Google, Yahoo, Microsoft reprimanded by EU

The usual suspects got a letter from the EU Regulator.
Data traffic with United States remains one-way.

European privacy regulators (called Article 29 Working Party) have issued a press release accusing Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! of being in breach of the European Privacy Directive. The letters call on them to take a better approach to anonymisation and to stick to promised deadlines for retaining personal data.

Downloads:
Press release on the site of awake Singewalds Consultants Group;
Letter to Google;
Letter to Yahoo!;
Letter to Microsoft;
Letter to the Federal Trade Commission, USA;
Letter to EU Commissioner for Law, Fundamental Rights and Civil Affairs.