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    The European Union's antispam directive, passed in July, has been ignored by most EU member states because it will not stop the spam problem, according to research published Tuesday

  • Fool spammers with multiple e-mail addresses

    COMMENTARY--The EU's anti-spam laws recently came into effect, but they are unlikely to make any difference at all because most spam comes from outside the EU. Instead, take the spam problem into your own hands and beat them at their own game.

  • EU needs more than cookie control from Google

    Google's move to cut the lifespan of its cookie's to a rolling two years may not be enough to appease a European Union privacy group whose major concern is server log data use.

  • Privacy lessons from Europe

    Pushed by supporters as a model for the US, Europe's tough Internet privacy regulations have come under fire--from surprising sources.

  • E-signatures pave the way across Europe

    Next month all EU countries will be legally obliged to recognise digital signatures as binding, as has been the case in the UK since last July. The EU move is designed to encourage the growth of global e-commerce and the use of e-security technologies

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  • EU plans to avert tech eco-disaster

    The information technology boom and bust of the 1990s is leaving a lot more than worthless shares and frustrated investors in its wake; it is producing a mountain of electronic waste as technological advancements make computers and other devices containing toxic products obsolete at an increasing pace.

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