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News Brent Council in London has hit on a way to comply with the European WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directive for the responsible disposal of computer hardware, while also helping parts of the world in need of a tech boost. [21 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! Nazi ruling sets nasty precedent
News However, the Brussels convention scheduled for debate on Thursday in the European Justice and Home Affairs Council could see companies having to comply with all the individual laws of the 15 member states - though US companies would still be... [21 Nov 2000]
Cookies may get a selection box
News However, in December, the European Telecommunication Council turned over the European Parliament's decision for an opt-in scheme, making it opt-out again - meaning users across the rest of Europe will not be warned they are about to be 'cookied'. [18 Jan 2002]
Patents directive at the crossroads
News Last May's political agreement in the [European] Council roundly delivers on the Agenda's goals," he added. Initially, the EC was expected to adhere to the will of the Parliament, but recent indications suggest that it may ignore the request... [18 Feb 2005]
EC calms industry fears with copyright revision
News Mario Monti presented the revised directive to the European Council of Ministers on Friday. Nicholas Landsman, secretary general of the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) told Silicon.com: "It seems that the EC's advice to the Council... [24 May 1999]
Europeans protest against software patents
News The 300 demonstrators walked past the buildings of the main EU bodies involved in the software patent directive - the EU Council, the European Commission (EC) and the European Parliament (EP). Some campaigners claim that the EU Council's attempts... [21 Feb 2005]
This time in '99: EC calms industry fears with copyright revision
News Mario Monti presented the revised directive to the European Council of Ministers on Friday. Nicholas Landsman, secretary general of the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) told Silicon.com: "It seems that the EC's advice to the Council... [19 May 2000]
Council of Europe set to blast cyber-crime off the web
News Child pornography and fraud are to be wiped from the internet as the Council of Europe gave the go ahead to the final version of a cyber-crime treaty today. Russia is a member of the Council of Europe and in this case, so is the US and Japan. [13 Nov 2001]
Europe agrees digital signature standards
News At the last council meeting in November 1998 ministers failed to agree on the type of identification technology that should be used. But in yesterday's meeting the council decided to support what is currently the most recognised security device... [23 Apr 1999]
Europe: 'Human rights and IT not mutually exclusive'
News The Council of Europe has formally adopted a political statement on human rights in the IT-dominated society. The Council of Europe advocates governments restrain themselves in their desire to use technologies to track and monitor privacy and... [26 May 2005]
'Europe needs [software] patents'
News The European Council of Ministers wants to bring it in, as part of its measures to harmonise patent law across Europe, but the European Parliament has fought this move. In September 2003 the European Parliament tried to water down the Council's... [01 Nov 2004]
Personal air traveller data - it's not yours any more
News The Parliament has stated its anti-agreement position to the EC and the European Council repeatedly - on 21 April, the MEPs decided to reject the deal outright and call on the European Court of Justice to decide the legality of the Brussels... [19 May 2004]
Secret Service paranoia whips up snooping storm
News If accepted, it will become law in the Council of Europe's 43 member states and will standardise regulations on hacking and copyright violation. According to a source close to the situation, Henrik Kasperson, one of the leading members of the panel... [16 Mar 2001]
Faster broadband demands more bandwidth
News The study, by market development organisation the FTTH Council Europe, compared usage by consumers with FTTH (fibre to the home) with ADSL users across four European countries and found fibre homes currently drive three times more traffic than... [08 Jul 2008]
Software patents hit Polish blockade
News The Polish government said on Tuesday that it could not support the controversial European directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions that was agreed by the EU Council in May this year. [18 Nov 2004]
