Tuesday, 5 April 2011

European Union Directives,Regulations and Laws.
EU online cookie law to take effect in May
Deutsche Welle
The European Union is concerned that these little bits of data collected by a Web browser, which inform advertisers of all online users, could be a violation of privacy. A new EU directive will require that websites give clear consent for all cookies ...
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European Privacy Law Comes to America Via FTC's Google Order
Huffington Post (blog)
What this means is a chunk of European privacy law is now being enforced in the US So what is this basic EU law on privacy that American consumers will be getting the benefit of now? See the Safe Harbor principles listed here: Organizations must notify ...
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EU directive on lending offers little benefit
Mortgage Introducer
“The UK has robust regulations compared to most of the EU, therefore the Directive may not have as much of an impact here as in other countries in Europe. For example, proposed changes to ensure that the wording of advertising does not create false ...
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Navigating Payments and E-Money Regulation in Europe
Finextra
Two important new EU directives are encouraging new and significant competition in consumer payments. The transposition of the 2nd E-money Directive into the laws of individual EU states must be completed by the 30th of April this year. ...
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Why the EU wants to protect cephalopods, and how it parlays into my taking a ...
Southern Fried Science
In response to this directive, a group of cephalopod researchers decided to have a meeting. They're calling it Euroceph, and besides being a forum for discussion about this particular EU directive, it's also a scientific conference focused entirely on ...
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New Directive on Patients' Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare ...
By Вихър Георгиев
Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare has been published in the Official Journal. The directive applies to individual patients who decide to seek healthcare in a Member State other than ...
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