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Dozens of US tech firms violate EU privacy promises
2014-08-14 13:18:39| InfoWorld: Top News
Thirty U.S. data brokers and data management firms, including Adobe Systems, AOL, and Salesforce.com, are violating privacy promises they've made regarding their handling of the personal information of EU residents, a privacy group said in a complaint to be filed Thursday.
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Does a 100% Healed Policy Violate the ADA? What to Require of Employees Returning From Leave
2014-03-04 05:24:10| Trucking - Topix.net
Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a motion to dismiss a claim filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a class of individuals challenging United Parcel Service, Inc.'s leave policy.
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Does a 100% Healed Policy Violate the ADA? What to Require of Employees Returning From Leave
2014-03-04 03:14:23| Air Courier - Topix.net
Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a motion to dismiss a claim filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a class of individuals challenging United Parcel Service, Inc.'s leave policy.
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EU Data Retention Directive found to violate privacy rights
2013-12-12 13:06:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The EU's Data Retention Directive, which requires telecom operators to save customer communications data for eventual law enforcement purposes, violates citizens' privacy rights, according to an opinion from EU Court of Justice's Advocate General, Pedro Cruz Villalon. The directive passed in 2006 "constitutes a serious interference with the fundamental right of citizens to privacy", as provided for in the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, he said. The opinion was requested by national courts in cases brought by Digital Rights Ireland and a number of claimants in Austria's Constitutional Court against the directive. Passed as part of efforts to combat terrorism, the Data Retention Directive requires telecom service providers to collect and retain for up to two years traffic and location data on customer communications so that the data may be used in eventual criminal investigations. While the Advocate General was not opposed to the objectives of the directive, he found that it is too loosely defined, as it does not detail in what circumstances the data may be accessed or how it is to be retained. The latter are key requirements for any law that may violate fundamental rights. These details were left to the individual member states to define. The Advocate General suggested the directive could be suspended until further legislation is passed to remedy its shortcomings. His opinion is not binding on the EU Court; it must still make a final ruling in the cases.
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Google found to violate Dutch privacy law
2013-11-29 08:43:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Dutch privacy regulator has found Google in violation of the law for its gathering of personal information on customers without their permission. Since the change in its privacy terms in March 2012, Google collects and shares personal data across a variety of its services in order to serve up personalised ads and services. The CBP's investigation found the company was not informing customers well enough of what data it collected, nor was Google securing the needed permission from end-users for using that data. "Google is spinning an invisible web with our personal information, without our permission. And that is forbidden by law," said the CBP chairman, Jacob Kohnstamm, in a statement. The regulator plans to hold a hearing to hear Google's side of the story before deciding on sanctions against the company. The CBP investigation follows a similar probe by the French privacy watchdog after Google announced the new terms in 2012. The French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch regulators have since worked together to investigate the company's practices.
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