Action needed to better reinforce data protection rights

Date of article: 07/08/2014

Daily News of: 08/08/2014

Country:  EUROPE

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Article language: en

Web-based activities, including social media, account for most data protection violations, according to FRA research into data protection remedies published earlier this year. While people rarely turn to courts to seek redress, a student has recently launched a collective redress lawsuit against Facebook, accusing the social network of violating data protection law and supporting America's National Security Agency activities.

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Aceptan sugerencia de mejorar el marco reglamentario para la selección de la dirección de los centros educativos

Date of article: 05/08/2014

Daily News of: 06/08/2014

Country:  Spain - Andalucía

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Article language: es

El proceso de selección del director/a de un CEIP de Sevilla es cuestionado por el promotor de la queja por considerar que se habría actuado irregularmente y de manera interesada a favor de una candidatura, vulnerando la regulación específica establecida al efecto.

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UN condemns Spain for negligence in murder of 7 year old girl

Date of article: 04/08/2014

Daily News of: 06/08/2014

Country:  WORLD

Author: digitaljournal.com

Article language: en

The United Nations blamed the Spanish State of failing to protect a 7-year-old girl who was killed by her father. The UN condemned Spain to compensate the mother, to investigate the failures causing the tragedy, and to report on actions taken to comply.

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