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European Union And the United States Initial New Agreement on the Transfer of Air Passengers’ Data for Flights From the EU to the US
The European Union (EU) and the United States (US) have initialed a new agreement on the transfer of air passengers’ data for flights from the EU to the US.
Europe Insercure About the Patriot Act
Every now and then the technology news tells us more about the state of our own country than reports on foreign affairs or the economy. Consider a post recently filed by Zack Whittaker for the Between the Lines blog on ZDNet with the following introduction: The...
Body Scanners Should be Allowed At European Union Airports Only If the Health, Dignity And Privacy of Passengers are Protected
Body scanners should be allowed at European Union (EU) airports only if the health, dignity and privacy of passengers are protected, says the European Parliament in a resolution passed by a show of hands on Wednesday.
Study Claims Leakage of Private Information From Popular Websites is Common
A study of more than 100 popular websites used by tens of millions of people has found that three quarters directly leak either private information or users’ unique identifiers to third-party tracking sites. The study, co-authored by Craig Wills,...
European Commission Presents Proposal for Passenger Data to Fight Serious Crime And Terrorism
The European Commission has presented a proposal for an European Union (EU) Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive to fight serious crime and terrorism. The proposal obliges air carriers to provide EU Member States with data on passengers entering or...
European Data Protection Supervisor Regards Data Retention Directive As the Most Privacy Invasive Instrument Ever Adopted
In a speech at the European Commission conference in Brussels on “Taking on the Data Retention Directive”, Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), strongly argued in favor of seizing the opportunity of the ongoing evaluation...
Oceans Apart – Data Protection Between America And Europe
Though the Swift data privacy issue has not been forgotten, Europeans and Americans are trying to overcome their data protection differences via a possible police and judicial co-operation agreement. At a Civil Liberties Committee hearing on Monday,...
Aishwarya Rai Chooses Privacy Over Million Dollar Deal
The Bachchan family is known to have preferred to keep their family and personal life private. Recently, Amitabh Bachchan expressed publicly about his concern over privacy through his blog for the upcoming Mumbai Metro line. Now, it’s the turn of...
