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ECJ to weigh in on Spanish contest with Google over the application of data protection laws

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • March 26 2013

As Google continues its legal battle with the Spanish Data Protection Authority (DPA), the Spanish High Court (Audiencia Nacional) has referred

EU and U.S. sign joint declaration to make Internet safer for children

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • January 29 2013

This post was written by Cynthia O'Donoghue. EU Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, responsible for the Digital Agenda for Europe, and U.S

European Commission shows concern over the slow development of the Do-Not-Track standard

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 14 2012

Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission, has signalled her concern over the progress of the adoption of the Do-Not-Track (DNT) standard, which is being developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as a universal mechanism to communicate relevant consent or lack of consent to the tracking of individuals’ web data

Decision by the European Court of Justice concerning electronic press reviews in accordance with the Directive on Copyright in the Information Society

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Denmark, European Union
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  • September 25 2009

In a referral decision concerning a referral by a Danish court, the European Court of Justice decided on the admissibility of the creation of electronic press reviews in light of Art. 2 and 5 of Directive 200129EC Concerning Copyright in the Information Society on July 16, 2009

CNIL vs. Google, Act IV: Google against the rest of the world of the data protection regulators

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • October 18 2012

We have previously reported on the different requests and repeated questionnaires the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) has sent to Google over the past few months regarding the evaluation of Google’s compliance with applicable European Data Protection Regulation concerning its new integrated privacy policy, as well as the new integrated platform launched March 1, 2012, despite the CNIL’s demand to postpone such launch

EU announces plans for a cyber-security bill

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 20 2012

At an Information Security Conference on 4 November 2012, the EU Commissioner for a Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, revealed plans to introduce legislation involving the implementation of a high level of network and information security across the EU, effectively extending the obligations to adopt risk management measures to private sector industries such as banking, energy, health and transport

Collecting societies under the microscope

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 20 2012

The European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market

Commission confirms sending a Statement of Objections against alleged territorial restrictions in on-line music sales to major record companies and Apple

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 9 2007

The Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to major record companies and Apple in relation to agreements between each record company and Apple that restrict music sales: consumers can only buy music from the iTunes' on-line store in their country of residence

Commission opens in-depth investigation into Google's proposed take over of DoubleClick

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union
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  • December 14 2007

The European Commission has decided to open an in-depth investigation under the EU Merger Regulation into the proposed acquisition by US company Google of the online advertising technology company DoubleClick, also of the US

Article 29 Working Party Opinion 22010 on online behavioural advertising: who wants cookies?

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 13 2010

On June 22, 2010, the influential Article 29 Working Party ("Working Party"), consisting of all the European Union's national data privacy regulators, adopted Opinion 22010 on online behavioural advertising (the "Opinion"