European Union to take Action Against Google

Emi Briggs   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21499190   http://epic.org/2013/02/europe-prepares-action-against.html   http://mashable.com/2012/01/24/google-changes-again-launches-one- privacy-policy-to-rule-them-all/   http://ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/google.shtm   On January 2012 Google launched a new master privacy policy that created an umbrella policy to cover its…

EU vs US Data Protection

Johnston Chen http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/technology/eu-privacy-proposal-lays-bare-differences-with-us.html?_r=0   In January, the United States government and Silicon Valley lobbied against European efforts to increase consumer information privacy law in the European Union.  At that time,…