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Mobile data roaming charges drop by 55% in EU
The new caps, effective from July 1, will likely “make a big difference to all of us this summer.”
Which: 17% of British holidaymakers experience mobile ‘bill shock’
Saddest part is 40% of the Brits are not even aware of the legal right to challenge the provider over an excessive bill!
Google starts forgetting Europeans
Less than a month after the ‘right to be forgotten’ form was pushed live, Google has already started acting on the requests.
Europeans to have same privacy rights as US citizens to seek judicial redress
Not any signal for the end of the spying programs by NSA, but it’s some leverage for EU citizens that US citizens already have!
Special taskforce of EU privacy watchdogs to oversee Google removal requests
Privacy watchdogs to keep an eye on Google over how it handles removal requests and complaints from users if any
Over 41,000 forget-me-Google requests received in 4 days
Europeans are registering on an average 7 requests a minute through Google’s right to be forgotten web page.
Facebook requests EU to review its WhatsApp acquisition bid
Citing possible antitrust reviews in the UK, Spain and Cyprus Facebook wants EU to carry out a central review to avert unnecessary delays.
Now EU asks Windows XP users to shift to a new OS before April 8 deadline
As the Windows XP end of support deadline is draws closer, the European Union has issued a warning to all those users still running the 13 year-old operating system to shift to…
Joaquin Almunia: No Gentlemen’s agreement with Google
The European Union has not entered so called ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ with Google, the European Commission’s competition chief said on Friday. Joaquin Almunia, while addressing an antitrust conference, defended the recent investigation settlement…
Roaming charges are absolute economic madness claims European Commission research report
In a recent study conducted among 28,000 EU citizens, the European Commission has revealed that more than a quarter of European tourists would prefer turning their mobiles off when travelling in the…
Rivals: Google’s settlement proposal to EU should be subjected to market testing
Google’s proposal in the ongoing anti-trust investigation was accepted by the EU; however, lobbying groups FairSearch and iComp are of the opinion that the proposal should be subjected to market testing to…
Google’s proposal for comparable display search results accepted by European Commission
The three year old antitrust case between Google and European regulators is nearing a settlement whereby the former has finally agreed to demarcate advertisements and provide rivals greater screen space for their…
EU inches ahead with its universal mobile phone charger plans
A provisional deal between Members of the European Parliament and the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of Ministers brings the EU one step closer to its goal of enforcing mobile phone manufacturers…
European Commission drafts steps to restore faith in EU-US data flows
The European Commission has outlined draft steps that it believes will pave the way for restoring faith in EU-US data flows following revelations about NSA spying activities under its PRISM programme. European…