Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015, 19:40
European Union member states endorsed a sweeping overhaul of the 28-country bloc`s data protection laws on Monday, bringing a web of national laws into one set of rules that could see companies fined when they break them.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 11:42
Beijing has recently bolstered legal protection of its information technology, after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden disclosed that U.S. spy agencies planted code in American tech exports to snoop on overseas targets.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 11:01
US President Barack Obama has said that he will introduce a new legislation to step up and standardise data protection on the Internet, for guarding the identity and privacy of Americans from commercial interests.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 21:29
Even as outsourcing demand from Europe revives after the debt crisis, data protection regulations in the region governing trans-border data flows could hurt the USD 108 billion Indian IT-ITeS industry, sectoral body Nasscom said Sunday.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 02:21
Spain`s data protection watchdog ordered US Internet giant Google on Thursday to pay a 900,000-euro fine for "serious violations" of users` privacy.
Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 18:11
When contacted, a Google spokesperson said the company's privacy policy "respects European law and allows us to create simpler, more effective services."
Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 11:27
US Internet giant Google is in breach of Dutch privacy laws and will have to change the way it operates, the Dutch privacy watchdog said on Thursday following a seven-month probe.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 13:16
Google, Facebook and other US technology companies have nothing to fear from Europe`s move to impose stricter rules on data protection, an architect of the legislation has said.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 22:06
UFC-Que Choisir president Alain Bazot said the three sites had been informed of the deadline on Wednesday, adding that their current privacy procedures "makes one shudder".
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 16:18
The European Union (EU)said it will seek a strong commitment from the United States to respect the rights of European citizens.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 11:44
Google has been asked to pay 145,000 euros in fine by a German data protection agency for illegally recording information from unsecured wireless networks.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 23, 2012, 18:28
A draft bill that aims to help protect personal online data will be deliberated Monday at a bimonthly session of China`s legislature.
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