Web firms face EU data privacy crackdown

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Series Details 4.11.10
Publication Date 04/11/2010
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What happens to your personal data when you board a plane, open a bank account, or share photos online? How is this data used and by whom? How do you permanently delete profile information on social networking websites? Can you transfer your contacts and photos to another service? Controlling your information, having access to your data, being able to modify or delete it – these are essential rights that have to be guaranteed in today's digital world.

To address these issues, the European Commission set out on the 4 November 2010 a strategy on how to protect individuals' data in all policy areas, including law enforcement, while reducing red tape for business and guaranteeing the free circulation of data within the EU. This policy review will be used by the Commission with the results of a public consultation to revise the EU’s 1995 Data Protection Directive. The Commission will then propose legislation in 2011.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/web-firms-face-eu-data-privacy-c-news-499412
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European Commission: Press Release, IP/10/1462: European Commission sets out strategy to strengthen EU data protection rules http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1462&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
BBC News, 4.11.10: EU aims to boost web privacy safeguards http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11694465
EUObserver, 4.11.10: EU to press for 'right to be forgotten' online http://euobserver.com/9/31200

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