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World Water Day 2013: international year of water cooperation

Today, Friday, 22 March we celebrate the annual World Water Day. This year the day is dedicated to the theme of cooperation around water.

USA introduces ‘six strikes’ anti-piracy system

Yesterday, the United States of America began implementing an anti-piracy system under which users will receive a notice from their internet service providers (ISP) when sharing illegally downloaded content. After six such notices received, action by the ISP is to follow.

Broadband the ‘missing link’ in education

Broadband networks have the potential to radically alter the education landscape, creating new centres of learning in the developing world, extending access to distance learning programmes to outlying communities, and helping poorer countries retain high-performing students, says a new report by ITU and UNESCO.

EU to take action against Google by summer

European privacy watchdogs have announced Monday that they are to take action against Google by summer for its privacy policy, which is not in compliance with European privacy legislation.

Safer Internet Day 2013: online rights and responsibilities

Tuesday, February 5 marks the 10th Safer Internet Day. This year the event is organized under the tagline ‘online rights and responsibilities’.

Data Privacy Day 2013: enabling trust and meeting the challenges of the digital age

Today, 28 January 2013 is the annual Data Protection Day, known as ‘Data Privacy Day’ outside of Europe. On this day events are held around the world to recognize the importance of privacy for our fundamental freedoms.

Obama vows to respond to climate change

In his second inaugural speech, USA president Barack Obama has promised that his administration will respond to the threat of climate change.

European Cybercrime Centre to open today

As from 11 January 2013 the new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) will be up and running to help protect European citizens and businesses from cyber crime.

Code of EU Online Rights published

The Code of EU Online Rights is a document outlining online consumer rights and principles that exist in European legislation, offering simple, transparent and understandable explanations of the legal rights and obligations of EU citizens.

Digital Agenda for Europe gets an update for 2013

The European Commission has adopted 7 new priorities of the Digital Agenda for Europe that are to be the focus of activities in 2013 and 2014.