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EU lawmakers, countries agree on bloc’s first cyber-security law
BRUSSELS EU lawmakers and member states struck a deal on the bloc’s first cyber-security law on Monday that will require Internet firms such as …
Activists Target NSA Facility in Germany With Drones
The group of activists flew a drone that dropped leaflets over a National Security Agency (NSA) complex in Germany encouraging its employees resign, The …
Facebook dealt privacy blow as US-Europe data-sharing pact declared illegal
The operations of Facebook and many other US-based companies in Europe could be disrupted after a 15-year pact between the two regions was declared …
US protection of Europeans’ personal data is inadequate, says EU court official
Rules for how U.S. companies handle Europeans’ personal information under the Safe Harbor agreement do not ensure adequate protection of the data, the Advocate …
France tells Google to remove ‘Right to be forgotten’ search results worldwide
France’s privacy regulator has rejected Google’s request that it just forget about a ruling extending the “right to be forgotten” to all Google’s websites, …
Electronic Warfare: What US Army Can Learn From Ukraine
The US military has for weeks been training Ukrainian forces in US tactics, but the commander of US Army Europe says Ukrainian forces, who …
EU air passenger data retention system ready for take-off, says Parliament
Air passengers entering or leaving the European Union could soon have their personal details stored and shared among EU countries, after lawmakers voted Wednesday …
Facebook’s Use of Facial-Recognition Tool Draws Privacy Ire
When you are identified in a picture on Facebook, biometric software remembers your face so it can be “tagged” in other photographs. Facebook Inc. …
Google rejecting 59 percent of right-to-be-forgotten removal requests
It was a year ago Wednesday that the European Court of Justice ruled that search engines must remove links from their search results if …
BND helped NSA spy on German, European interests
The German Intelligence Agency (BND) assisted the US National Security Agency (NSA) in spying on European targets, including German interests, according to a report …
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