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US agencies have unlimited access to Internet data
According to documents obtained by The Washington Post and the Guardian, NSA and FBI are extracting e-mails, photographs, documents, video and audio chats directly from the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, within a programme called PRISM which has not been made public until now. As one of the documents mentions, the companies […]
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The Spanish Police might use spying Trojans on individuals’ computers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien: Staatlicher Trojaner könnte künftig Privat-Computer ausspionieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.12_Spanien_Staatlicher_Trojaner_koennte_kuenftig_Privat-Computer_ausspionieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130619] A draft Criminal Procedure Code issued by the Spanish Ministry of Justice, authorises the police to install trojans on computers from surveyed individuals. According to Article 350 of the proposed draft, prosecutors may ask the judge for “the installation […]
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Media Freedom and Pluralism in Europe
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Medienfreiheit und Pluralismus in Europa | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.12_Medienfreiheit_und_Pluralismus_in_Europa?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130619] At the beginning of the year, the European Commission’s High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism published a report and presented several recommendations to protect and promote a free and pluralistic media in Europe. In order to collect feedback on […]
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The EU PNR is delayed by MEPs, but the Russian PNR arrives
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [MEPs verzögern EU-PNR, aber EU-Russland PNR wird kommen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.12_MEPs_verzoegern_EU-PNR_aber_EU-Russland_PNR_wird_kommen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130619] On 10 June 2013, the MEPs were supposed to vote on the recommendation of EP LIBE Committee (Civil liberties committee) to reject an EU passenger data retention system (Passenger Name Records or PNR), proposed by the EU Commission. […]
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The German Parliament urges the government to limit software patents
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutscher Bundestag drängt auf Begrenzung von Software-Patenten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.12_Deutscher_Bundestag_draengt_auf_Begrenzung_von_Software-Patenten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130619] On 7 June 2013, the German Parliament unanimously decided upon a joint motion to limit software patents urging the government to take measures in this sense. In the German MPs’ opinion, supported by several SME associations, software should be […]
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Still no access to ACTA documents
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Noch immer kein Zugang zu ACTA-Dokumenten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.12_Noch_immer_kein_Zugang_zu_ACTA-Dokumenten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130619] Today, 19 June 2013, the European Commission answered within the time limit it had set for itself to answer to DFRI’s requests for ACTA documents. On 29 May 2013 the Commission extended the time limit with 15 working days arguing […]
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Data protection in TTIP/TAFTA – how to make a bad situation worse
Data protection in TTIP/TAFTA – how to make a bad situation worse The Financial Times and Washington Post reported on 13 June that the European Commission – before the full scope of PRISM became known – watered down its proposed Data Protection Regulation to weaken rules for transferring data to law enforcement authorities outside the […]
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The Data Protection Archive
This archive gathers all documents and material produced by EDRi on the Data Protection Regulation and Directive. Index: Full position paper Comments on draft reports and amendments Campaign material Websites Articles 2011 Articles 2012 Articles 2013 Full position paper Position on the Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of […]
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Viviane Reding dismantles UK's arguments against effective data protection
On 6 June 2013, European Commission Vice-President Vivane Reding responded to a letter sent to her two days earlier by Chris Grayling MP, UK Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. Her letter surgically dismantles the lobby-driven analysis of the data protection debate from the UK. Chris Grayling forwarded a public letter of the […]
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PRISM explains the wider lobbying issues surrounding EU data protection reform
The European Commission’s Communication on Cloud Computing (pdf) forecasts a spend of 45 billion Euro on such services in the EU in 2020. The stakes are therefore huge for the countries and regions that can show themselves to be trustworthy for the processing of both personal and business data. With no comprehensive federal privacy legislation […]
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Council of Europe to step up for Net Neutrality
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europarat tritt für Netzneutralität ein | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.11_Europarat_tritt_fuer_Netzneutralitaet_ein?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130605] As a follow-up to the Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on network neutrality, and in the implementation of the Internet Governance Strategy 2012-2015, the Council of Europe has organised on 29-30 May 2013 a multi-stakeholder dialogue on Network Neutrality and […]
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EDRi analysis on private copying levy
The debate on the private copying levy that is imposed in some EU Member States has been carried out for years and yet no solution has been found yet. The issue is also part of the wider discussion on copyright, its adaptation to the digital age and its legitimacy in the eyes of the citizen. […]
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