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  EU-Microsoft browser deal requires ballot screen in Windows 8

  Microsoft today declined to comment when asked whether it believed it's required to offer a ballot screen in Windows 8 to European users for selecting rival browsers in the new operating system's desktop mode.

• Germany misses EU data retention deadline, could face court action

  Germany could face court action for failing to implement the European Union's Data Retention Directive, officials confirmed on Friday.

• European Commission locks horns with Germany over data retention law

  European Union regulators have warned Germany that it must implement the controversial Data Retention Directive within one month or face legal action and possible fines.

• New net neutrality study leads to calls for EU legislation

  Blocking VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and peer-to-peer Internet traffic is common in the European Union, said E.U. regulator BEREC, leading to calls for an E.U. net neutrality law.

• Opinion: You are the product for The Google

  "If you're not paying for something, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold." -- a user named "blue_beetle" on MetaFilter

• 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time

  In honor of National Data Privacy Day this Saturday, Jan. 28, we've put together a list of the 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time.

• SOPA's big brother signed by EU nations amid widespread protests

  The European Union signed up to the controversial Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on Thursday despite widespread opposition, particularly in Poland, where people took to the streets in protest.

• Apple loses latest round in Android patent fight

  Apple came up short in the latest twist in the seemingly endless Android patent saga, as a Dutch court ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab can be sold in the Netherlands and distributed throughout the European Union.

• EU takes action on Hungary's poor data protection

  The European Commission has launched infringement measures against Hungary over concerns that binding data protection rules are being undermined.

• EU foreign ministers stick up for Wikileaks

  The European Union's foreign ministers issued a statement on Thursday reiterating the rights of whistleblowing websites such as Wikileaks.

• EU watchdog launches antitrust probe of Apple, ebook publishers

  European Union (EU) antitrust regulators today launched a formal investigation into how Apple and several major publishers priced electronic books.

• Simulated cyberattack unites EU and US security experts

  Almost 100 computer experts from 16 European countries jointly battled to hold off serious cyberattacks on the European Union's security agencies and power plants as part of a simulated exercise on Thursday.

• EU countries must devote 800MHz band to wireless broadband by 2013

  Europe's Council of Ministers has said that all European Union countries must make the 800MHz band available for wireless broadband services by Jan. 1, 2013 as part of an ambitious deal agreed on Friday.

• New EU law to remove online sales headache

  The days of European online shoppers getting the message "this product is not available in your country" could be numbered.

• EU wants to push telcos to ditch copper, lay fiber

  Large telecommunications companies must stop using copper-network pricing as a barrier to deploying fiber networks, or Europe will not meet its broadband targets, said the digital agenda commissioner on Monday.