Data Protection articles

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  Apple claims it can't decrypt FaceTime and iMessage data, details extent of government requests

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 17, 2013 03:02 am + 128 comments

  In the wake of the PRISM scandal, Apple has issued a public statement detailing the extent of US Continue reading…

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  Google fined just $189,000 for 'one of the biggest' data protection violations in German history

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 22, 2013 07:49 am + 160 comments

  Google has been fined €145,000 (around $189,000) for what a regulator called "one of the biggest Continue reading…

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  Google braces for fines in Europe over privacy policy

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 2, 2013 07:53 am + 97 comments

  After a lengthy investigation, the French independent administrative authority CNIL has advised EU Continue reading…

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  UK regulators fine Sony for 'preventable' 2011 PSN hack (update: Sony will appeal)

  By Amar Toor on January 24, 2013 03:40 am + 25 comments

  Authorities in the United Kingdom have fined Sony £250,000 ($396,000) for a widespread 2011 Continue reading…

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  Facebook ordered to halt its real name policy by German privacy watchdog

  By Ben Kersey on December 18, 2012 06:19 am + 62 comments

  Facebook has been ordered to stop enforcing its real name policy following a decree from a German Continue reading…

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  EU regulators say Google must revise its privacy policy

  By Aaron Souppouris on October 16, 2012 11:43 am + 52 comments

  EU regulators have urged Google to implement changes to the way it handles user data. CNiL, an Continue reading…

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  French privacy watchdog to examine Google Street View 'payload data'

  By Louis Goddard on August 1, 2012 04:22 am + 4 comments

  France's data protection watchdog, CNIL, has asked Google to hand over private data collected by its Continue reading…

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  EU Parliament rejects ACTA

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 4, 2012 07:11 am + 41 comments

  The European Parliament has today voted to reject the controversial anti-counterfeiting trade Continue reading…

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  ACTA fails to gain ITC approval, MEPs vote to reject controversial piracy treaty

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 21, 2012 06:39 am + 6 comments

  The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been rejected by the International Continue reading…

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  Three out of four EU committees vote against ACTA

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 1, 2012 06:48 am + 8 comments

  The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has met with more disapproval in Europe. Members of Continue reading…