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August 12, 2003 · Blogs

Excessive e-government demands in Poland

On the first of July, the Polish Access to Public Data Bill (2001) came into force. The bill obliges up to 10 thousands of public sector institutions (including local government, political parties, public schools, etc…) to put public information (such as information about property, structure, authorities, procedures, etc…) on special web sites. Each institution is […]

August 12, 2003 · Blogs

New German idea-competition

BRIDGE, the German foundation for civil right in the digital society (Burgerrechte in der digitalen Gesellschaft) has opened an interesting idea-competition. People and organisations are invited to come with ideas for a public campaign to raise awareness about threats to freedom in the digital society. Topic and timeframe must be clearly defined. The winner, to […]

August 12, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 15, 12 August 2003

July 30, 2003 · Blogs

European Commission rejects Greek gaming law

On 22 July, the European Commission announced legal steps against the government of Greece for it’s unjust anti-gaming law. The Commission questions the compatibility of the law in question (of 29 July 2002) with the provisions of the EC Treaty on the free movement of goods and services and the freedom of establishment. The Greek […]

July 30, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 14, 30 July 2003

July 16, 2003 · Blogs

Four new EDRI-members

On 5 and 6 July, European Digital Rights (EDRI) held its first general assembly in Paris. During the assembly four new members were admitted from 4 different countries. With the acceptance of the Belgian Association Electronique Libre (AEL), ISOC-Bulgaria, the Spanish chapter of CPSR and the Swiss Internet User Group (SIUG) EDRI now has 14 […]

July 16, 2003 · Blogs

Danish agreement on digital civil rights

On 4 July, the Danish Committee on citizens IT-rights published a list of 10 recommendations on digital civil rights. The committee was established in September last year by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The recommendations deal with communication with the public sector, with privacy and registration, with freedom of expression and with […]

July 16, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 13, 16 July 2003

July 2, 2003 · Blogs

Foundation of Turkish digital civil rights group

At the end of this year, Turkey will have its first digital civil rights group. Foundational work started in April 2003. Initiator is Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, the founder and director of Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties (UK). According to Akdeniz, the organisation aims to protect the interests of all honest, law-abiding Turkish Internet users with the aim […]

July 2, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 12, 2 July 2003

June 19, 2003 · Blogs

Plans to extend Schengen Information System

The European Parliament currently discusses 3 different reports about the Schengen Information System (SIS). Rapporteur for all three reports is Carlos Coelho. The reports aim at extending the amount of data handled and the degree of cross-linking within the computer network. Coelho, a Portuguese Conservative, has already been the Rapporteur on four previous reports on […]

June 19, 2003 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 11, 19 June 2003