Tuesday, 14 April 2009

UK faces court for failing to enforce EU privacy laws | KIJO
By Gadget Boy
The EU directive on privacy and electronic communications requires member states to ensure confidentiality of the communications and related traffic data by prohibiting unlawful interception and surveillance unless the users concerned have consented ... The Office of Surveillance Commissioners, which oversees conduct of covert surveillance, only looks after public authorities while the ICO, which looks after issues such as data protection, cannot enforce the Regulation of ...
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Government may countermand Boris Johnson over air quality fears
By info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian:...
The government could overturn Boris Johnson's decision to suspend the third phase of London's low emission zone amid fears over EU air quality standards, it emerged today. ... Asked about other powers at its disposal, Defra pointed to the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2007 that would allow the secretary of state "to direct the mayor to implement alternative measures to meet the air quality limits set out in the directive". Defra said it remained "confident of ...
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