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Recommended Action: support your privacy rights
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mitmachen: Setz Dich für Deine Rechte ein! | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Mitmachen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] EDRi together with other civil rights and data protection organisations launched on 5 February 2013 the European campaign portal Privacycampaign.eu in support of better protection for European citizens’ rights to privacy and data protection. “This is our one opportunity […]
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Copyright: challenges of the digital era
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urheberrecht im digitalen Zeitalter | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Urheberrecht_im_digitalen_Zeitalter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] EDRi has freshly launched a booklet that overviews the challenges that copyright is facing in the digital environment. For the past twelve years, the European Union has discussed how to support, develop and protect creation in the digital environment. Two months ago, […]
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Most Internet users would use DNT settings if easily available
According to a survey by IT service analysts Ovum, 68% of the Internet users would use “do-not-track” (DNT) settings to restrict the use of their personal data, if such a tool was “easily available”. Websites and third-parties, such as advertisers, may record Internet users’ behaviour in order to serve targeted, personalised ads. Such user-specific data […]
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US privacy groups believe US officials lobby to weaken EU privacy
A coalition of 18 US privacy groups sent a letter on 30 January 2013 to US politicians such as the Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of State John Kerry and the Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank, asking for assurances that US policy makers in Europe “advance the aim of privacy” and do not hinder […]
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Dutch government maintains private copying-exception for downloading
The Dutch government announced that it wouldn’t prohibit the unauthorised downloading of copyrighted material. It did so on 4 February 2013 in a letter to the Parliament, putting an end to a heated debate that lasted for years. As a result, the Netherlands remains one of the few countries in Europe where downloading without permission […]
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Denmark: Government postpones the data retention law evaluation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänemark: Regierung verschiebt Evaluierung des VDS-Gesetzes | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Daenemark_Regierung_verschiebt_Evaluierung_des_VDS-Gesetzes?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] In the coming months, the Danish Parliament will conduct an evaluation and revision of the Danish data retention law which implements directive 2006/24/EC. The review process has been postponed twice on earlier occasions (2010 and 2012), and the Danish government […]
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Ancillary copyright law under discussion in Germany
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland: Debatte um Leistungsschutzrecht | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Deutschland_Debatte_um_Leistungsschutzrecht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] The Judiciary Committee of the German Bundestag held on 30 January 2013 an expert hearing on the proposed “Leistungsschutzrecht” (LRS, known also as “ancillary copyright”) law for news publishers which will require search engines and others to ask permission from news publishers […]
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Lobby groups take CTRL+V of data protection proposal
From Wired to the New York Times, every news platform has been reporting about the massive lobbying efforts against the data protection reform over the past few months. Vice-President of the EU Commission Viviane Reding has stated in the Telegraph that the proposed rules were subject to the most aggressive lobbying she has ever witnessed. […]
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Fight back on data protection: Launch of European privacy campaign
Thirty six civil rights and data protection organsations have just launched the European campaign portal www.privacycampaign.eu in support of better protection for European citizens’ rights to privacy and data protection. “This is our one opportunity to develop a strong legal framework, building trust and removing unnecessary red tape for business. We need a framework that […]
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Consumer protection MEPs recommend bureaucracy and destruction of privacy rights
Following the recent vote, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) of the European Parliament has just published a final version of its “Opinion” (pdf) on the European Commission’s proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation. The text was adopted with a small majority, underlining how controversial the dossier is. While the Committee proposes […]
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CEO Coalition – the blind leading the bland
After a year of working group meetings, the “CEO Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids” produces its final documents on 4 February. The outcome of the project is a set of voluntary guidelines divided into five broad headings, ranging from “reporting tools” to “notice and takedown,” It is intended that this […]
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EU governments keep increasing requests to Google for private data
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google Transparenzbericht: Zahl der Datenabfragen erneut gestiegen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.2_Google_Transparenzbericht_Zahl_der_Datenabfragen_erneut_gestiegen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130207] According to Google’s latest Transparency Report released on 24 January 2013, EU governments’ requests for users’ IP addresses, Internet browsing history, email communications or documents have dramatically increased during the last three years. Only between July and December 2012, […]
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