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Category: Guest Blogger

Electronic devices to be allowed on EU flights

Some would say – finally! The European Commission introduced new rules that will allow wireless communication technology to be used on board aircrafts flying over EU. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will publish guidelines soon which will extend to all phases of flight the possibility to use personal electronic devices, as long as the

Two steps forward to an integrated EU energy market

The potential for an integrated European energy market has been a key priority for the European Union and an important topic for the Lithuanian EU Council Presidency. In order to accomplish a fully connected energy market, efforts have been made to put in place the right regulatory and infrastructure conditions.

State of Broadband Report: “We must invest in an ecosystem”

The ITU and UNESCO Broadband Commission for Digital Development has published a report on the state of broadband access across the globe that features the latest country-by-country data on state of broadband access worldwide.

Direct trade vs fair trade

For the past few years there has been a lot of discussion about how to help producers in developing countries improve trading conditions. The answer seemed to be fair trade, an organised social movement based on paying “fairer” prices to producers from developing countries. But is fair trade really the solution to improving trading conditions,

Improved EU rules for stolen personal data online

EU common rules enable a high standard of protection for your personal information everywhere in Europe, and their scope has just been expanded by new specific rules for consumers when telecoms personal data is lost or stolen.

What can UK broadband providers do to improve?

Read an article by our guest blogger Matt Powell, the editor of Broadband Genie, a consumer focused information site offering advice on home and mobile broadband, in which he discusses how UK broadband providers can improve diminishing customer satisfaction by implementing a few simple fundamental rules.

Websites required to obtain consent for all non-essential cookies

The Article 29 working group, a group of 27 EU national data protection and privacy authorities, has adopted an opinion on cookie consent exemption as described in the e-Privacy Directive. More in an article by Aphaia”s guest blogger Jure Merčun after the jump.

Digital Advertising Alliance announces tools for online advertising control

The American Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) has announced it is working on providing tools to allow US-based internet users to opt out of being tracked in online behavioral advertising (OBA). The DAA expects that within nine months users will be able to control OBA tracking via HTTP headers sent by their web browser. Read more

The European Commission urges web companies to agree on a 'do-not-track' standard

Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes called upon the web industry to agree on a do-not-track (DNT) standard at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) meeting in Brussels, reiterating her demand from June 2011 that the standard is to be implemented within a year.  Read why a DNT standard is important in an article by Aphaia”s