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February 12, 2003 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Microsoft Passport does not comply with European privacy rules

Microsoft has agreed to change its Passport authentication system, after the publication on 29 January of a very critical review by the united EU privacy commissioners. Besides the Microsoft .NET Passport system, the commissioners, united in the so-called Article 29 Working Party, also examined the Liberty Alliance Project. The review concludes with general guidelines for […]

February 12, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram in Spanish

From now on, EDRI-gram will also be available in Spanish, usually 3 days after the English edition. Translations will be provided by David Casacuberta, secretary of the Spanish chapter of CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility). To receive the Spanish EDRI-gram, please visit http://www.edri.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/edri-grama/ or subscribe by email: To: Subject: subscribe (Please note: this […]

February 12, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 2, 12 February 2003

February 12, 2003 · Blogs | Freedom of expression online

Internet censorship in Switzerland

In Switzerland, internet censorship is gaining ground. 2 recent events demonstrate this development. Last December, the examining magistrate of the canton Vaud issued a command to many Swiss internet service providers (ISPs), to block access to 3 websites. The websites, all hosted in the USA, contain strong criticism of a.o. the Swiss courts and are […]

February 12, 2003 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online

E-commerce directive transposition raises serious privacy and free speech concerns in France

France has started the process of implementing the European Directive on Electronic Commerce. The draft text of the Digital Economy Law (“Loi relative à l’économie numérique” or LEN in French) deals with ISP liability, electronic contracts and unsolicited commercial emails, cryptography, cybercrime, and satellite systems. Among them, the most controversial provisions are those concerning cryptography, […]

February 12, 2003 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online

EUCD implementation stalled in Finland

Last week, the Finnish parliament returned the national copyright law proposal back to the ministry that originally drafted it. Electronic Frontier Finland heavily criticized the anti-circumvention provisions and other controversial issues of the proposal. After a parliamentary hearing on the 31st of January, the chair of the hearing committee announced it was impossible to continue […]

January 29, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 1, 29 January 2003

January 29, 2003 · Blogs

Introduction

This is the first EDRI-gram, a newsletter about freedom, rights and rules in the information society in Europe. EDRI-gram is produced by members of European Digital Rights and will appear every 2 weeks. European Digital Rights (EDRi) is a not-for-profit association, currently made up of 10 different privacy and civil rights organizations from 7 European […]

January 29, 2003 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online

Implementing the European Copyright Directive

One month after the implementation deadline of the European Copyright Directive, only 2 of the 15 member-countries have implemented the law. All over Europe, scientists, legal experts, civil rights and open source groups are warning about possible negative effects on free speech, innovation and academic research. In many countries, civil rights groups joined forces with […]

January 29, 2003 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Rally Members European Parliament against data retention

38 Members of the European Parliament from 7 different political groups have united in their resistance against mandatory data retention. Initiated by Marco Cappato, Italian Radical and former Rapporteur on privacy in the electronic communications, last week the MEP’s presented a strongly worded recommendation to the European Council. Even though the new European Privacy Directive […]

January 29, 2003 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Rally Members European Parliament against data retention

38 Members of the European Parliament from 7 different political groups have united in their resistance against mandatory data retention. Initiated by Marco Cappato, Italian Radical and former Rapporteur on privacy in the electronic communications, last week the MEP’s presented a strongly worded recommendation to the European Council. Even though the new European Privacy Directive […]

January 29, 2003 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Equal access to the internet

Action against governmental censorship in Germany

EDRI-member FITUG (Forderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft) launched an urgent public campaign against government censorship of websites. A year ago, the district government of Dusseldorf county in Germany passed orders to more than 80 internet providers to block access from their users to some foreign websites. Providers and civil rights groups united in protest against the […]