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Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	Facebook Must Stop Sending Personal Data From Europe To The U.S., Says Activist Austrian privacy advocate Max Schrems has now flagged Facebook and asked that European data protection bodies halt the company's transfer of personal data.
Chemistry World December 2, 2015 Emma Stoye	BPA detection tests developed for EU monitoring Scientists at the European commission's Joint Research Centre have developed highly sensitive analytical tests to measure the levels of bisphenol A and 12 closely related chemicals in samples of food and drink.
CRM December 2015 Leonard Klie	European Union Rejects U.S. Data Privacy Laws Sharing customer data across the pond will get harder
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	Turkey's YouTube Ban Violated Freedom Of Expression, European Court Rules The European Court of Human Rights ruled on the case, arguing that Turkey had violated freedom of expression -- which was protected under the European Convention on Human Rights -- when it banned YouTube.
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	Belgians Flood Twitter With Cat Photos In Face Of Imminent Terror Threat Police asked Brussels residents not to tweet about their movements, to ensure that valuable information wasn't leaked to the suspected terrorists.
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	Europe Is Cracking Down On Bitcoin To Impede Terrorist Financing The European Commission announced earlier this week that it was investigating whether or not bitcoin and other digital currencies were involved in terrorist financing.
Chemistry World November 18, 2015 Emma Davies	Advancing animal testing alternatives The European Chemicals Agency has begun to ask companies to demonstrate that they have carefully considered using alternatives to animal tests.
Chemistry World November 13, 2015 Matthew Gunther	European food safety body finds glyphosate 'unlikely' to cause cancer The peer reviewed report has also proposed legal dosage limits for glyphosate if accidentally consumed.
Chemistry World November 10, 2015 Anthony King	Europe picks its panel of seven scientific advisers The scientific advice mechanism is charged with offering independent scientific advice to the commission and replaces the post of chief scientific adviser.
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