European Commission Could Sue UK Over Phorm Privacy Controversy

The European Commission, lead by the Commissioner Viviane Reding, has criticised the UK for giving too much liberty to internet service firms to gather personal data on users and could take actions to remediate this. In a statement published today, EU Telecommmunications Commissioner Reding said that she called on the UK authorities "to change their national laws and ensure that national authorities are duly empowered and have proper sanctions at their disposal to...