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German government intends to use FinFisher Spyware
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland will FinFisher Spyware einsetzen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.2_Deutschland_will_FinFisher_Spyware_einsetzen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130207] A classified document of the German Ministry of Interior, revealed by netzpolitik.org, shows that the German Federal Police office has purchased the commercial Spyware toolkit FinFisher of Eleman/Gamma Group, for telecommunication surveillance. Commercial software meant to survey telecommunications has been used […]
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Slovenia has a net neutrality law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Slowenien schreibt Netzneutralität per Gesetz vor | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.2_Slowenien_schreibt_Netzneutralitaet_per_Gesetz_vor?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130207] On 20 December 2012, the Slovenian Parliament approved a legislative framework (the Economic Communications Bill) that includes net neutrality, confirming the open and neutral character of the Internet and forbidding the discrimination of Internet traffic on the basis of the […]
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Greater transparency and accountability of surveillance systems
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Überwachung: Mehr Transparenz und Rechenschaftslegung gefragt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.2_Ueberwachung_Mehr_Transparenz_und_Rechenschaftslegung_gefragt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130207] A report called “Surveillance, Fighting Crime and Violence” was produced by the IRISS (Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies) project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme. The report analyses the factors underpinning the development and use of […]
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Kroes ignoring the problems on net neutrality?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzneutralität: Ignoriert Kommissarin Kroes alle Gefahren? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.2_Netzneutralitaet_Ignoriert_Kommissarin_Kroes_die_Gefahren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130207] Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Internet-related policies, recently published an article in the French newspaper Liberation stating that while she was in favour of an open Internet and maximum choice that must be protected, and she believed that “consumers […]
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RIP CleanIT
This is hopefully going to be our last report on the EU-funded Clean IT project. Since our last article, which was the trigger for quite some negative feedback in the international press, much has changed in the drafting documents of the project. On Wednesday 30 January, the participants meet for a final conference in Brussels […]
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2013: EU consultations of importance to digital rights
The European Commission frequently organises consultations, which are open not only to industry but also civil society and individual citizens. These are valuable opportunities to shape policy in a positive way from the outset rather than needing to take to the streets when the wrong policy is developed based on bad analysis. The following is […]
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US lobbying against the data protection reform intensifies
The United States authorities have produced another lobbying document to influence the European Union’s decision making on European citizens’ fundamental right to privacy and data protection. Strangely, the document itself is not on headed paper and contains no authorship information. All of the lobbying documents produced so far have been in support of the positions […]
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State German DPA threatens to fine Facebook for opposing anonymity
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ULD geht gegen Facebook vor | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_ULD_geht_gegen_Facebook_vor?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] Germany’s ULD (Data Protection Authority – DPA in the German state Schleswig-Holstein) issued in December 2012 orders threatening Facebook Inc. USA and Facebook Ltd. Ireland with a 20 000 Euro fine for their refusal to accept anonymous user accounts. Thilo Weichert, […]
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Is the Commission’s report on Swift agreement biased?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [SWIFT: Ist der Bericht der Kommission inkorrekt? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_SWIFT_Ist_der_Bericht_der_Kommission_inkorrekt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] The very controversial TFTF (Terrorist financing tracking programme or Swift Agreement) through which the European and US law enforcement authorities are exchanging financial personal information of suspected terrorists, is covered by two review boards (one American and another one […]
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ENDitorial: Questions on the draft Directive on Cybersecurity Strategy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Fragen zum Entwurf für eine Strategie und eine Richtlinie zur Cybersicherheit | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_ENDitorial_Fragen_zum_Entwurf_fuer_eine_Strategie_und_eine_Richtlinie_zur_Cybersicherheit?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] A draft of the already announced EU Directive on Cybersecurity Strategy that is circulation in Brussels seems to be totally misguided, in EDRi’s opinion. The Commission seeks to put ENISA at the heart of […]
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Privacy Camp: civil society warm-up for the CPDP
22 January 2013 in Brussels The Privacy Camp is an event in Brussels on privacy and data protection challenges and possibilities in Europe, launched by European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Law, Science, Technology and Society research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB-LSTS) and the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis (FUSL). This event is a free-to-attend pre-conference […]
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EU PNR directive gets funding before being adopted
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU PNR-Richtlinie zur Fluggastüberwachung: Erst finanzieren, dann verabschieden | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_EU_PNR-Richtlinie_zur_Fluggastueberwachung_Erst_finanzieren_dann_verabschieden?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] The European Parliament (EP) Civil Liberties Committee is to vote, by the end of January 2013, on the controversial EU-Passenger Name Record (PNR) directive proposal introduced in February 2011 that has already been examined by the three EP […]
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