Cloud Computing: Google, Facebook at Center of EU Clash Over Cyber-Attack Law
June 6, 2015
Grazed from Bloomberg. Author: Kit Chellel.
Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. are caught in the middle of a clash between European Union lawmakers on whether the U.S. technology giants should be covered by rules forcing companies to report cyber attacks to government agencies in the 28-nation bloc.
While the European Commission wants search engines and social networks included in a revamped law on network and information security, some lawmakers favor a more streamlined approach focusing on critical infrastructure such as banks and power stations…
“We have an opportunity to have a common European framework here,” Antanas Guoga, a Lithuanian member of European Parliament, said at Liberal group event he chaired at the assembly in Brussels on Thursday. “We need to move really fast.” Members of the parliament don’t want search engines and social networks to be included, said Guoga, a former professional poker player…
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