Index on Censorship » data protection http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » data protection http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org EU to enshrine “right to be forgotten” http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/eu-to-enshrine-right-to-be-forgotten/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/eu-to-enshrine-right-to-be-forgotten/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:34:28 +0000 Laura MacPhee http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=21498 The EU has announced its intention to ensure that social networking sites such as Facebook routinely offer high standards of privacy. They will recognise the existence of a “right to be forgotten online”. EU justice commissioner, Viviane Reding, has said that she wants to “explicitly clarify that people shall have the right – and not [...]

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]]> intention to ensure that social networking sites such as Facebook routinely offer high standards of privacy. They will recognise the existence of a “right to be forgotten online”. EU justice commissioner, Viviane Reding, has said that she wants to “explicitly clarify that people shall have the right – and not only the possibility — to withdraw their consent to data processing.”

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/eu-to-enshrine-right-to-be-forgotten/feed/ 0 Spain sues Google over Street View http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/10/spain-sues-google-over-street-view/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/10/spain-sues-google-over-street-view/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:28:44 +0000 William Clowes http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=16827 The Spanish Agency for Data Protection (AEPD) has filed a lawsuit against Google. Following an investigation launched in May, the Street View service has been charged with violating the country’s data protection laws. In August, a judge decided to investigate a similar complaint made by another association (APEDANICA). AEPD says that, if found guilty, Google could be [...]

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]]> filed a lawsuit against Google. Following an investigation launched in May, the Street View service has been charged with violating the country’s data protection laws. In August, a judge decided to investigate a similar complaint made by another association (APEDANICA). AEPD says that, if found guilty, Google could be hit with fines of between 84,000 and 840,000 dollars for each offence. Street View has proved controversial in a number of countries, including Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

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