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EDRI-gram – Number 7.5, 11 March 2009
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Biometric passports law – upheld by the Romanian authorities
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gesetz zu biometrischen Pässen – von den Rumänischen Behörden bestätigt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1332] Macedonian: [Законот за биометриски пасоши поддржан од романските власти | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1401/4/lang,mk/] The Emergency Government Ordinance introducing biometric passports in Romania remains applicable as the Legal Commission of the Senate advised it favourably on 3 March 2009 […]
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UK Tribunal wants the Gateway reviews on ID scheme made public
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britisches Tribunal plant Veröffentlichung der Gateway-Revision des ID-Modells | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1334] On 19 February, the UK tribunal ordered the disclosure of two internal reviews called the Gateway reviews regarding the national identity card scheme of the government. The Gateway reviews are independent and expert reviews carried out at key […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 7.4, 25 February 2009
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EDRi participates in European project on raising privacy awareness
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi nimmt am Europäischen Projekt zur Steigerung des Problembewusstseins zur Privatsphäre teil | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1311] Macedonian: [ЕДРИ учествува во европски проект за подигнување на свеста за приватноста | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1384/4/lang,mk/] EDRi is one of the partners in a new European project initiated by the French Human Rights League (LDH), which […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 7.3, 11 February 2009
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UK Government proposes increased data sharing
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The UK Minsitry of Justice introduced in January 2009, in the House of Commons the Coroners and Justice Bill which, among other things, amends the Data Protection Act 1998 and enables increased personal data sharing among governmental bodies. The Bill empowers ministers to make orders that override […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 7.2, 28 January 2009
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Data Protection Day
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 28 January is the European Data Protection Day. For the third time, in 2009, this date marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108, the first legally binding international instrument related to data protection. This issue of the EDRi-gram is dedicated to the European Data […]
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Macedonia: Privacy Developments in 2008
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Even though the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia and the Law on Personal Data Protection (LPDP), the Criminal Code, Law on Organization and Operation of State Administrative Bodies and other laws recognize and protect the rights of privacy, data protection and secrecy of communications, the implementation […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 7.1, 14 January 2009
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EDRi-gram – Number 6.24, 17 December 2008
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