Organisations should be able to process pseudonymised data without the consent of individuals, a European Parliament committee has proposed. The Industry, Research and Energy Committee (IREC) has outlined changes it would like to see made to the European Commission’s draft Data Protection Regulation which was originally published last year. One of those changes should be…
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BT Lobbyists Try To Water Down EU Privacy Legislation
Tom Brewster reports: BT has joined the group of organisations, mostly from the US, lobbying to have EU proposals on privacy watered down, TechWeekEurope has found out. The lobbying is apparently proviing effective, as MEPs have been accused of pandering to lobbyists’ concerns. A host of US companies, including Amazon, eBay, Facebook and Yahoo, have been huckstering with EU officials, as they…
Yahoo Email User Wants Court To Reinstate Privacy Lawsuit
Wendy Davis reports: A Yahoo user is asking a federal appellate court to reinstate his lawsuit, alleging that the company violated the privacy of email users by including their names in the headers of outgoing messages. New York resident Albert Rudgayzer argues in new court papers that he should have been allowed to proceed with…
Wisconsin court rules in favor of law firm that paid to use names of competitor in search engines to promote own link
Associated Press reports: A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled in favor of a Milwaukee area law firm that paid to use the names of a competing firm in Internet search engines to promote its own link. The 1st District Court of Appeals ruled Thursday Cannon & Dunphy did not violate Habush, Habush & Rottier’s right…