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First receipt lottery set to take placeThe first receipt lottery (concerning electronic transactions) will take place on Thursday or Friday at the latest, with 1,000 taxpayers set to win 1,000 euros each.From Thursday morning, taxpayers should be able to obtain their personal lottery numbers via the website of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (www.aade.gr), while the winners will be notified via email.
Google faces mass legal action in UK over data snoopingGoogle is being taken to court, accused of collecting the personal data of millions of users, in the first mass legal action of its kind in the UK.It focuses on allegations that Google unlawfully harvested information from 5.4 million UK users by bypassing privacy settings on their iPhones.The case centres on how Google used cookies - small pieces of computer text that are used to collect information from devices in order to deliver targeted ads.The complaint is that for several months in 2011 and 2012 Google placed ad-tracking cookies on the devices of Safari users which is set by default to block such cookies.The Safari workaround, as it became known, affected a variety of devices but the UK case will focus on iPhone users.The case will be heard in the High Court, likely in spring 2018.
New whisky distillery near Dingwall 'a world first'What is described as the world's first community-owned craft whisky distillery has opened.GlenWyvis Distillery has been constructed on a hillside near Dingwall in the Highlands following a crowdfunding campaign.
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Net migration falls by more than 100,000 after Brexit vote
Earl of Balfour: My daughter can change gender to inherit my titleIt promises to be a very modern solution to a centuries old problem.The Fifth Earl of Balfour, a descendant of the Conservative prime minister, believes he has found a way for the eldest of his four daughters to inherit his title.As the law of primogeniture stands, the Balfour title is set to pass to his lordship’s younger brother when he passes away. His four children - all of them female - don’t get a look in.Except that Lord Balfour has spotted a loophole. All he needs is for one of them - preferably the eldest - to declare herself a man and the earldom will be hers.
Fresh anger over £45bn Brexit divorce bill amid claims it will fund WiFi in Greek hotels... the cash could go towards a string of highly controversial projects including plans to install free Wi-Fi in parks, squares, public buildings and Greek hotels costing £110million.
Inspectors target illegal olive oil production and traffickingIt has been noted that a large number of olive producers submit their produce to private presses instead of local cooperatives, without the necessary documents, then selling their oil illegally so as to conceal revenues and evade the taxes due.
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Camera left on Yorkshire beach films itself setting off for German islandWaterproof device is found on Süderoog in Wadden Sea with memory card containing footage of its own voyage across North Sea