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23-06-2009, 05:19 PM
The Fat Data Controllers
Social networking sites are legally responsible for their users' privacy, Europe's privacy watchdogs have confirmed. A committee of data protection regulators has said that the sites are 'data controllers', with all the legal obligations that brings.โ€ฆ
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregi...ng_eu_data_law/ (http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/23/social_networking_eu_data_law/)
Social networking sites are legally responsible for their users' privacy, Europe's privacy watchdogs have confirmed. A committee of data protection regulators has said that the sites are 'data controllers', with all the legal obligations that brings.โ€ฆ
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregi...ng_eu_data_law/ (http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/23/social_networking_eu_data_law/)