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Submission + - Microsoft fined 732$ mio for non-compliance with EU Browser settlement (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Seeteufel on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @09:11AM

Seeteufel writes: Microsoft's failure to comply with an antitrust settlement about browser choice for its Windows RT product has severe consequences. The European Commissioner for Competition Almunia set a fine of $732 million for the unprecidented break of agreement. Microsoft admitted its mistakes and offered further concessions.

Submission + - Do Not Track ineffective and dangerous, says researcher (nadim.cc)

Submitted by Seeteufel on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @05:48PM

Seeteufel writes: Nadim Kobeissi, security researcher, describes the Do Not Track standard of the W3C as dangerous.
In fact, Google’s search engine, as well as Microsoft’s (Bing), both ignore the Do Not Track header even though both companies helped implement this feature into their web browsers. Yahoo Search also ignored Do Not Track requests. Some websites will politely inform you, however, of the fact that your Do Not Track request has been ignored, and explain that this has been done in order to preserve their advertising revenue. But not all websites, by a long shot, do this.

The revalations come as Congress and European legislators consider to tighten privacy standards amidth massive advertiser lobbying. "Do not track" received strong support from the European Commission.

Submission + - ACTA gets death certificate in Europe (ffii.org)

Submitted by Seeteufel on Thursday December 20, 2012 @08:35AM

Seeteufel writes: The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is now officially pronounced dead in the E.U. The European Parliament broadly rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement a while ago, but there was still a court case pending at the European Court of Justice about the legality of ACTA. The Commission was open about its intent to reintroduce ACTA raticication to the Parliament after a positive Court decision. Now we learn the Commission has withdrawn its questions to the Court.

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