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Event Name: Big Brother Awards Germany Date: April 1, 2011 Location: Bielefeld, Germany To access this event’s homepage, click here.

Event Name: Big Brother Awards Germany Date: April 1, 2011 Location: Bielefeld, Germany To access this event’s homepage, click here.

[…] data to third countries and to the “cloud” that have caused increased data breach scandals and have required changes in the Directive. Some EU member states, like Germany, already have enacted a national general data breach law (Section 42 a FDPA- September 2009), but most others will have to implement their national laws once […]

[…] usual, some of the most thoughtful and practical advice about EU data compliance around behavioral ads comes from the staff of the data commissioner of  Schleswig-Holstein in Germany who run the EuroPrise privacy seal. “Opt-in” achieved via icons plus access to see and edit profiles, plus additional reminders. Read about it here: Cookie Opt-In […]

[…] logging the locations of access points they detect. Press coverage of Google’s logging of this data while driving and mapping streets kicked off privacy concerns recently in Germany). Your computer or cellphone can use this technique to supplement or in place of GPS capability. Firefox 4 will now display an icon in the browser […]

Last week, the Privacy Commissioners of Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom sent a letter to Google revisiting the privacy issues raised by Google’s introduction earlier this year of Google Buzz. Readers will recall that when Buzz was rolled out, Google automatically assigned Gmail users […]

[…] impair the  development of children, and adolescents is only le gal (in “telemedia”) if the provider can assure that the content may  only be accessed by adults.       The law makes a distinction between content that is  absolutely illegal, content endangering minors and content that is  harmful to minors. Content endangering minors inclu des content for adults only such as pornography and gambling, and  providers are obliged to use what is referred to as  a strict age verification solution, which intends to ensure that content is  not available to minors. What is referred to as, “B asic Age Verification”, is applied to harmful conte nt, like violent games  and similar elements in games and chat rooms, as we ll as communities with a minimum of supervision.      Strict Age Verification implies a one-time physical  identification, where the identity is checked against a valid identity  card, either at the post office (e.g. PostIdent), a t the point of sale in mobile phone shops, or at lo ttery offices. Other  accepted forms of  identification that rely on iden tity checks done in the past, and for purposes othe r than accessing  harmful content, are bank cards with an age criteri a (65 million in  Germany). The identity check is   done in connection with the opening of a bank accou nt, or the entering into of a credit card contract (e.g. Schufa-Q-Bit).   A digital identity card with a build in age criteri a for age verification purposes will be launched in  2010.      9 Identity Authentication: eID Cards    A.  An eID is an identification card that contains information about the user stored in a chip  embedded in the card itself. Existing technology al lows information stored electronically on an  eID to be used in performing authentication and age  verification online. Though in some  contexts “eID” is used to refer only to those cards  issued by governments themselves (e.g.  Belgium, Germany), the term can refer to any ID con taining electronically stored information.  eID’s have the potential to translate the credibili ty of widely accepted forms of government- issued ID into a new form which is compatible with  the modern requirements of today’s digital  marketplace.    a.  Advantages […]

[…] impair the  development of children, and adolescents is only le gal (in “telemedia”) if the provider can assure that the content may  only be accessed by adults.       The law makes a distinction between content that is  absolutely illegal, content endangering minors and content that is  harmful to minors. Content endangering minors inclu des content for adults only such as pornography and gambling, and  providers are obliged to use what is referred to as  a strict age verification solution, which intends to ensure that content is  not available to minors. What is referred to as, “B asic Age Verification”, is applied to harmful conte nt, like violent games  and similar elements in games and chat rooms, as we ll as communities with a minimum of supervision.      Strict Age Verification implies a one-time physical  identification, where the identity is checked against a valid identity  card, either at the post office (e.g. PostIdent), a t the point of sale in mobile phone shops, or at lo ttery offices. Other  accepted forms of  identification that rely on iden tity checks done in the past, and for purposes othe r than accessing  harmful content, are bank cards with an age criteri a (65 million in  Germany). The identity check is   done in connection with the opening of a bank accou nt, or the entering into of a credit card contract (e.g. Schufa-Q-Bit).   A digital identity card with a build in age criteri a for age verification purposes will be launched in  2010.      9 Identity Authentication: eID Cards    A.  An eID is an identification card that contains information about the user stored in a chip  embedded in the card itself. Existing technology al lows information stored electronically on an  eID to be used in performing authentication and age  verification online. Though in some  contexts “eID” is used to refer only to those cards  issued by governments themselves (e.g.  Belgium, Germany), the term can refer to any ID con taining electronically stored information.  eID’s have the potential to translate the credibili ty of widely accepted forms of government- issued ID into a new form which is compatible with  the modern requirements of today’s digital  marketplace.    a.  Advantages […]

[…] of 2010. Toronto Hydro has instituted a program in which residential customers can sell “distributed generation” back onto the grid. 22 The Smart Grid is Here.  Germany Yello Strom was the first European utility to grant consumers access to Google PowerMeter. Yello is now teaming with Cisco to install in-home energy management devices. […]

[…] end of 2010. Toronto Hydro has instituted a program in which residential customers can sell “distributed generation” back onto the grid. The Smart Grid is Here.
Germany Yello Strom was the first European utility to grant consumers access to Google PowerMeter. Yello is now teaming with Cisco to install in-home energy management devices. […]