e-book settlement with EU will allow Amazon to set prices

Apple and four other e-book publishers have settled an antitrust battle with the European Union.

Article | 12/12/2012 EU competition chief: No hard deadline for Google antitrust case

The European Union's competition chief has said negotiations with Google to settle an antitrust probe have “advanced”, but talks are not yet concluded...

Article | 12/12/2012 As WCIT negotiations drag into the night, Internet remains a sticking point

Negotiations on the future governance of international telecommunications will continue through the night at the World Conference on International Tel...

Article | 5/12/2012 EU privacy watchdog expects no immediate change in data protection standoff with US

The European Union's top data protection watchdog expects that only a select band of U.S. IT companies will meet E.U. data protection standards for so...

Article | 30/11/2012 EU says no to increased powers for ITU at WCIT conference

The European Commission has set out its negotiating position for next week's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), while an off...

Article | 28/11/2012 CCIA, digital rights group blast ITU control of Internet ahead of WCIT negotiations

Proposals that would give the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) more power over the Internet were attacked on two more fronts on Wednesday.

Article | 26/11/2012 EU's cybersecurity budget up 14%

Despite vowing that fighting cybercrime is high on its agenda, the European Commission has only increased its planned spend by 14 percent.

Article | 22/11/2012 Stop the ITU taking over the Internet, warns the European Parliament

Control of the Internet must be stopped from falling into the hands of the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) says the European Union.

Article | 20/11/2012 European Pirate Party politicians strike blow for Wikileaks

The European Parliament on Tuesday called for new legislation to regulate credit card companies’ ability to refuse service following the cut off of do...

Article | 20/11/2012 Make search engines filter 'forgotten' data, suggests EU agency

Europe's top cyber security agency said on Tuesday that “a purely technical enforcement” of the proposed right to be forgotten is impossible.; However...

Article | 15/11/2012 Apple faces EU-wide probes into misleading warranty practices

Apple's warranty offerings could be pulled in the European Union after it emerged that the E.U. Justice Commissioner has asked member states to look i...

Article | 12/11/2012 No need to panic -- EU Commission data safe

Media reports that European Commission representatives had their computers hacked at the Internet Governance Forum in Baku last week have been vastly ...

Article | 5/11/2012 EU spectrum for 4G to double US amount

The European Commission on Monday passed a new rule that will force European Union member states to open up the 2 GHz band for 4G technologies.

Article | 1/11/2012 EU backs away from copyright sanctions in Canada trade deal

Following a meeting of the European Union member states on 5 October, leaked documents have this week shown that the E.U. plans to back away from crim...

Article | 26/10/2012 New EU data laws may spare small businesses

Europe's Justice Commissioner on Friday told ministers from European Union member states that she was prepared to offer some concessions to small busi...