Tom Fairless reports: The European Parliament overwhelmingly approved a resolution that calls for a possible breakup of Google Inc., brushing aside last-minute objections from the U.S. Congress that the move risked politicizing an antitrust investigation. While the initiative has no binding power on the European Commission, the bloc’s top antitrust regulator, it highlights the growing political resistance in Europe…
Month: November 2014
EPIC Uncovers DOD Student Recruiting Database Privacy Protections
From EPIC.org: The Department of Defense has released to EPIC documents on the “Joint Advertising and Market Research Studies” Recruiting Database. The database includes sensitive student information, including home address and grade point average. DOD obtains this information from high schools offering military aptitude tests, state DMVs, and commercial data brokers. The documents sought by EPIC shed light on how DOD collects, retains, uses, and safeguards student information within the database. The…
RTBF applies to .com domains, too – Press Release by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party
Issued by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (emphasis added by PogoWasRight.org): The judgment of the Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) of 13 May 2014 Google Spain SL and Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) and Mario Costeja González (C-131/12) sets a milestone for EU data protection in…
UK govt warned over biometrics legislation
Planet Biometrics reports: Public acceptance of biometrics is on a “knife-edge” and the UK government should develop legislation on the issue before it is overtaken by rapidly evolving technology, a UK Science and Technology Committee heard today in London. The committee, which launched an inquiry into the potential uses of biometric data in August, held the first…