DataCell News

“OFFSET YOUR CARBON EMISSION”

27.09.2011

The 2011 ICELAND NATIONAL MOTOCROSS TEAM and DATACELL

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DataCell files a complaint with the European Commission

14.07.2011

Earlier this week DataCell ltd in Iceland has filed a complaint against the international card companies, Visa Europe and MasterCard Eurpe, for infringement of the antitrust rules of the EU.

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Visa closes down again

08.07.2011

After having opened up a gateway for DataCell for processing payments to WikiLeaks, the payments processing company Valitor (VISA Iceland) has decided to close down the gateway and terminate the contract with DataCell.

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Credit card donation to WikiLeaks is now accepted again

07.07.2011

Today we have observed that an alternative payment processor that we have contracted with, has in fact opened the gateway for payments with Visa and Mastercard, and now also for American Express Card payments. Credit card donation to WikiLeaks is now accepted again.

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Legal action by DataCell and WikiLeaks against Visa and MasterCard

02.07.2011

WikiLeaks and Datacell (a service provider assisting WikiLeaks) are to sue Visa & MasterCard for engaging in an unlawful, U.S. influenced, financial blockade.

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DataCell launches services in San Francisco at Apple WWDC !

04.06.2011

DataCell is promoting its new data center at the Moscone Center in San Francisco this Monday. The event is Apple's World Wide Developers Conference. 

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Icelandic Government to support data center industry in Iceland

03.06.2011

Iceland's government is working closely with data center companies to make Iceland a key location for data hosting, similarly to Switzerland's role within the global banking sector. 

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DataCell opens new datacenter in Iceland

01.05.2011

DataCell opens new datacenter in Reykjavik, Iceland. 

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DataCell vs Visa case

24.03.2011

Early December 2010, Visa Europe has ordered the suspension of DataCell account due to the donations to WikiLeaks that came through the gateway. The same payment gateway is also used by DataCell to serve its customers for daily operations. Despite having being under heavy inspection, our acquiring partner has published a statement, where they announced that after 3 weeks of due diligence on DataCell and WikiLeaks case, they did not find anything wrong with the processes within the legal framework in place. Therefore they would like to reopen DataCell account but Visa prevents that.

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Visa and MasterCard transactions rejected

08.12.2010

Since yesterday around 22:30 CET, Visa and MasterCard transactions have been rejected in our system. We have received a suspension notice from our payment processor stating that Visa Europe has instructed them to stop all future credit card transaction to DataCell while they investigate the case in order to protect the Visa brand name; and to make sure neither payment processor nor Visa Europe is doing illegitimate transactions to fund the WikiLeaks website. Quoting the same reason, our payment processor has also suspended DataCell MasterCard account.

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Credit card giants stop WikiLeaks donations

07.12.2010

We have been processing credit card donations for Wikileaks for 2 months now when the credit cards giants MasterCard and Visa are suspending our accounts due to the processing of donations to WikiLeaks.


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