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Privacy in the EU and US : Consumer experiences across three global platforms | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union - 22 janvier 2020
Data protection and privacy laws are being introduced or reviewed around the world in an effort to keep pace with technologies and strengthen the protection of personal data and privacy online. It is important to look at how these regulations are being implemented and whether they help consumers exercise their (...)
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UK government threatens firms over hidden customer data - 17 novembre 2012
The UK government has repeated its threat to legislate if businesses do not voluntarily release data gathered on customers who ask to see it.
An initiative called Midata calls on firms to provide details to the public in a "machine-readable" format.
Ministers had warned in August they would introduce a new law (...)
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Oyster, Octopus and Metro cards : what happens to our data ? - 1er novembre 2012
Today, travelling within many cities around the world comes at a cost : privacy.
Electronic ticketing systems are proliferating, but it’s not clear how much information they collect or what they do with it. Privacy International has written to 48 transport authorities and companies operating transport services (...)
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Google faces new Street View data controversy - 28 juillet 2012
Search giant admits it has not deleted all of the data it secretly collected from internet users around the UK
Google is facing a fresh privacy blunder after it admitted it had not deleted all of the private data, including emails and passwords, it secretly collected from internet users around the UK.
The search (...)
Google faces new investigation over privacy claims - 13 juin 2012
Google is to be reinvestigated over new claims that it deliberately collected personal data, including emails and passwords, while it was capturing images for its Streetview Maps service in Britain.
Google agreed to delete all the information that had been collected in November 2010, telling the Information (...)
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Civil servants caught looking at private files in personal data breaches - 15 mai 2012
Around 25 civil servants are being reprimanded each week at the Department of Work and Pensions for breaching rules governing its vast database, figures show.
Almost 1,000 DWP staff were disciplined in a 10-month period for unlawfully or inappropriately accessing social security records, according to figures (...)
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La protection des données au Royaume-Uni - 14 mars 2012
Alors que la Commission européenne prépare une révision de la Directive européenne sur la protection des données, quel est le cadre légal au Royaume-Uni ?
Protection des données personnelles
Le texte de loi sur la protection des données personnelles en vigueur au Royaume-Uni est le Data Protection Act de 1998 qui est (...)
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Google’s privacy policy ’too vague’ - 9 mars 2012
UK data protection boss David Smith concerned how Google is sharing information between mail, calendar, call logs and searches
Google’s privacy policy is too vague for users to control how their information is shared, according to Britain’s data protection boss.
In his first public comments since Google’s revised (...)
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Security breach over Belfast City Council details - 7 mars 2012
Belfast City Council has said an investigation has been launched after personal details of councillors were given to a member of the public.
They include their bank details, dates of birth, national insurance numbers, home addresses, car registration numbers and passport numbers.
The data protection breach was (...)
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Luluvise’s date-rating site shows where your Facebook data can end up - 8 février 2012
Women-only social network Luluvise lets its members rate the men they’ve dated "“ but should they be posting personal sensitive data without the men’s permission ?
Luluvise describes itself as "a social network for women". It’s loved by the technology media, racking up plenty of friendly articles since its launch (...)
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People using O2 network to browse websites face mobile phone numbers privacy breach - 25 janvier 2012
Mobile phone users on O2’s network have been inadvertently handing over their phone number to website owners
People using their mobile phone on O2’s mobile networks in the UK to browse websites have been inadvertently handing over their phone number to the website owner.
The privacy breach means that site owners (...)
