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It's OK to Show Outdoor Pigs in Adverts, Says Advertising Watchdog
2013-10-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The war being waged against Red Tractor by animal rights campaigners reached risible heights this summer, with complaints that the pig industry should not show images of outdoor pigs in adverts, writes NPA's Digby Scott.
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Wood fires and diesel cars pose pollution threat: EU watchdog
2013-10-15 09:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air pollution is dangerously high across many parts of Europe, resulting in premature deaths, ill health and huge economic losses linked to reduced crop yields, Europe's environmental watchdog said on Tuesday. While emissions of some pollutants have declined sharply in Europe in recent decades, more diesel cars and a rise in wood burning by households as a cheap alternative to gas mean other types of harmful pollution are receding more slowly. European regulators are expected to propose a tightening...
France privacy watchdog files sanctions against Google
2013-09-27 21:55:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) France's data-protection watchdog notified Google it has filed a formal sanction proceeding that could lead to fines, alleging the US internet company's handling of French user data violates European privacy law. France's privacy watchdog, the Commission Nationale de I'Informatique et des Libertes, or CNIL, said it is filing the sanctions because Google missed a three-month deadline to comply with an order to change its treatment of user data. CNIL did not specify the amount of the fine it might seek, but a person briefed on the matter told the Wall Street Journal that the agency is considering whether it would be legally possible to treat every user in France as an infraction, allowing it to multiply the fines beyond the current maximum of EUR 150,000 for first offenses. A Google spokesman said that the company's "privacy policy respects European law" and that it has "engaged fully in the CNIL throughout this process."
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Australia's New Conservative Prime Minister Abolishes Climate Change Watchdog
2013-09-19 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Australia's new conservative government on Thursday abolished an independent climate change commission set up by the previous Labor administration, as part of its plans to streamline bureaucracy. The Climate Commission was set up to provide apolitical and reliable information to the public about the science of climate change, emissions targets and international action being taken. But Prime Minister Tony Abbott's conservative coalition, which plans to repeal Labor's tax on corporate pollution...
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Orange urges watchdog to suspend Telefonica-Yoigo deal
2013-09-17 09:51:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Orange Spain has denounced the network-sharing agreement recently signed by Telefonica with TeliaSonera's Spanish subsidiary Yoigo. Orange is urging Spain's National Competition Commission (CNC) to temporarily suspend this agreement, on grounds that it violates the basic principles of competition, Europa Press reports, citing unnamed Orange sources.
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