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EU permits force-feeding of some cookies

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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June 23 2012

Nearly a year after releasing an opinion on the meaning of “consent,” the European Union’s Article 29 Working Party issued an opinion on exemptions to the EU’s prior consent requirement for cookies

Track me, please

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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April 7 2012

The European Commission’s advisory data protection body has once again rejected efforts by Internet advertisers to develop industry standards for online behavioral advertising (OBA

Social networks cannot be forced to filter traffic for privacy

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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March 10 2012

Europe’s highest court has concluded that online social networks cannot be required to filter for illegal content as a general matter

European data protection party rejects proposed industry framework on online behavioral advertising

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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January 6 2012

Europe’s Article 29 Working Party has rejected efforts by the Internet advertising industry to develop a best practice code for online behavioral advertising

European High Court rules that ISPs do not have to monitor user traffic for illegal downloads

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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December 3 2011

Internet service providers cannot be required to install filtering systems designed to monitor traffic on their networks for copyright-infringing material, according to a decision last month by Europe’s highest court

Home is where the money is

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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November 24 2011

Following a ruling last month by the European Court of Justice in eDate Advertising GmbH v. Olivier Martinez, Robert Martinez v. MGN Limited, plaintiffs who want to sue online publishers in Europe for damaging content are now in a better position than those going after offline media

European high court holds that eBay can be liable for trademark infringements

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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July 16 2011

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that eBay can be held liable for the offer for sale by third parties of trademark-infringing goods on its site if it took steps to actively assist those third parties or if it knew or should have known of the infringing activity and did nothing

European cybersecurity: good start, but more to be done

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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June 30 2011

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has released 30 updated Network and Information Security Reports (NIS reports) covering all EU member countries as well as Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein

ECJ poised for new ruling on use of trademarked terms as keywords

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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April 9 2011

Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?

EU, stop making sense (please)

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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European Union
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January 15 2011

The European Union's Article 29 Working Party last month issued an opinion that attempts to clarify which nations' data protection laws apply to the processing of personal data