On 19 March 2013, representatives of Google were invited at their request to meet with the taskforce led by the CNIL and composed of data protection authorities of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK.
The website is called "Verteidige dein netz" or Defend your network, and Google has launched it to warn people in Germany about proposed changes to German law, specifically the Copyright Act of the Federal Republic of Germany
Rather than removing them, Google restricted viewing in Germany. Even when content doesn’t violate their own guidelines, Google may bend to the law of any given country. In Thailand, the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology asked...
The two firms have been embroiled in several high-profile disputes, particularly in Germany, which led to Apple facing a possible ban on its iPhone and iPad products in the run up to Christmas, and Motorola facing a similar ban after losing a key...
Following his geological discoveries, Steno left science, became a devout Catholic, and ministered in Germany, Denmark and Norway. His theory became known as Steno’s law of superposition. A new Google Doodle today honors the 374th birthday of the...
They say we're not obliged to police the web and we don't want to police the web, so we have brought proceedings against them in France and Germany where the jurisprudence is favourable. Mosley, with all due respect, is not looking for anything a...
The European Commission is still determining Google’s degree of dominance, Google is providing an WiFi location opt-out service; Google has announced that it will delete 3.6 million Dutch WiFi SSIDs, and Google Analytics has been un-banned in...
In Germany, many Facebook offerings are breaking the law, Weichart said in a statememt: Institutions must be aware that they cannot shift their responsibility for data privacy upon the enterprise Facebook which does not have an establishment in...
Now that phone number is clickable link that lets you dial the number (Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the U.S.only).
Though in Twitter's case, it was saved because it's the only communication device -- much like you wouldn't take down your underground radio station in World War II Germany. But before you get any ideas, this is against the law and you could be...
To be a player on competitive search terms in Germany I have to buy links just like everyone else. Local law only determines the ways in which online platforms may collect data from its visitors. Because Google falls under U.S.law, the government...
Google Street View has debuted in Oberstaufen, Germany -- blurs and all. Because German privacy law forbids dissemination of photos of people or their property without their consent, Google gave German citizens the ability to opt out of the service...
Google yesterday announced that 244,237 out of 8,458,084 households (2.89 percent) want images of their homes to be blurred when Street View map imagery launches in Germany's 20 biggest cities in a few weeks.
Zeit Online reported that German federal and state government officials are convinced that Google Analytics is against the law in Germany and that it should be forbidden. However, the biggest challenge Google faced in Germany was the battle of the...
Yahoo Announces onePlace at CeBITYahoo took advantage of the CeBIT conference in Hamburg, Germany to announce the forthcoming launch of onePlace, a content management solution developed as part of the company's growing mobile services.
Google May Stop GMail in Germany Over Privacy IssuesThe German government's proposal to monitor and record email usage in their country has Google threatening to stop Gmail service to the country. Byrd, Technology & Marketing Law
Germany's Reunification Logo, Google Blogoscoped Register covers how a new law in the US might land some people using meta tags in trouble, if they are trying to mislead children. Specifically, the law says whoever knowingly embeds words or...
Turns out, there was a fourth one -- based out of Germany. Google and Yahoo Come to the Aid of Craigslist As many people already know, Craigslist is being sued under federal housing discrimination law for allowing the posting of allegedly...
Turns out, there was a fourth one -- based out of Germany. As many people already know, Craigslist is being sued under federal housing discrimination law for allowing the posting of allegedly discriminatory ads seeking certain types or classes...
Turns out, there was a fourth one -- based out of Germany. It's our belief that the display of short snippets from in-copyright books does not infringe German copyright law. And the Court also rejected the WBG's argument that the scanning of its...
