Topic: Germany
Facebook has until November 7 to bring its facial recognition software into conformity with privacy laws in Germany and the European Union or face legal action, a government lawyer told AFP Friday."We have had extended negotiations with Facebook and have clearly stressed ...
Germany's consumer protection minister has warned her fellow cabinet members against using Facebook to promote their work citing data security concerns, in an internal letter obtained by Der Spiegel.In an article to be published Monday, Der Spiegel said the minister, Ilse Aigner, ...
Companies in countries like the U.S. and Germany, which in most cases require firms to tell the affected individuals when their personal data has been spilled, experience far higher losses than companies in countries that allow breach victims to hide their data ...
Germany seeks data protection code from industry for services like Google "Street View"Germany's government urged the Internet industry on Monday to produce a voluntary data protection code to cover services like Google Inc.'s "Street View" mapping service.Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere met ...
Google is facing even more opposition in Germany than it expected to its Street View navigation service, with hundreds of thousands opting out, Der Spiegel news weekly reports in its Monday issue.Ahead of an October 15 deadline, "several hundred thousand people" have ...
Some 7,500 people demonstrated Saturday in Berlin to express their concerns about personal data privacy as the German government and private companies amass giant databases, organisers said.Called out by numerous civic organisations and political parties under the banner of "Liberty Instead of ...
Companies in countries like the U.S. and Germany, which in most cases require firms to tell the affected individuals when their personal data has been spilled, experience far higher losses than companies in countries that allow breach victims to hide their data ...
Google's getting grief over Street View again, but from a different part of the world this time.. Tuesday, South Korean Police raided Google's offices looking for evidence that its wi-fi "snooping" violated the law. Now, German privacy officials aren't too happy that ...
South Korean police investigators raided Google's Seoul offices on Tuesday on suspicion the Internet search company was illegally gathering personal information for its street mapping service.. Police official Ahn Chang-soo says a cybercrime unit is investigating Google Korea for possibly violating South ...
Google said Tuesday it would allow Germans to opt out of its disputed Street View navigation service ahead of its launch in the country this year but privacy watchdogs were still not happy.The move is part of an effort to placate German ...
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