EU's cybersecurity budget up 14%
Despite vowing that fighting cybercrime is high on its agenda, the European Commission has only increased its planned spend by 14 percent.
Jennifer Baker | 26 Nov | Read more
Despite vowing that fighting cybercrime is high on its agenda, the European Commission has only increased its planned spend by 14 percent.
Jennifer Baker | 26 Nov | Read more
Facebook claims companies could start court battles with data protection authorities if the regulators are given powers to levy fines of 2% of global turnover for data protection law breaches.
Antony Savvas | 21 Nov | Read more
The European Commission is bumping up its corporate investigatory powers with new technology that can quickly analyse unstructured data at companies as part of competition enquiries.
Antony Savvas | 20 Nov | Read more
The European Union's Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has said that data-protection authorities in the EU must have greater powers to enforce privacy rules across the 27 member states.
Sophie Curtis | 30 Nov | Read more
The European Commission is examining whether additional rules are needed on personal data breach notification in the European Union.
Jennifer Baker | 14 Jul | Read more
Security experts have criticized the European Commission's plans to set up a team to look at how to combat cyberattacks as too little, too late, saying that more coordination between member states is needed.
Jennifer Baker | 11 Jun | Read more
The European Union's data retention law has come under scrutiny, with a new report saying that it poses significant risks to individuals' right to privacy.
Jennifer Baker | 19 Apr | Read more
French company 1plusV has accused Google of stopping smaller competitors from generating advertising revenue by abusing its dominant position in the search market. The company said it made the allegations in a complaint filed with European Union antitrust authorities on Tuesday.
Jennifer Baker | 22 Feb | Read more
A survey by the European Commission has found that parental control programs aimed at keeping children safe online do not function well with Web 2.0 sites, smartphones or games consoles.
Jennifer Baker | 14 Jan | Read more
Few organizations across Europe have upgraded to IPv6, the new version of the Internet's addressing protocol, according to a survey commissioned by the European Commission.
Jeremy Kirk | 30 Oct | Read more
The European Commission took a big step toward creating an enhanced pan-European system of security and surveillance Wednesday when it launched a proposal to set up a new independent agency to manage massive IT systems used by border control authorities.
Paul Meller | 25 Jun | Read more