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Websites should notify European users about privacy breaches

Posted on May 6, 2011 by pogowasright.org

Europe-wide laws which require telecommunications companies to notify users if their data is at risk should be extended, the European justice commissioner has said.

Privacy rules created under the EU’s Electronic Communications Framework should be extended to cover online banking, video games, shopping and social media, Viviane Reding said in a speech (in German).

Read more from Out-Law.com in The Register.

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