Andrus Ansip reaffirmed the region’s tough stance on anticompetitive practices, data protection and tax avoidance in an interview at the Mobile World Congress.
Author Archives: By MARK SCOTT
Bits Blog: Dutch Regulator Investigates Facebook’s Privacy Policy
Facebook is in the crosshairs of the Dutch privacy regulator, which is investigating the social network’s revamped privacy policy to see if it complies with the country’s tough data protection rules.
Europe’s Internet Use Surges
The number of Europeans who regularly use the Internet has doubled, to 65 percent of the 28-bloc’s 500 million inhabitants, since 2006, though there remains large differences in Internet usage within the 28-member bloc.
Bits Special Section: Preparing for Chip-and-PIN Cards in the United States
Americans retailers and banks are preparing for the wide release of a security technology in which a chip embedded into credit and debit cards can substantially reduce many forms of fraud.
Russian Hackers Used Bug in Microsoft Windows for Spying, Report Says
The targets were often linked to the standoff in Ukraine, said iSight Partners, the computer security firm that released the report.
Bits Blog: French Bank to Allow Sending Money With Tweets
Groupe BPCE, one of the country’s largest banks, will introduce a service that will link individuals’ Twitter accounts to the bank’s existing money transfer service.