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Is this the way the cookies crumble? EU law ambiguity causes concern

30 November 2010 | Simon Weinberg

In 2009 the European Union (EU) passed a new law called the Citizens Rights Directive for Internet tracking files such as cookies, under which the businesses placing those cookies had to obtain a consumer’s...

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BIS consults on implementation of new E-Privacy Directive

28 September 2010 | Mark Weston

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is consulting on plans to implement a new E-Privacy Directive. The European Union law was passed in 2009 and needs to be implemented into domestic law...

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Information Commissioner issues code of practice for online behavioural advertising

20 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator – has issued a code of practice dealing with online behavioural advertising issues. Online behavioural advertising refers...

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European Union Article 29 Working Party says consent for cookies cannot be implied by computer settings but has to be express

8 July 2010 | Mark Weston

Last year, the European Union published a Citizens' Rights Directive amending the 2002 Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. The upshot of the change - which must be brought into each country's...

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Mandatory notification of data breaches introduced by the European Commission…

2 December 2009 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has passed a new privacy regulation which would require communications providers and Internet service providers to notify individuals whose personal details have been exposed to...

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