Blogs

June 4, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 10, 4 June 2003

May 21, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 9, 21 May 2003

May 21, 2003 · Blogs

Romania forbids free access to online pornography

Romania has adopted a new law to make free access to pornography illegal. Online pornography must always be protected by a password, and should always charge a fee per minute, to be declared with the fiscal authorities. Free access is explicitly forbidden in a law formally adopted on 20 May 2003. The law has raised […]

May 21, 2003 · Blogs

Update on Swiss website blocking order

The internet censorship requests issued by the examining magistrate of the canton of Vaud (see EDRigram number 2 from 12 February) have been rejected on 30 April by a judge from the court of Lausanne. In December, over 30 providers had received the order, and while most of them installed some technical blocking-measures, they joined […]

May 7, 2003 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – Number 8, 7 May 2003

April 23, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 7, 23 April 2003

April 9, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 6, 9 April 2003

April 9, 2003 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Danish committee on citizens IT-rights

The Danish ministry of science and technology has mandated a committee on citizens IT-rights. The committee has representatives from various ministries, consumer organisations, the IT-business sector and civil society. EDRi-member Digital Rights has participated in the committee since it started its work in September 2002. The aim of the committee is to give recommendations to […]

April 9, 2003 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Austria looses court case about surveillance costs

Telecommunication companies in Austria have won an important court case against the federal government. Though in general the wiretapping provisions in the new Telecommunications Law were not deemed unconstitutional, from 2004 onwards, government will have to reimburse providers for the costs of procuring and maintaining surveillance equipment. Full verdict in German (27.02.2003) http://www.vfgh.gv.at/vfgh/presse/G37-16-02.pdf

March 27, 2003 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 5, 27 March 2003

March 27, 2003 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

EU building bugged

The telephones lines in the EU Justus Lipsius building in Brussels, home of the Council of Ministers, have been tapped for many years. The bugging devices were discovered in the rooms of the delegations of Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Austria. The devices were placed on lines between the central switchboard and the national […]

March 27, 2003 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

French Constitutional Council validates computer search without warrant

The French Constitutional Council recently validated the Internal Safety Law (‘Loi sur la sécurité intérieure’), adopted by the Parliament on February 13. This decision has been commented by the Human Rights League – LDH, the French member of the International Human Rights Federation – as a ‘step backwards for the rule of law’. Among the […]