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• Senior EU official wants ISPs to safeguard public values

  A senior European Commission official has said that Internet service providers (ISPs) should be responsible for safeguarding public values.

• EU ministers seek to ban creation of 'hacking tools'

  Justice Ministers across Europe want to make the creation of "hacking tools" a criminal offense, but critics have hit back at the plans, saying that they are unworkable.

• EU will take a year to set up full cybersecurity agency

  Security experts have criticized the European Commission's plans to set up a team to look at how to combat cyberattacks as too little, too late, saying that more coordination between member states is needed.

• EU Parliament votes for contract for online sales

  Europe-wide rules covering online sales came a step closer as the European Parliament backed plans for a new contract law on Wednesday.

• IT workers' mobility hindered by incomparable qualifications

  CIOs would hire more foreign IT workers if they could more easily compare qualifications, according to a new survey.

• An EU firewall won't protect kids, says top legislator

  The European Union's top legislator on digital issues has said that education and awareness are the best way to protect children online, dealing a blow to plans for a so-called European Union firewall.

• Governments illegally specify brands in IT tenders - study

  One in eight government IT tenders in the European Union illegally specifies a brand, according to a new report from Openforum Europe (OFE).

• Microsoft back in court to appeal against EU antitrust fine

  Microsoft was once again back in court on Tuesday to appeal an €899 million fine imposed by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in 2008 after a decade of legal battles.

• EU IP plans tantamount to censorship, say critics

  The European Commission has presented a controversial proposal for a European intellectual property rights strategy that it said will strengthen the knowledge-based economy and critics charge will lead to a censorship regime.

• UK businesses warned to comply with EU cookie law

  The U.K.’s Information Commissioner has told IT businesses to stop complaining and get on with allowing Internet users to opt out of receiving cookies from corporate websites warning that they cannot rely on browser settings to do the job for them.

• European Commission needs help on cloud computing strategy

  The European Commission wants feedback on how to manage its cloud computing strategy for Europe, where legislation is trailing behind the new technology.

• ACTA text hurts startups, goes beyond EU law, says FFII

  A controversial anti-counterfeiting agreement between the European Union, the U.S. and other countries has come in for fresh criticism after the European Commission failed to address concerns about the treaty's legality.

• German lawmakers say Data Retention Directive may be illegal

  The German Parliament said Tuesday that the European Commission's controversial Data Retention Directive may be illegal.

• EU's net neutrality battle rages on

  Despite claiming to support net neutrality, the European Commission has been criticized for not going far enough in its latest report released Tuesday.

• EU data retention law blasted on privacy issues

  The European Union's data retention law has come under scrutiny, with a new report saying that it poses significant risks to individuals' right to privacy.