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EU Resists US Lobbying As Privacy War Looms

Posted by samzenpus on from the fighting-the-good-fight dept.

judgecorp writes "The European Commission is resisting pressure from US firms and public bodies designed to derail its privacy proposals, which include the 'right to be forgotten' that would allow users to demand their data be removed from Internet sites. Facebook and others oppose the right to be forgotten as it would interfere with their ability to market stuff at friends and connections of their users."

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  1. Re:And... by bitingduck · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hehe -- and if all else fails, your wife might get these mistress pictures sent to her :)

    It's Europe - she doesn't care: Mitterand Funeral

  2. Re:And... by clemdoc · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ernst Strasser, Austrian (former) MEP is just on trial for offering to sell his influence for EUR 100.000,-
    Problem is, the so-called lobbyists where british journalists.
    There are fine videos on youtube (he actually speaks english, ahem, sort of) as well, try to spill not your coffee though.