- European data protection authorities "coordinating their enforcement actions" against Google European data protection authorities are "coordinating their enforcement actions" against Google after the company has apparently failed to take specific action on alleged "deficiencies" in its new privacy policy that came into effect one year ago.
- Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner confirms deletion of Facebook facial recognition data in the EU Both the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) and the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Germany have independently confirmed today that all Facebook facial recognition data of European Union citizens has been deleted by the social network.
- Apple opens-up iTunes Store and iBookstore to other European countries ahead of iPhone 5 announcement Apple has expanded the availability of the iTunes Store to 12 more countries in the European Union (EU). This now means that iTunes users in all 27 member states can make purchases on the digital media store.
- Ireland has the second slowest broadband in the EU Ireland is listed at 41 in world internet speed rankings, behind other countries like Bulgaria, Poland and the United Kingdom, according to aggregated data from SpeedTests.net. Perhaps most dishearteningly, Ireland has the second lowest internet speeds among EU member states, only scoring marginally better than Luxembourg in last place.