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EC goes after governments for not implementing data retention
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommission geht gegen Mitgliedsländer wegen Nicht-Umsetzung der Richtlinie zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung vor | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.11_Kommission_geht_gegen_Mitgliedslaender_wegen_Nicht-Umsetzung_der_Richtlinie_zur_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_vor?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130605] On 30 May 2013, the European Court of Justice ordered Sweden to pay the European Commission 3 million euro for the delay in transposing the 2006 EU data retention directive into its national law. Sweden […]
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ENDitorial: Correction / Clarification regarding iCOMP
In the previous EDRi-gram, we published an “ENDitorial” entitled “European Privacy Association – good, bad or simply misunderstood”. In that article, we made reference to the ICOMP organisation and its transparency. Subsequent to the publication of that article, Burson-Marsteller asked for some clarifications to be made. The clarifications (copied verbatim from an e-mail to us) […]
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Turkish demonstrations using social media despite censorship
In other times, events as those taking place in Turkey now would have probably been much unknown to the rest of the world. But, over the past several years, social media has developed spectacularly and with it, its role in promoting, organizing and responding to protest and revolution. The protests taking place in Turkey, organized […]
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Neelie Kroes’ up-and-down evolution in the Net Neutrality issue
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzneutralität: Neelie Kroes im Wechselbad der Gefühle | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.11_Netzneutralitaet_Neelie_Kroes_im%3AWechselbad_der_Gefuehle?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130605] On 30 May 2013, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes gave a speech in front of the European Parliament calling for the need to guarantee network neutrality in Europe. During the speech she announced she would […]
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Call for Action: Vote on the retention of air passenger data (PNR)
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aufruf zum Mitmachen: Abstimmung über die Vorratsdatenspeicherung von Reisedaten (PNR) | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.11_Abstimmung_ueber_die_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_von_Reisedaten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130607] On 10 June 2013, the European Parliament will decide on a EU-wide system for the retention of flight passenger data. You can contact your Members of the European Parliament and tell them to defend your right […]
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Private Copying Levy: EDRi's analysis
The issue of the private copying levy that is imposed in some EU Member States has been discussed at EU level for years. So far, it has been impossible to find a solution. The debate is also part of the wider discussion on copyright and its adaptation to the digital age. The private copying levy […]
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If we assume the earth is flat – how much does data protection cost?
First we had the US administration influencing the European Commission’s drafting of privacy legislation, then we had the lobbying onslaught and the “lobbyplag” scandal. Now, we have absurd and misleading “studies” that make wild assumptions in order to come to outlandish conclusions regarding the “cost” of data protection. In the most recent example, the European […]
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SIF Unconference: Enforcement through "self-"Regulation – who ever thought this was a good idea?
Last week, European Digital Rights attended the second annual Stockholm Internet Forum which focused on two main themes: Internet Freedom and Security and Internet Freedom and Development. A novelty this year were the Unconference sessions. The Unconference organised by EDRi set itself the task of establishing an initial set of basic criteria for assessing the […]
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EU privacy reform: What you can do now
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU Datenschutzreform: Was wir jetzt tun können | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.10_EU_Datenschutzreform_Was_wir_jetzt_tun_koennen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130526] The data protection reform has entered the “hot” phase. More than 4000 amendments have been tabled in the European Parliament and MEPs are now trying to find compromises in order to vote on the Albrecht report before the summer […]
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TTIP – a brief victory of hope over experience
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [TTIP – ein flüchtiger Sieg der Hoffnung über die Erfahrung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.10_TTIP_ein_fluechtiger_Sieg_der_Hoffnung_ueber_die_Erfahrung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130526] The European Commission this week started providing some insight into its plans for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – in an event in the European Parliament organised by Dutch Liberal MEP, Marietje Schaake and […]
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Protests against the Net Neutrality violation in Germany
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Proteste gegen die Verletzung der Netzneutralität in Deutschland | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.10_Proteste_gegen_die_Verletzung_der_Netzneutralitaet_in_Deutschland?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130530] Internet activists in Germany demanded a free and open Internet on 16 May 2013, protesting in front of the annual general assembly of major German ISP Deutsche Telekom (DT). They criticized the company’s plans to slow down internet […]
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Complaints against Irish DPA's lack of action against Facebook
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Beschwerden über die Untätigkeit der irischen Datenschutzbehörde in Sachen Facebook | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.10_Beschwerden_ueber_die_Untaetigkeit_der_irischen_Datenschutzbehoerde_in_Sachen_Facebook?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130530] Ireland’s data protection authority, ODPC, seems to be deaf to citizens’ complaints against Facebook. According to the non-profit association “Europe versus Facebook”, during the last two years, there have been about 1 000 complaints against Facebook […]
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