Tagged: Viviane Reding
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EU Commissioner Reding to take US to task over PRISM in Dublin this week News
12.06.2013 Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, has added her voice to the chorus of questions directed towards the US Attorney General over revelations surrounding PRISM, the US... -
Data rules hold back Europe’s digital economy – EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding (video) News
25.09.2012 Europe has no unified digital market because it has effectively 27 conflicting sets of data protection rules, impeding retailers who want to reach Europe’s 500m citizens, the...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Mobile, Legal, Government, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Google’s privacy changes – should you be worried? News
02.03.2012 The changes to Google’s privacy policies – effectively whittling 70+ down to one cohesive policy – has certainly caused a furor that I’m sure the search giant had been... -
Major changes to EU data laws to affect online giants News
23.01.2012 Online giants Facebook, Microsoft and Google could be fined up to 1pc of their international revenues if they were ever to be found guilty of breaching tough new EU data... -
In the eye of the Europe vs Facebook storm News
28.11.2011 Whether it intended to or not, Ireland has found itself in the eye of the brewing Facebook versus the EU storm that will see the European Commission possibly issue a new EC...Categories: Security, Internet, Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Social Media -
EU and US alliance to fight terror and protect personal data News
06.12.2010 The European Union (EU) and the US are set to embark on a data-protection agreement that will see a unified fight against terrorism and crime, as well as ensuring a high level... -
Digital TV failure is dimming the rise of Ireland’s broadband star News
30.10.2009 Ireland looks set to be a laggard in digital terrestrial television (DTT), as well as broadband, and even the EU is urging Ireland to get into gear on DTT, said Labour... -
Mobile industry’s eCall system aims to save lives on Europe’s roads News
09.09.2009 The worldwide mobile industry body GSMA has developed a new emergency call system that will be deployed across Europe to boost emergency responses and prevent European road deaths.Categories: Comms -
European nations see digital economy as a sure route out of economic crisis News
20.08.2009 With one of Europe’s youngest populations, Ireland’s digital natives could have the most to gain -
EU invests €18m to support Long Term Evolution of mobile News
19.08.2009 The European Union has injected a fresh €18m in future ultra high-speed mobile internet technology Long Term Evolution – which is 10 times faster than 3G – and it hopes will... -
Texting abroad in EU costs 11 cent News
29.06.2009 Sending a text message from abroad in the EU now costs a maximum of 11 cent – three times cheaper than the previous EU average of 28 cent, excluding VAT.Categories: Comms -
NRO tells US Govt ‘ICANN is no longer your domain’ News
23.06.2009 The Number Resource Organisation (NRO), which consists of five of the world’s top regional internet registries, has expressed its support in ending the collaboration between the...Categories: Comms, Government -
EU backs ComReg proposal to cut Eircom access charges News
18.06.2009 The European Commission has backed a proposal by Irish telecoms operator the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) to lower the prices Eircom charges competitors to...Categories: Comms, Government -
ICANN should become an independent body, says Reding News
18.06.2009 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) needs to become a fully independent organisation, the EU Commissioner for the Information Society and Media,...Categories: Comms -
EU moves to reduce mobile termination rates News
07.05.2009 The European Commission has adopted a recommendation on fixing the termination rates set by national telecoms operators, an area that is considered a major competition...Categories: Comms -
EU wants ICANN to sever ties with US Government News
04.05.2009 The European Union (EU) wants the global organisation responsible for the designation of .com and .net domains, as well as national domains, to sever its ties with the US...Categories: Comms -
Amazon hits back at online advertising parasite Phorm News
16.04.2009 Amazon declares it will not allow Phorm to scan its webpages to create targeted ads.Categories: New MediaTags: Viviane Reding, Amazon, -
EU declares war on social sites guilty of privacy invasion News
14.04.2009 EU information society and media Commissioner Viviane Reding has warned EU citizens to be aware that social network businesses are profiling them on the web by tracking their...Categories: Government -
Fortress Europe – EU to defend states against cyber attacks News
30.03.2009 In light of recent large-scale attacks on Estonia, Lithuania and Georgia, as well as the revelations in recent days about a Chinese cyber-espionage ring, the EU is proposing a...Categories: CIO