Tag archive: Franco Frattini

The EU’s data protection group, Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, has already drawn concessions from Google over data retention. Now it’s reportedly investigating its privacy probe to include other search engines.   No names have been mentioned, but speculation is rife that it will include Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, and Ask.com.   The heart of the matter is the way search engines gather and retain information on… Read More

While European censorship laws are generally considered lax by American standards when it comes to nudity and swearing, violence is still a major no-no, and it appears the European Union is fighting many of the same battles being fought in the United States over regulating the sale of violent video games to minors. The European Union justice ministers met in Luxembourg on Wednesday to discuss possible regulation of what they refer to… Read More