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EU: No common protection scheme for ID card data
News European Union members lack a co-ordinated strategy on how to protect citizen data linked to ID cards, according to an EU agency. Out of the 11 countries in the EU that have eIDs, only six of them had... [06 Feb 2009]
EU to clamp down on UK long hours working culture
News The EU working time directive states that a 48 hour working week should be the maximum for European workers, but silicon.com's own Skills Survey 2003 revealed that more than one in ten of Britain's IT workers are... [09 Jan 2004]
EU roaming price-caps to hike costs for visitors?
News Visitors to Europe may find they have to pay increased roaming charges as a result of price caps being imposed on calls within the EU. The reforms have been led by Viviane Reding, the European commissioner for... [17 Apr 2007]
EU calls on governments to promote IT
News The EU has released a report on the cultivation of job opportunities in the European information society. The spokesman added that the EU was asking its members to draft IS strategies to be presented at... [25 Nov 1998]
EU to review charges of anti-competitiveness in mobile industry
News EU telecoms commissioner, Erkki Liikanen, today sought to reassure mobile operators over concerns that they are to be prevented from making profits from interconnection charges. This comes in the light of complaints from... [26 Nov 1999]
EU Compliance and Regulations for the IT Security Professional
White Paper In fact, compliance, rules and regulations to protect data stored by EU-based organisations can be just as onerous as those originating from the US. This paper highlights key directives and legislation as it affects the... [13 Nov 2009]
EU to probe Network Solutions
News The European Union (EU) has launched an investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices of domain name registrar, Network Solutions (NSI). The EU has given the registrars ten days to reply to its... [01 Jul 1999]
Calling 'Mister Cyber Security': EU needs super cyber cop
News Speaking on Monday in her weekly video address, Reding claimed that the 27 EU member states had been "quite negligent" in terms of co-ordinating cyber security strategy across the continent. Reding said: "Although the... [28 Apr 2009]
EU directive forces IT staff to overhaul working practices
News The EU directive on working time could mean an administrative nightmare for IT directors across Europe. A spokesman for Unifi agreed, adding that the issue of availability for call out could lead to a court battle, as... [01 Oct 1998]
EU set for ecommerce rethink
News An emergency EU meeting has been set for early September to hammer out a directive which would enable all companies to trade online in a single market. Mike Pullen, EU specialist lawyer at Dibb Lupton... [04 Aug 1999]
EU privacy law shake-up to force data breach confessions
News Banks, other businesses and authorities could soon be forced to confess to data breaches according to the EU privacy tsar. Amendments to the EU ePrivacy Directive are currently being debated by the... [28 Oct 2008]
BT: EU must harmonise telecoms to save cash
News This hinders the full use of IT applications to improve supply-chain management and re-engineer business processes on a pan-EU basis, often resulting in only partial implementation. A statement from BT said: "As... [08 Apr 2008]
EU set to run car sales off the web
News In an initiative unveiled this morning, the EU suggested that car manufacturers should have the right to exclude internet car dealers and supermarkets from their network of approved dealers. Skinner said he remains... [14 Jan 2002]
EU says 'no new ecommerce taxes'
News The entire package of measures is proposed to protect tax revenue whilst "ensuring that the development of electronic commerce in the EU is not hindered by a distortive or disadvantageous tax regime". [18 Aug 1999]
EU clash with US over data protection
News The EU is unsatisfied by US regulations and has threatened to prevent the transfer of personal data. This would see the EU grant "safe harbour" status to US companies that accept a set of principles on... [21 Sep 1999]
