On July 19, 2011, the European Commission announced that it sent formal requests for further information to 20 Member States regarding their failure to implement the EU’s new package of telecoms rules. The rules, which include amendments to the E-Privacy Directive to create new consent requirements for the use of
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On First Day of New UK Cookie Rules, ICO Issues a 1-year Moratorium on Enforcement
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Late yesterday the UK ICO issued a new press release and guidance on its plans to enforce the new UK “cookie regulation,” which was enacted by the UK Government to implement the EU’s e-Privacy Directive.
The new release, which follows previous ICO guidance outlining how businesses might comply with…
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UK ICO Issues New Guidance Clearly Requiring Opt-In Consent for Cookies
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Following its vague warning on cookies in March, and confirmation last month that the UK would adopt the amended EU rules on cookies verbatim, the UK ICO has now issued new guidance that makes it clear that websites must obtain users’ consent before storing cookies on devices. The guidance…
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New Privacy and Data Security Events Spur New EU Investigations
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Smartphone Location Data
Last week two UK-based researchers revealed that Apple iPhones record location-based data in an unencrypted file stored on each phone. The information, gleaned from WiFi routers and cellular towers within the phone’s signal range, has been collected without the knowledge of the phones’ owners, and would allow…
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UK Government Opts In to EU Fingerprint Database
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This past week, the United Kingdom Minister of State for Immigration, Damian Green, announced that the UK will join the Eurodac fingerprint database, a large centralized database containing the fingerprint data of asylum seekers and illegal border crossers who are found within EU territory. Accordng to Green, the move will…
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Come Clean on Paid-For Tweets, says UK Authority
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The Office of Fair Trading, the UK’s answer to the FTC, has established its position on paid-for plugging on social media websites. According to an announcement issued last month by the OFT relating to an enforcement action pursued against a small UK media firm, online advertising and marketing that fails to disclose…
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