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8 April, 2009 » Privacy The European Commission Directorate - General for Health & Consumers organized the European Consumer Summit on "Consumer Trust in the Digital Market Place" held in Brussels on 1 and 2 April, 2009. The agenda featured policy workshops on 'Consumer challenges and opportunities...

Thursday 9 April 2009 Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP In a world of 6 billion people, fame means having only one name: Ronaldo, Madonna, Obama, Diana. Second names are used only to differentiate between identical forenames: Mel C and Mel B. I think technology will change all that. Here's...

Roma - "Tu non puoi passare!". Citando il barbuto Gandalf di tolkeniana memoria, sarebbe stato questo il leitmotiv che ha accompagnato l'arrivo a Broughton, piccolo villaggio del Regno Unito delle demoniache Googlecar. Leggi tutto...

Secure Computing, By Dan Raywood, April 6, 2009  Users of Facebook could be giving away their personal information due to the way the website's privacy settings work. A team from the University of Cambridge's computer laboratory has showed how Facebook public profiles could be used to...

Ars Technica, By Matthew Lasar, April 6, 2009 Does temporary FCC boss Michael Copps' proposed fifth Internet non-discrimination principle have a future? Ars takes a look at its past. Interim Federal Communications Commission chair Michael Copps has just called for a fifth Internet non-discrimination principle that...

Bloomberg, April 3, 2009 Brussels: Meglena Kuneva, the European Union's consumer commissioner, warned internet companies they could face regulation if they abuse personal information and do not respect customers' privacy. "If there is a need to regulate and to protect consumers from bad traders, we will...