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EU Says Online Travel Sites Misleading

A third of European consumers are being misled or ripped off by Web sites selling airline tickets, according to EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva."It is unacceptable that one in three consumers going to book a plane ticket online is being ripped off or misled and confused," Kuneva told a news conference.

Google Tells EU Of Devotion To Privacy

The dominant search advertising company worked on convincing members of a European Parliament Committee that its DoubleClick purchase won't infringe on people's privacy.

EU Lengthening Probe Into Google, DoubleClick

European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes isn't quite ready to rubber-stamp Google's acquisition of DoubleClick.

Google Wrestles With EU Privacy Discussion

Privacy considerations for Internet users suffer from a lack of a global standard, leaving it to companies to try and figure out what they should be doing.

Microsoft, EU Close A "Dark Chapter"

Several years of contentious litigation over Microsoft's business practices in Europe have finally yielded a compromise between the two sides.

EU Extends Google, DoubleClick Review

November 13th will be the new date for the European Union Competition Commission to give its decision on Google's acquisition of DoubleClick, based on the Commission's perception of competition issues.

Google Appeals For EU's DoubleClick Permission

The proposed DoubleClick purchase has put Google back on its heels as people assail the blockbuster deal on several fronts.

Google To Watchdog: Mind Your Own Business

Peter Fleischer, Google's top global privacy counsel, said data retention issues are of no concern to a European privacy watchdog group.

EU Investigation Goes Beyond Google

When the European Union confronted Google over its data retention policies, some people - including Google’s own global privacy counsel - wondered why Yahoo, Microsoft, and a number of other companies were left alone.  Now it appears that the EU is going to take a look at them, after all.

Microsoft Faces EU Fines... Again

The European Commission has daily fines of $4 million in store for Microsoft, who in turn have complained that the Commission thinks "patented innovation must be made available for free