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LUXEMBOURG — This quiet little duchy-that-could was a fitting place to meet perhaps the least brash of Russian oligarchs, Vladimir P. Evtushenkov. Like other European pockets of wealth — Monaco springs to mind — Luxembourg exudes smugness in its smallnes Full Article at The New York Times

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine described threats by European powers to boycott the Euro football championship it will host in June as a return to Cold War tactics on Monday, after several leaders called off their visits over the treatment of a leading oppositi Full Article at The New York Times

LONDON — The decision to invite Ukraine to co-host Europe’s most important soccer tournament this year was a controversial one — and that was before four bomb explosions rocked the country’s third largest city on Friday. As my colleague Michael Schwirtz Full Article at The New York Times

The FCC has cleared Google of any wrongdoing over the WiFi snooping case , but nonetheless hit it with a $25,000 fine for "noncompliance with [FCC] information and document requests." Google, for its part, has repeatedly said it has done nothing illegal, Full Article at Ars Technica

BERLIN — Facebook , seeking to address criticism of the social network’s privacy practices, said Thursday that it would provide users with an expanded, downloadable archive of the many types of data on individuals that the company stores and tracks. In a Full Article at The New York Times

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today's High Level Conference on Privacy and Protection of Personal Data, held simultaneously in Washington, DC and Brussels with the participation of Vice-President Viviane Reding and Secretary John Full Article at PR Newswire

BUDAPEST — The European Commission said Wednesday that Hungary had one month to get in line with the European Union’s norms on freedoms and democratic rights or else face legal action and a delay in the start of talks on a badly needed package of financi Full Article at The New York Times

Spain's National Court has asked Europe's highest court to clarify jurisdiction issues in cases involving individual privacy complaints against Google and search engines in general.According to Spain's National Court (Audiencia Nacional de España, AN), i Full Article at PC World

BRUSSELS — Frustrated that her previous efforts to get more women into the top echelons of European business have not yielded stronger results, Viviane Reding, the senior justice official in the European Union , was to announce a new effort Monday that c Full Article at The New York Times

Google's privacy policy update topped headlines Thursday as it went live despite opposition from privacy groups and regulators. But is this something that should have you worried, or is it much ado about nothing? Depends on who you ask. The new policy vi Full Article at PC Magazine

For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at PCMag. Google's consolidated privacy policy violates European law, European Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said Thursday, citing findings by data protection agencies in EU countries. France Full Article at PC Magazine

Published: March. 1, 2012 at 6:16 PM BRUSSELS, March 1 (UPI) -- Changes to Google's privacy policies now in effect are in breach of European Union laws, the EU's justice commissioner says. The policy change, implemented Thursday, means private data colle Full Article at United Press International

Remember how proud Google was when it unified all of its services under a single privacy policy? Well, Big G's excitement was tempered when the EU asked it to hold off on the policy's implementation while it investigated the changes. And its enthusiasm i Full Article at Engadget

The European Commission headquarters in Brussels European regulators today claimed that Google's new privacy policy violates European law, but Google has started rolling it out to users anyway. Google announced the new policy in January, stating that it Full Article at Ars Technica

PARIS — The French data protection authority said Tuesday that Google ’s new privacy policy appeared to violate European Union law, raising the stakes in a showdown with the company only days before it planned to put the new system into effect. Google an Full Article at The New York Times

How Los Alfaques sees itself Los Alfaques , a bucolic campground near the Spanish town of Tarragona, isn't happy with Google. That's because searches for "camping Alfaques" bring up horrific images of charred human flesh—not good for business when you're Full Article at Ars Technica