European distrust of US data security creates market for local cloud service
Concern in the European Union that U.S. data protection laws are too lax has created a new market for European cloud computing services.
Concern in the European Union that U.S. data protection laws are too lax has created a new market for European cloud computing services.
To make it simpler for businesses to comply with the multiplicity of data protection regimes across Europe, Viviane Reding envisages letting European Union companies set their own privacy rules -- as long as they agree with one national data protection authority (DPA) to make them legally binding on all business units within the same group, wherever they may be.
New European Commission proposals could prove a boon to online shoppers who have disputes with traders.
The European Commission has issued an ultimatum to European Union countries that haven't implemented telecoms rules set out in the Better Regulation Directive and the Citizens' Rights Directive, giving them two months comply or face court actions and fines, according to a Commission spokesman.
Participants at an Internet forum in the northern Italian town of Trento have written to Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti, urging him to up Italy's investment in the digital economy.
The European Commission is preparing a major reform of the E.U. Data Protection Directive, which will focus on how foreign companies handle European consumer data.
The European Union's top antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Samsung's use of patents to block sales of Apple products.
Antitrust regulators in the European Union today approved Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, the online telephone and chat giant.
European music and sports fans who buy tickets online got good news on Thursday as the European Commission revealed that it had forced the online ticket industry to clean up its act.
Interoperability standards are at the heart of a new antitrust probe launched by the European Commission into the online payments market.
The European Union's General Affairs Council on Monday approved plans to establish a pan-European agency to manage its large-scale IT systems.
The European Commission has started legal action against 20 European Union member states that have failed to take measures to implement new rules protecting consumers' data online.
The European Commission is examining whether additional rules are needed on personal data breach notification in the European Union.
The European Commission has proposed regulations that will allow consumers to sign up for a cheaper mobile roaming contract, distinct from their contract for national mobile services, while keeping their usual phone number and without having to change SIM cards.
New European Union rules came into force on Friday, reducing the cost for consumers of using mobile phones abroad.