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Governance

November 2009

November 30, 2009

Reding Pegged to Rewrite EU Data-Protection Laws

In her new role as Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Viviane Reding will be charged with rewriting the European Union's 15-year-old data-protection laws , reports Comput... More >

November 25, 2009

Redirection Causes Host of Problems, Says ICANN

ICANN has suggested banning the practice of redirecting Internet users to a third-party Web site or portal when they misspell a Web address and type a nonexistent domain name, reports NetworkWorld... More >

November 24, 2009

EU Drops Antitrust Probe Against Qualcomm

According to Computerworld , the European Union has dropped its antitrust investigation into Qualcomm 's patent-licensing practices after Ericsson and others withdrew their complaints.   In 20... More >

November 19, 2009

Bill Would Ban P2P Use by Federal Workers

According to Computerworld , House lawmakers have introduced the Secure Federal File Sharing Act , which would restrict the use of peer-to-peer technology on government networks. If approved, gover... More >

November 18, 2009

EU Investigation Reveals Consumer Law Violations

An 18-month investigation by the European Union has revealed that 301 Web sites that sold mobile phone ringtones, wallpapers and other services had " serious breaches of EU consumer law ," according ... More >

November 16, 2009

Bill to Help Small Healthcare Practices Fund EHRs

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry has introduced the Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act of 2009 to help family doctors fund conversion to electronic health records, reports Inf... More >

New Database to Catalog International Copyright Laws

A number of advocacy groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Electronic Information for Libraries, are teaming up to launch a new copyright database .   According to V3.... More >

Switzerland to Sue Google over Street View

Switzerland plans to sue Google for failing to protect its citizens' privacy, reports PCWorld.com. Switzerland claims Google failed to obscure faces, license plates and other sensitive images in i... More >

Egypt to Create First Arabic Domain Name

According to BBC News , countries can now apply for so-called "internationalized domain names,"   using their native language rather than Latin characters.   Egypt says it will be the first t... More >

November 13, 2009

FDA Examining Gray Area of Social Media

According to Reuters , the Food and Drug Administration is holding a two-day hearing to find out if the agency needs to specifically regulate how drugs and medical devices it oversees are promoted ... More >

November 10, 2009

EC Issues Formal Objection to Oracle-Sun Deal

The European Commission has made it official. It issued a formal "statement of objections" over Oracle's bid to acquire Sun Microsystems , saying the buyout would hamper competition in the database ... More >

EU Green Lights ePrivacy Directive

The European Union says all that's left for formal adoption of its ePrivacy Directive are just formalities, reports V3.co.uk .   The directive will pave the way for stronger rules concerning ... More >

Connecticut AG Probes Blue Cross Security Breach

The Connecticut Post reports that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is looking into whether Blue Cross and Blue Shield may have violated state law after a laptop containing the perso... More >

November 9, 2009

FCC to Take Look at Special Access Fees

The Federal Communications Commission is slated to examine the issue of telephone access fees , reports InformationWeek .   Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, and BT have alleged that AT&T and Veriz... More >

November 6, 2009

EU Proposes Breach-Notification Ruling

The European Parliament and Commission has issued a ruling that will require telecommunications companies to inform affected individuals of data breaches , reports SC Magazine .   The Commissi... More >

Microsoft Rivals Question Microsoft-EU Ballot Plan

Opera, Mozilla and Google plan to send separate letters to the European Commission suggesting modifications to the ballot screen design put forth by Microsoft, reports Computerworld .   Micro... More >

Senate Judiciary Committee OKs Data Protection Law

According to Computerworld , the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 got a boost when the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill in a vote of 15-5. The bill now heads to the full ... More >

FTC to Join Battle Against Intel?

On the heels of New York's antitrust charges against Intel, it is expected that the Federal Trade Commission will join the fray against the chip maker, according to Computerworld . Dan Olds, pri... More >

November 5, 2009

EU Agrees on Right to Internet Access

European lawmakers have cleared the final hurdle to passage of sweeping changes to European telecommunications law. According to The New York Times , lawmakers reached a compromise that states that ... More >

Google Dashboard Addresses Privacy Concerns

In an effort to quell privacy concerns and give users more control, Google has unveiled a dashboard that gives users a complete view of their personal information tied to the various Google service... More >

November 3, 2009

FTC Rules Against Realcomp II

Computerworld reports that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ruled that, by restricting some discount real-estate listings from its own and other publicly available Web sites, Realcomp II , the... More >

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