Meanwhile, delays to the UK's Data Protection Act look set to buy the talks some time. The governments of Japan, the US and other major international countries are in negotiations with the EC to ensure data sharing will still be possible into the...
However, she did tell Silicon.com that the Federal Trade Commission is likely to get involved in the talks so that self-regulation in the US could be enforced. But we can't answer them until the talks end, principles are established and each member...
US online privacy campaigner, Truste, is to expand its campaign for self-regulated data protection to Europe. The group has announced the appointment of investment banker, Adrian Friend, as its interim European director.
The latest round of talks between the EU and the US over data protection regulations ended yesterday without agreement. The EU's representative at the Washington talks, John Mogg, welcomed an initiative from the US Better Business Bureau - called...
Canada today moved closer to aligning with the European Union (EU) on data protection legislation which requires companies to be more careful with consumer data. The US government is currently at odds with Europe over its belief that government...
Peter Sommer, a research fellow at the London School of Economics and an adviser to the House of Commons' select committee on trade and industry, said the data protection legislation has been too weak in the area of enforcement up until now.