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        <p style="margin-top:0.23in;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in;font-size:20pt"><font style face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><font style color="#000000">This

is ORG's Policy Update for the week beginning 15/09/2015</font></span></font></span></p><p style="margin-top:0.23in;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:140%" align="justify">See the wiki version here : <span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span><a id="LPlnk501372" href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ORG_policy_update/2015-w21">https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ORG_policy_update/2015-w21</a><span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><br><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in;font-size:20pt"><font style face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"></span></font></span></p>

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</h2><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:29px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:35px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.17em;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(170,170,170);outline:0px none;font-size:20px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">Government Bills</span></h2>

<h3 style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:34px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">GHCQ staff can now lawfully break into electronic systems</span></h3>

<p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">It

was </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/15/intelligence-officers-have-immunity-from-hacking-laws-tribunal-told?CMP=share_btn_link">only

discovered </a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">last

week that modifications to the </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)">Computer

Misuse Act 1990<font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">,

enacted by royal assent on the 3rd of March 2015, protected law

enforcements officials from prosecution for breaking into electronic

systems such as laptops, servers or smartphone, as long as the device

belongs to a “suspected criminal”. For this purpose, </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Government

Communications Headquarters</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">'

(GHCQ) staff do not require a warrant or a court order. This

amendment came into effect while the NGO </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Privacy

International</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> and

seven Internet Service Providers are challenging the legality of GHCQ

hacking in front of the </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Investigatory

Powers Tribunal</a><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">.

The hearing is due this autumn. In a </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://www.privacyinternational.org/?q=node/584">blog

post</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">,

Privacy International asserted that this change was made in an

“undemocratic manner”, without a proper debate in <span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Parliament</a><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">.

However, </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Home

Office</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/uk-government-rewrites-surveillance-law-to-get-away-with-hacking-and-allow-cyber-attacks-campaigners-claim-10253485.html">refuted</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> that

this change expanded the ability of intelligence agencies.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p><br>

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</h2><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:29px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:35px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.17em;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(170,170,170);outline:0px none;font-size:20px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">National Development</span></h2>

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</h3><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:34px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">"Brexit" referendum could be held in 2016<br></span></h3>

<p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">It

was one of </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>David

Cameron</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> campaign's

promises to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom exiting

the </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>European

Union</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> before

2017, and it now seems that it could be as soon as 2016, </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/11/david-cameron-european-union-referendum">in

order to avoid clashing</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> with

major German and French elections in 2017. In the meantime, the Prime

Minister </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/11617592/David-Cameron-will-hold-EU-referendum-before-2017-Europe-minister-David-Lidington-suggests.html">has

already started</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> discussing

with European leaders and will meet Angela Merkel, Germany's

Chancelor, next month . The </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Conservative</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> government

renegotiation of the UK membership </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/11/david-cameron-european-union-referendum">should

focus on</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> greater

power to national parliaments, independence from the eurozone

influence and a tightening conditions of access to benefits for EU

migrants.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>

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<span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000">Several

points are yet to be made clear, such as who would vote in this

referendum, and how would a government operate if the ministers have

different opinions on it. David Cameron is expected to address the

referendum in his Queen's Speech, on Tuesday, May 27th.</font></span></font></font></span></p>

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 Developments</span></h2>

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</h3><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:34px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">Pirate Bay loses original URL, gain six new ones</span></h3>

<p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">The

Stockholm District Court </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://torrentfreak.com/key-pirate-bay-domains-must-be-seized-court-rules-150519/">ruled</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> on

Tuesday, May 22nd, that two key domains owned by </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>The

Pirate Bay</a><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">,

including the original ThePirateBay.se, will be “confiscated”. A

statement posted on that day on the website read “No torrent files

are saved at the server. That means no copyrighted and/or illegal

material are stored by us. It is therefore not possible to hold the

people behind The Pirate Bay responsible for the material that is

being spread using the site.” The site also displayed a </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://cdn.mediaworks.co.nz/3news/AM/2013/2/27/288327/hydra11.jpg?width=700">new

logo</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">,

where an six-headed hydra came out of a pirate ship, with six

different top level domain names written on it. As a matter of fact,

the site is now hosted elsewhere, such as .mn for Mongolia.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>

<p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">This

shutting down comes only a week after the </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>European

Commission</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">'s

Joint Research Center issued a paper on “</span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2604197">Online

Copyright Enforcement, Consumer Behavior, and Market Structure</a><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">”,

which analysed the legal shutdown of a German video streaming website

and concluded that, although it had a significant impact on piracy

levels, this effect was very short-lived. The report also mentioned

the adverse effect that it prompted the apparition of several

websites taking the place of the original one, thus making the

overall piracy market more resistant.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>

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</h3><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:34px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">Facebook's Internet.org under heavy criticism</span></h3>

<p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/accessnoworg/open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg-regarding-internetorg-net-neutrality-privacy-and-/935857379791271">An

open letter</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> to </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Facebook</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> ,signed

by more than sixty civil society organisations, expresses concerns

about the launch and expansion of Facebook platform Internet.org

. </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://www.internet.org/about">This

project</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> intends

to “ give the unconnected majority of the world the power to

connect”. It does so thanks to partnership with telecom companies

in various countries through zero-rating, a commercial practice in

which the telecom companies do not count the data spent on certain

websites as part of a user's data cap. In the open letter, the

organisations argue that this process is contrary to the principle

of </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Net

neutrality</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">,

as it creates “walled garden in which the world's poorest people

will only be able to access a limited set of [...] websites and

services”. They criticise the lack of security brought by the

latest update which prohibits technology such as Secure Socket Layer

of HTTP Secure. It also takes issue with the nomenclature, the name

of the project describing as “internet” what only amounts to a

tiny fraction of it.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><br><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"></span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>

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</h2><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:29px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:35px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0.17em;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(170,170,170);outline:0px none;font-size:20px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">European

 Union</span></h2>

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</h3><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:34px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">Commission presents the Digital Single Market to Parliament against rumour that it wants to weaken</span></h3><h3 class="" style="margin-top:0.23in;margin-bottom:0.1in;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"></span></font></font></span><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">“</span></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">We

need change. And that change is digital.” </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-4999_en.htm">stated</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> Andrus

Ansip, Vice-President of the </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>European

Commission</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> in

charge of the Digital Single Market (DSM), in a speech delivered to

the </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>European

Parliament</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> on

Tuesday, May 19th. During the plenary session, Kaja Kallas, an

Estonian Member of European Parliament, </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/ansip-denies-rumours-encryption-backdoors-eus-digital-plan-314696">voiced</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> the

concern that the DSM could contain a provision to create backdoors

into encrypted means of communication. Commissioner Ansip responded

that the rumours were unfounded, and stated that the European

Commission “never had and doesn't have plans to create backdoors on

identification systems”. In the United Kingdom, in January, British

Prime Minister </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>David

Cameron</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/13/david-cameron-encrypted-messaging-apps-ban">voiced

his wish</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> to

introduce backdoors in applications such as WhatsApp or Snapchat

allowing government to access encrypted communications.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></h3>

<p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">Coincidentally,

on the same day, several major Internet companies, experts and civil

society organisations addressed </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://static.newamerica.org/attachments/3138--113/Encryption_Letter_to_Obama_final_051915.pdf">an

open letter</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> to

President Obama, asking him to “adopt policies that promote rather

than undermine the widespread adoption of strong encryption

technologies”, following concerns that appeared after the Federal

Bureau of Investigation </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.techworld.com/news/apps/ec-digital-commissioner-say-no-encryption-back-doors-3612415/">asked</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> Congress

to make encryption back doors in mobile devices mandatory.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>

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</h3><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:34px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">Belgian Data Protection asserts that Facebook is breaking EU law</span></h3>

<p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">According

to a </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.privacycommission.be/fr/plug-ins-sociaux-de-facebook-des-recommendations-pour-les-internautes-et-proprietaires-de-sites">report</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> commissioned

by the Belgian Data protection authority, Facebook tracks without

their consent any internet users that have visited any</span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Facebook</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> pages,

even if he is logged off or not a member of Facebook. It does so

thanks to </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>cookies</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> and

plugins such as “Like” or “Share” present on numerous

websites, and can then </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/31/facebook-tracks-all-visitors-breaching-eu-law-report">obtain

a precise portrait</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> of

a person's online behaviour in order to target advertising The

Belgian privacy watchdog has issued an opinion in which it asks

Facebook to stop this practice that it deems contrary to European and

Belgian law, for Facebook doesn't have the consent of the people it

tracks. It </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/15/facebook-must-stop-tracking-users-non-users-legal-action">recommends

that Facebook uses</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> session

cookies which expires when the user disconnect and that are not

created for internet users not logged into Facebook.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>

<p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">“</span></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">It’s

make or break time”, asserted the president of the Belgian agency,

who</span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/facebook-scoffs-at-european-privacy-rules-claims-regulator-1.2213724">threatens

to sue</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> Facebook

if the recommendations are not followed . However,</span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/15/facebook-must-stop-tracking-users-non-users-legal-action">Facebook

replied that</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">,

even if it will look into the recommendations, it only needs to

comply with its “European regulator, the Irish Data Protection

Commissioner", given that his European office is in Ireland.

The </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>Article

29 Data Protection Working Party</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">,

a reunion of European Data protection authorities, has mentioned,

without further details, the possibility of an European data

protection authority for some times now.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>

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</h3><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:34px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,LatoRegular,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit">EU members to impose bigger fines for companies breaching "right to be forgotten"</span></h3>

<p style="margin-top:0.23in;line-height:140%" align="justify"><span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">Latvia,

head of the </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>European

Union</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">'s

rotating presidency, </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/20/us-eu-dataprotection-fines-idUSKBN0O529X20150520">has

drafted</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> a

proposal with provisions for stiffer fines for companies breaching

the rules specified by the </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>European

Court of Justice</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> last

May in its famous </span></span></span></span></font></font></font><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a>“right

to be forgotten”</a><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> <span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document_print.jsf?doclang=EN&text&pageIndex=0&part=1&mode=DOC&docid=152065&occ=first&dir&cid=437838">ruling</a><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> .

European citizens now have the right to ask search engines to

de-index results from research including their names if those results

are outdated or irrelevant informations. The fine could amount up to

2 percent of a firm's annual worldwide turnover. European Union

members' ministers are expected to endorse the text in mid-June. This

could help the data protection authorities, and possibly change the

attitude of Google, who only complies with the ruling in its European

websites, such as <a href="http://google.co.uk">google.co.uk</a>, but not in others, such as

<a href="http://google.com">google.com</a>.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>

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 Media coverage</span></h2>

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Press Coverage</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal"> for

full details.</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>

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<span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">2015-05-22

– Ars Technica - </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/how-were-fighting-back-against-the-uk-surveillance-state-and-winning/">How

we’re fighting back against the UK surveillance state—and winning</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span></dt><dd align="justify" style="margin-top:0.23in;margin-bottom:0.1in;font-variant:normal;line-height:140%">

<span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Author:

Glyn Moody</span></span></font></font></font></span></span></dd><dd align="justify" style="margin-top:0.23in;margin-bottom:0.1in;font-variant:normal;line-height:140%">

<span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Summary:

Mentions ORG challenging GHCQ participation in PRISM programme</span></span></font></font></font></span></span></dd><dt align="justify" style="margin-top:0.23in;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:140%">

<span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:normal">2015-05-18

– Tech City News - </span></span></span></span></font></font></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#20007f"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://techcitynews.com/2015/05/18/chair-of-tech-city-uk-to-lead-on-hacking-and-cybersecurity/">Chair

of Tech City UK to Lead on Hacking and Cybersecurity</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span></dt><dd align="justify" style="margin-top:0.23in;margin-bottom:0.1in;font-variant:normal;line-height:140%">

<span style="display:inline-block;border:medium none;padding:0in"><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><font face="Palatino, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:15pt" size="4"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Author:

Kirsty Styles</span></span></font></font></font></span></span></dd><dd align="justify" style="margin-top:0.23in;margin-bottom:0.1in;font-variant:normal;line-height:140%">

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Jim Killock quoted on the Snoopers' Charter</span></span></font></font></font></span></span></dd>

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