EU

Europe Nears Price Cap on Mobile Text Messaging

Stevie Converse — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:02:29 -0800

EU Opens Digital Library to Public with over 2 Million Works

Stevie Converse — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:33:55 -0800

EU Denies ACTA Document Request; Democracy Undermined?

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:47:34 -0800

Warning over Higher Broadband Bills

Stevie Converse — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:20:12 -0700

Google Bows to EU Pressure, Cuts Data Retention Period Again

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:55:25 -0700

EU Calls Phoul over Ad Company Phorm's Invasive Snooping

Stevie Converse — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:13:01 -0700

As Expected, EU Widens Antitrust Probe of Intel

Stevie Converse — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:32:01 -0700

Risks Faced by Journalists in Europe

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:20:37 -0700

On World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2008, Reporters Without Borders published for the first time an investigation into violence against journalists within several countries of the European Union (EU).

EU Groups: Data Retention Policies Violate Rights Convention

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:06:19 -0700

A group of 43 European civil liberties groups today filed a brief with the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg that argues for overturning a 2006 EU directive mandating data retention policies across EU countries. The groups assert that the directive is illegal, but more importantly that the directive interferes with basic human rights granted to all Europeans.

EU Wants to Slash Search Data Retention Period to Six Months

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:26:00 -0700

The Article 29 Working Group, a collection of the EU's top minds on data protection and privacy issues, has issued a major report (PDF) of its findings, and it won't be good news to the search engine community.

Council of Europe: Internet Filtering Needs Strong Limits

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:38:13 -0700

With Internet filtering of all kinds becoming such big news (and such big business), especially in Europe, it's no surprise that a body like the Council of Europe would eventually weigh in with a set of filtering "best practices."