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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...
BIS consults on implementation of new E-Privacy Directive
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...
Information Commissioner issues code of practice for online behavioural advertising
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...
European Union Article 29 Working Party says consent for cookies cannot be implied by computer settings but has to be express
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...
Mandatory notification of data breaches introduced by the European Commission…
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...