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EC decided: no need for more databases for law enforcement
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission: Keine weiteren EU-weiten Datenbanken für Strafverfolger | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Europaeische_Kommission_Keine_weiteren_EU-weiten_Datenbanken_fuer_Strafverfolger?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] On 7 December 2012, the European Commission issued a communication regarding information exchanges within EU, concluding that no new law enforcement databases were needed presently. This communication comes as a result of the Stockholm Programme invitation for the […]
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The European Parliament supports net neutrality
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament setzt sich Netzneutralität ein | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Europaeisches_Parlament_setzt_sich_fuer_Netzneutralitaet_ein?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] On 11 December 2012, The European Parliament (EP) issued, in a large majority, two non-legislative resolutions asking that net neutrality should be enshrined in the European Union law. In one of the resolutions, “Completing the Digital Single Market”, the EP […]
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Companies abuse a loophole in data protection law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Firmen nutzen Lücke im Datenschutzgesetz | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Firmen_nutzen_Luecke_im_Datenschutzgesetz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] Personal data of internet users are often processed on a legal basis too weak to provide a real protection of the users’ right to privacy. On 11 December 2012, EDRi member Bits of Freedom published a report about the flaws of […]
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UK government said no to default filtering for online pornography
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung sagt Nein zur automatischen Filterung pornografischer Inhalte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Britische_Regierung_sagt_Nein_zur_automatischen_Filterung_pornografischer_Inhalte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] The UK government announced on 14 December 2012 that it rejected a proposal to force Internet providers to block online pornography. The government’s response to the strong campaigns led by Claire Perry MP and the Daily Mail […]
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Digitale Gesellschaft promotes net neutrality with Vodafail actions
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Vodafail: Digitale Gesellschaft setzt sich für Netzneutralität ein | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Vodafail_Digitale_Gesellschaft_setzt_sich_fuer_Netzneutralitaet_ein?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] There are only a few telecom operators in Germany which offer mobile Internet. The two largest, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone, harm net neutrality in numerous of their tariffs – deeply hidden in their contract terms. The federal government […]
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EDRi's websites on the data protection reform package
EDRi has launched two platforms for an easy navigation through the different articles and topics of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Police and Criminal Justice Data Protection Directive proposed by the European Commission on 25 January 2012. On these two platforms, you can browse through the Recitals, Articles and our Position Papers using […]
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The European Parliament demands a net neutrality law
Today, a large majority of European parliamentarians demanded in two non-legislative resolutions that net neutrality should be enshrined in European Union law. In the context of a non-legislative resolution on Completing the Digital Single Market, the European Parliament “calls on the Commission to propose legislation to ensure net neutrality” and urges Commissioner Kroes to end […]
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"Voluntary enforcement" vs legal restrictions – what rules apply?
Sometimes, watching the Commission make up its mind on a controversial topic is like watching a sports match. One of these topics is the question of whether it is legal for governments to encourage internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict fundamental rights “voluntarily” or whether they would need a legal basis. The European Home Affairs […]
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Q&A on WCIT : Ask the European Commission
Over the next two weeks, EDRi will participate in two video conferences, on the 7 December and 12 December, organised by the European Commission in order to get live feedback from the ITU’s World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The video conferences are an opportunity to get answers on the discussions taking place […]
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Lobbying DP Regulation: European Banking Federation as an example
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutzverordnung: Lobbyismus am Beispiel der Europäischen Bankenvereinigung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Datenschutzverordnung_Lobbyismus_am_Beispiel_der_Europaeischen_Bankenvereinigung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] With the discussions on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation moving forward, lobbyists in Brussels are working overtime. One example is the European Banking Federation (EBF), which submitted a letter outlining its position and proposed changes to the text […]
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Danish opposition wants to abandon the illegal medicine site blocking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänemark: Opposition will Netzsperren gegen illegalen Medikamentenhandel aufgeben | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Daenemark_Opposition_will_Netzsperren_gegen_illegalen_Medikamentenhandel_aufgeben?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] A majority outside the Danish government parties proposes to abandon blocking access to websites selling illegal medicine. The law (a new revision of the laws regulating selling of medicine etc.) allowing blocking of these sites was passed in […]
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Do we really want to put the ITU in charge of cybersecurity?
Today, the German news site Golem published an article revealing that the ITU left the access to its newslog as good as unprotected. Is this really the institution that should be regulating the internet and be in charge of cybersecurity for the entire world? The following text is a translation of an article on the […]
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