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House Holds Hearing on the Impact of an EU Privacy Regulation RegBlog (blog) From my perspective, there's a sweet spot between too much regulation and noregulation at all. My goal is to find that sweet spot. The EU's data protection and online privacy directives obligate EU member states to pass online privacy legislationthat ... See all stories on this topic » RegBlog (blog)

Vince Cable admits new EU agency workers' law will hit economy Daily Mail They concede that new rights for temporary workers, complying with an EU directive, are controversial and that businesses 'have genuine concerns about the costs theregulations may impose on them'. But they say they have been unable to convince the ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Government proposes single catch-all consumer protection law Out-Law.com The new law will bring these rights together and also implement the requirements of a new EU Directive, which has still to be formally approved but is expected to be implemented in 2013. "Consumer law in the UK comes from a variety of Acts and ... See all stories on this topic »

EU Late Payment Directive to help SMEs inspiresme.co.uk By Jamie Lawrence | September 21, 2011 The Government will introduce EU legislation to help prevent late payment of invoices and unfair payment terms earlier than previously thought. The EULate Payment Directive was originally due to enter statute ... See all stories on this topic »

EP/Council deal on EU-wide protection for crime victims European Parliament (press release) To that end, the Commission proposed in May a regulation on mutual recognition of protection afforded by civil law. The combination of the two instruments (the EPO directive and theregulation) should cover the broadest possible range of protection ... See all stories on this topic »

Companies need consent before cookie tracking, senior European Commission ... Out-Law.com Viviane Reding said that the new EU data protection laws would "further clarify" the rules around consent. The e-Privacy Directive states that the meaning of 'consent' within provisions of those lawsmust derive from the original definitions given to ... See all stories on this topic »

Small businesses to benefit from new EU Late Payment Directive Bytestart UK legislation has acted as an exemplar for EU legislation and the recently revised EU Late Payment Directive very much mirrors UK practice. Because the EU revised legislation so closely follows UK practice, we are seeking advice on whether it will ... See all stories on this topic »

Your common questions on EU privacy regulations answered ... The report, titled: “Q&A: EU Privacy Regulations”, is now live on Forrester's ... privacy laws in the report, including the EU “cookies” directive and EU's view on ... blogs.forrester.com/.../11-09-21-your_common_questions_on.