Search engines will obey EU data rules

February 22, 2008

Nick Farrell

The Inquirer

Friday, February 22, 2008

THE EU is warning Internet search engines that they must obey EU data

rules or risk being banned from the Olde Worlde.

European data privacy regulators have said that they are concerned that

Internet search engines based outside Europe were doing crazy things with

a person's IP address and search history.

According to AP, the Old World, the EU has a few rules that someone must

consent to their data being collected and give individuals the right to

object or verify their information apply to search engines.

As far as the EU is concerned that applies to outfits headquartered

outside the EU but have " an establishment " in one of the EU

member states.

Although this could scare the pants off the search engines who are

currently under pressure in the US to hand over as much data as possible

to the music and film industries and the US government, many seem to be

happy with the idea.

Google and Microsoft both really want an excuse to wipe as much personal

data from their servers as possible, as it prevents them getting involved

in long running court battles over the data.

L'INQ

here

February 22, 2008

I just wonder how many people it takes to compile all this google stuff we take for granted! I only ever had one film credit, using my maiden name and my other Christian name - yep its there near the top - this was 1967. We never hear how many millions google employs.

Jane

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Hanneke

Saturday, February 23, 2008 9:33 AM

Search engines will obey EU data rules

Search engines will obey EU data rules Nick Farrell The InquirerFriday, February 22, 2008THE EU is warning Internet search engines that they must obey EU data rules or risk being banned from the Olde Worlde.European data privacy regulators have said that they are concerned that Internet search engines based outside Europe were doing crazy things with a person's IP address and search history.According to AP, the Old World, the EU has a few rules that someone must consent to their data being collected and give individuals the right to object or verify their information apply to search engines.As far as the EU is concerned that applies to outfits headquartered outside the EU but have "an establishment" in one of the EU member states.Although this could scare the pants off the search engines who are currently under pressure in the US to hand over as much data as possible to the music and film industries and the US government, many seem to be happy with the idea. Google and Microsoft both really want an excuse to wipe as much personal data from their servers as possible, as it prevents them getting involved in long running court battles over the data.L'INQhere