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Meat, poultry mandatory recall authority legislation introduced
2015-05-23 00:44:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. Legislation has been introduced that would give the USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service mandatory recall authority for meat and poultry products, regardless of whether pathogens present have been named as adulterants. read more
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Belgian privacy regulator asserts authority over Facebook
2015-05-18 09:32:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Belgian Privacy Commission has confirmed that Facebook is in violation of local laws on personal data protection and announced plans to investigate the social network further. The Belgian regulator and its Dutch and German counterparts have been investigating Facebook since 2015; the French and Spanish regulators also recently joined the group. While Facebook claims it is only subject to oversight by the data commissioner in Ireland, where its European office is based, the Belgian regulator has now asserted its authority over the US-based company, saying Belgian law applies because Facebook has a small office in the country. The Belgian Privacy Commission issued recommendations following its preliminary investigation and based on an earlier released academic study it commissioned into Facebook's privacy policy. The recommendations are based on just one of the ten issues highlighted in the report, the use by Facebook of website plug-ins to track browsing behaviour of both Facebook members and non-members of the social network. As it does not ask prior permission to use cookies to track visitors to the site, it is in violation of Belgian and EU privacy law. Facebook has to date rejected the authority of the Belgian regulator and the findings of its study. The regulator called for Facebook to change its policies to bring it in line with EU law, recommended that other websites that use Facebook plug-ins adopt an opt-in system for cookie tracking and called for internet users to use browser add-ons that block tracking and allow for 'incognito' browsing. The Belgian regulator said it aims to investigate thoroughly each of the privacy issues raised in the study into Facebook's policies.
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Dinner, data part of Obama's courting of Democrats on trade authority, TPP
2015-05-11 07:46:41| Footwear - Topix.net
Protesters, many against granting U.S. President Barack Obama fast-track trade authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, rally outside the hotel where Obama was participating in a Democratic National Committee event in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday. By the time Air Force One touched down in Oregon on Thursday before a pro-trade pep rally at Nike Inc., Rep. Suzanne Bonamici already had gotten the full Barack Obama treatment.
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Tennessee Valley Authority reports increase in income
2015-05-01 20:02:30| Energy - Topix.net
TVA reported on Friday that it had a net income of $577 million, which is $349 million more than it reported in the same time period a year ago. The utility said operating expenses through the end of the second quarter were down by $392 million compared to the same time period last year.
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N.Y. transit authority bans all political advertising
2015-04-30 22:56:17| Railroads - Topix.net
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to ban all political advertising on its subways and buses, allowing it to refuse to display an ad about Muslims killing Jews. The resolution passed Wednesday night at the MTA board meeting in a 9-2 vote and the ban became effective immediately, the New York Post reported.
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