Monthly Archive: January 2012

Jan
25

Proposed EU data rules a ‘tax’ on business say critics

Businesses have expressed concern about proposed EU data protection rules which include a “right to be forgotten”. The European Commission has said it would set out details of the planned changes later today. It has already said that individuals would be able to ask for data about themselves to be deleted unless it was being …

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Jan
13

Google persuades Spanish bank BBVA to use the cloud

Spanish banking giant BBVA is switching its 110,000 staff to use Google’s range of enterprise software. The deal is the biggest that the search giant has signed with one company for its cloud-computing services, where software is offered as a service via the internet. The bank told the BBC it would use Google’s tools only …

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