Europe
The European Ombudsman launches public consultation
February 25, 2011 These are obviously the timing of public consultations in Europe, also the place that ' the European Ombudsman - is called the "European Ombudsman" - has launched a public consultation which will expire May 15, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Article 29 WP: adopted the opinion of RFID
February 21, 2011 The Art Group. 29 - aka Art 29 WP - 11 February adopted '" Opinion 9 / 2011 on the Revised Industry Proposal for a Privacy and Data - Protection Impact Assessment Framework for RFID Applications . " Read the rest of this entry »
Privacy: public consultation to amend the Convention 108
February 21, 2011 The Council of Europe has launched a public consultation for the "Modernization" - to update the so-called "Convention 108". Contributions should be sent by 15/03/2011 via email to data.protection @ coe.int Read the rest of this entry »
Innovation: The EU does not exceed other countries
February 1, 2011 With the press release below, the European Commission presents the new scoreboard which shows that the EU can not, despite progress in some Member States, other States outside the EU to overcome. Read the rest of this entry »
Day of protection of personal data: the official statement of the European Commission
January 28, 2011 The European Ombudsman shall adopt a policy paper
December 13, 2010 The European Supervisor (EDPS - European Data Protection Supervisor) has today published a policy paper (policy paper) , which sets the framework in which you control, measure and assure compliance with the Personal Data Protection in the European offices. Read the rest of this entry »
eBay is not liable for trademark infringement
December 11, 2010 With a press of the Court of Justice has announced that the dispute between L'Oreal and eBay C-324/09, the 'Mr Jääskinen believes that eBay is not generally responsible for trade mark infringements committed by its users in its electronic marketplace. Read the rest of this entry »
Europe: public consultation on the single telephone number
December 7, 2010 The European Commission yesterday launched a public consultation on the introduction of a single telephone number for all of Europe. The consultation will end on 28.2.2011.
According to the Commission, the introduction of a unique number for companies favor the single market as it would facilitate contacts with the business community in cross-border transactions.
The statement reads:
Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, said in this regard: "Today, companies are forced to have a different phone number in each Member State as their customers could contact them. This hinders the establishment of pan-European services for their customers. I call on all stakeholders to help define a strategy that takes into account the needs of businesses and facilitate access by customers. ".
Source: Europe
