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Danuta Hübner: "Connecting regions for growth and jobs"

The EU Press Room has also published the Speech "Connecting regions for growth and jobs" delivered yesterday in Brussels by Danuta Hübner, Member of the European Commission responsible for Regional Policy, at the OPEN DAYS 2006 - ICT Seminar: Is your region connected to the information society?.

Viviane Reding: "Strengthening the European Information Society: From Talk to Action"

The EU Press Room has published the Speech "Strengthening the European Information Society: From Talk to Action" delivered today in Helsink by Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for the Information Society and Media, at the I2010 Conference 'Towards a ubiquitous European Information Society'.

"EU and the right to privacy: EDPS on mid-term state of play"

As also stated by the EU Press Room, "Earlier today, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) held a press conference. Touching upon his achievements both in terms of data protection advice to the EU-institutions and supervision of their data processing, he also commented on the current debate climate - in which data protection and privacy advocates are wrongly criticised of hindering security policies.
Peter Hustinx, EDPS, said: 'It is a misconception that protection of privacy and personal data holds back the fight against terrorism and organised crime. Current legislation however does allow for instance law enforcement to check suspicious phone numbers found in a computer. Good data protection actually goes hand in hand with legitimate crime fighting because it increases the quality of data bases and at the same time makes sure that only the right people can access them'."

This Press Release is available in full text too.

"Dot eu: Commissioner Reding pays first visit to managers of Europe's new internet domain"

As stated by the EU Press Room, "Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding visited today (18 September 2006) EURid, the independent consortium managing the '.eu' domain name. Commissioner Reding was accompanied by several Members of the European Parliament. The purpose of the visit was to understand the way the new domain name registration system – that so far has attracted more than two million users – functions. EURid is located in Diegem, Brussels."

This Press Release is available in full text.

"Green Paper on detection and associated technologies in the work of law enforcement, customs and other security authorities"

According to the EU Press Room, "The European Commission has today adopted a Green Paper on detection and associated technologies in the work of law enforcement, customs and other security authorities."

This Press Release is available in full text.

The LEFIS BEJA Meetings: 19-21 October 2006

The next LEFIS General Meetings: the Meeting on accreditation and the General Assembly will have place in Beja (Portugal) between the 19th and the 21th of October 2006.

You can obtain here he draft of the Programme, including informations about travel and accomodation.

E-Taxation: State & Perspectives Workshop and II Congresso Internacional de Direito Eletrônico

There are planned two next interesting events: II Congresso Internacional de Direito Eletrônico (Brazil) and the E-Taxation: State & Perspectives Workshop (Austria) . The two are related with the LEFIS topics.