Wikipedia and Amazon opt out of UK controversy

Amazon and Wikimedia will sidestep the storm brewing around Phorm and the British ISP’s. Last week, after the announcement by the European Commission that charges would be brought against the United Kingdom for failing to conform to the EU Data Protection Directive, both Amazon UK and Wikimedia announced they will not participate in the behavioral advertising vendor’s [...]

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EU begins legal action against UK over privacy

The Europeans value privacy; it is a fundamental human right in their eyes. The European Commission began legal action against the United Kingdom Tuesday for failure to “ensure, among other things, the confidentiality of communications by prohibiting interception and surveillance without the user’s [...]

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