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Information technology (IT) in The Netherlands

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  Private data should only be kept for ‘serious crime’, says European Court

  European Court of Justice lays down the limits of data retention following legal challenge by two UK MPs, and David Davis withdraws his name from legal action after assuming a post in Theresa May’s cabinet

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Irish data challenge could cost businesses billions, claims Facebook

  Facebook and Irish business groups say a legal challenge to Standard Contractual Clauses, used to permit data transfers between Europe and the UK, could cut 1% from Europe's GDP if it succeeds

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  EU-US Privacy Shield wins EU backing to proceed

  The US data-transfer agreement wins the backing of the European Union, paving the way for it to come into force

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Iceland tops list of low-risk datacentre locations

  Europe nabs six out of the top 10 spots in Cushman & Wakefield's list of low-risk locations to build or buy up datacentre capacity

• June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16

  Brexit: Cloud community mulls over implications for data protection regulation reform

  TechUK fears Brexit could see the UK lose its power to influence cloud regulations, while others say it could free the market from having to toe the EU line so closely

• June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16

  Benelux CIO interview: Michiel Valk, Randstad Group Netherlands

  The CIO of Dutch human resources services provider Randstad Group Netherlands tells Computer Weekly about its use of big data, mobile applications and agility

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Brexit: Datacentre investments set to slow as economic stability concerns hit CIOs

  As the economic uncertainty around Brexit continues, CIOs may put new datacentre investments on hiatus, warns analyst

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  IT services sector faces freeze amid Brexit wrangling

  The IT services sector across the globe will be hit by the uncertainty around the UK's future relationship with the EU, but a spending freeze will eventually thaw

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  US government may ask for travellers’ social media details

  The US government is seeking permission to request details of travellers’ social media presence

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Vodafone may pull jobs out of UK after Brexit

  Vodafone says it may pull its headquarters out of the UK after the country voted for Brexit

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Most European firms ill equipped for insider security breaches

  Nearly a third of European firms do not use basic methods of breach detection, and fewer than one in five have any form of security analytics in place, a survey has revealed

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Facebook data case raises US national security issues

  Dublin court case on the legality of Facebook’s data transfers to the US raises issues that affect US national security, claims US Department of Justice

• June 27, 2016 27 Jun'16

  Banking IT community faces uncertain Brexit future

  The financial services IT community faces a period of uncertainty as finance firms reassess plans following the EU referendum result

• June 24, 2016 24 Jun'16

  Netherlands rushes to mobile payments

  Following the wave of e-commerce that has swept the Netherlands, there is a surge to use mobile payment systems

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  US takes on the critics of Prism in Irish court

  The US says social media companies have to do mass surveillance in Europe, while the European Union says they can’t. The Irish court is to decide competing claims