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EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online. We work to to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. We do so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organisations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world.
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Germany: Google must remove autocomplete harmful searches if notified
On 14 May 2013, the German Federal Court ruled that Google auto-complete feature may, under certain circumstances, constitute an infringement of the personality right, under the German Civil Code and the German Basic Law. Since April 2009, Google has introduced an “autocomplete” feature integrated into the search engine, which automatically brings forth suggestions, as word […]
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ENDitorial: European Privacy Association – good, bad or simply misunderstood?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Die European Privacy Association – gut, böse oder einfach nur falsch verstanden? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.10_ENDitorial_Die_European_Privacy_Association?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130530] The European Privacy Association, after being caught out for failing to respect the rules of the European Transparency Register, has issued a defence of its actions. An article published by IDG News Service […]
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Neelie Kroes responds: Old mantras and political uncertainty for net neutrality in Europe
Last month, BEUC and EDRi sent a joint call for action to Vice-President Kroes in order to demand a stronger protection of network neutrality in Europe. We called on the Commission to put an end to the current experimentation by certain European access providers with blocking, filtering and throttling of services which are extremely harmful […]
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Protecting the “right” of businesses to secretly make money out of your data
The European Union’s data protection package is supposed to achieve two key goals – the protection of citizens’ fundamental right to data protection and privacy and to avoid barriers to trade in the European single market. Reading some amendments proposed in the European Parliament, one might be forgiven for thinking that the purpose of the […]
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EDRi Organises European Activist Barcamp and Safari on Threats to Citizens’ Privacy Rights (13-15 May)
EDRi is pleased to announce a Barcamp and Safari to address the imminent threats to privacy rights in the EU posed by many of the amendments to the Proposal for Data Protection Regulation currently before the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee of the European Parliament. On Monday, 13 May, 8:30am Institute of […]
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Launch of Nakedcitizens.eu
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Privatsphäre-Kampagne Nakedcitizens.eu | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.9_Privatsphaere-Kampagne_Nakedcitizens?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130508] On 25 April 2013, a coalition of international digital human rights groups launched a campaign to warn that current European Parliament proposals could strip citizens of their privacy rights. Unprecedented lobbying efforts, mainly led by corporations, have contributed to these developments. The final vote […]
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LIBE EP Committee: No PNR data sharing within the EU
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [LIBE-Ausschuss des EP gegen EU-weiten Austausch von PNR-Daten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.9_LIBE-Ausschuss_des_EP_gegen_EU-weiten_Austausch_von_PNR-Daten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130508] The directive obliging airlines to pass personal details of EU passengers to the authorities of the EU member states was rejected by the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) of the European Parliament (EP) on 24 April 2013. The proposal […]
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Danish phone company kept call records for more than 10 years
According to a series of articles in the Danish edition of Computerworld on 6 May 2013, a Danish mobile phone provider has kept telephone call records since the company started its operations in 2000. The company, Telmore, currently has about 700 000 subscribers and a 10% market share in Denmark. Since 2004, Telmore has been […]
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Greek justice to rule on blocking sites by ISPs
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Griechenland: Justiz muss über Netzsperren durch ISPs entscheiden | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.9_Griechenland_Justiz_muss_ueber_Netzsperren_durch_ISPs_entscheiden?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130508] AEPI, the Greek Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property, has filed an action in court to have several major torrent sites, among which KickAssTorrents, isoHunt, 1337x and H33T, blocked by ISPs, according to a report from Torrentfreak. […]
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Dutch police wants to hack their citizens' devices
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Polizei will die Geräte ihrer Bürger hacken | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.9_Niederlande_Polizei_will_die_Geraete_ihrer_Buerger_hacken?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130508] The police should be allowed to hack into mobile phones and computers, even when these are located abroad. This is proposed in a draft law by the Dutch government on 2 May 2013. While this appears to be […]
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Google’s antitrust proposals under scrutiny
On 25 April 2013, the European Commission invited all interested parties to comment on Google’s proposed commitments to meet the Commission’s concerns formally drafted in March 2013 regarding to Google’s four types of businesses that might violate EU antitrust rules prohibiting the abuse of a dominant position. The Commission has concerns that Google might abuse […]
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Iceland’s Supreme Court lifted the financial blocking of Wikileaks
Iceland’s Supreme Court ruled on 24 April 2013 that Valitor, Visa’s local partner in Iceland, had to resume processing online donations to WikiLeaks within two weeks or face a daily fine of around 5200 Euro in case of non-compliance, thus backing up the decision taken by a lower Icelandic court in July 2012. “This is […]
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