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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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ICANN will cooperate in taking down websites for copyright infringements
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urheberrecht: ICANN will bei der Verhängung von Netzsperren kollaborieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_Urheberrecht_ICANN_will_bei_der_Verhaengung_von_Netzsperren_kollaborieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] During its 43rd international meeting that took place in San José, Costa Rica between 11 and 16 March 2012, ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) expressed its intention to increase its cooperation with global […]
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CoE's Internet Governance strategy places emphasis on users' rights
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Internet Governance: Europarat will Rechte der Internetnutzer stärken | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_Internet_Governance_Europarat_will_Rechte_der_Internetnutzer_staerken?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] On 15 March 2012, the 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states adopted an Internet governance strategy to protect and promote human rights, the rule of law and pluralistic democracy online. The strategy, which covers 40 lines of […]
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New German court decision on traffic filtering
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsches Gericht entscheidet über Netzfilter | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_Deutsches_Gericht_entscheidet_ueber_Netzfilter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] A Higher Regional Court in Hamburg ruled on 14 March 2012 that the file-hosting site RapidShare had to proactively filter the files uploaded by its users. A court’s press release stated RapidShare was required to block its users from uploading a […]
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Italy: Problematic Internet blocking decision against fraudulent website
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien: Fragwürdige Entscheidung über Sperrmaßnahmen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_Italien_Fragwuerdige_Entscheidung_ueber_Sperrmassnahmen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] The Italian Antitrust Authority (AGCM) has started ordering the blocking some websites involved in the online sale of fashion products, following several complaints made by consumers. It is the first blocking measure ordered by this Authority (enforced through the collaboration with […]
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ENDitorial: European Parliament defends itself and democracy from ACTA
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Europäisches Parlament verteidigt sich und die Demokratie gegen ACTA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] The decision of this week of the European Parliament not to refer ACTA to the European Court of Justice was a decision which has ramifications far beyond the ACTA dossier itself. It is one which will […]
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Spanish DPA asks ECJ on right to be forgotten
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Recht auf Vergessen: Spanische Datenschutzbehörde wendet sich an EuGH | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Recht_auf_Vergessen_Spanische_Datenschutzbehoerde_wendet_sich_an_EuGH] While Spain’s National Court, Audiencia Nacional de Espana (AN) has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to clarify jurisdiction issues in cases involving individual privacy complaints against Google and search engines in general, Spain’s Data Protection […]
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UK Court of Appeal stands behind the Digital Economy Act
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britisches Berufungsgericht bestätigt Digital Economy Act | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Britisches_Berufungsgericht_bestaetigt_Digital_Economy_Act] The Court of Appeal has recently rejected the claims made by the two UK ISPs, BT and TalkTalk, that the Digital Economy Act (DEA) violates EU laws. DEA requires ISPs to send warning letters to widespread file-sharers advising them that […]
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ACTA debates in Europe
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europa diskutiert ACTA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Europa_diskutiert_ACTA] Several debates on ACTA are going around in several European countries these days. We would present in this article two events where EDRi participated in the past week in Brussles and Helsinki. A Policy Forum on ACTA was organized in Brussels on 6 […]
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eVoting: Electronic urn modified by "a simple procedure"
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [eVoting: Elektronische Wahlurne lässt sich leicht manipulieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_eVoting_Elektronische_Wahlurne_laesst_sich_einfach_abaendern] On 11 March 2012, the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland reported that the eVoting trials that had taken place for the weekend’s national ballot (in the Swiss semi-direct democratic system, such ballots and votes are held four to six times […]
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EDPS on the new draft EU data protection policy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Der Europäische Datenschutzbeauftragte zur geplanten EU-Datenschutzreform | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Der_Europaeische_Datenschutzbeauftragte_zur_geplanten_EU-Datenschutzreform] On 7 March 2012, Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued his Opinion on the proposed reform package adopted by the Commission on 25 January that includes a Regulation with general rules on data protection and a Directive […]
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Winners of the Dutch Big Brother Awards announced
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [„Gewinner“ der holländischen Big Brother Awards | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Gewinner_der_hollaendischen_Big_Brother_Awards_bekanntgegeben] The heavyweight Dutch privacy-infringers of the past year were announced during the ceremony of the Big Brother Awards 2011. The jury selected three winners out of a total of nine nominees: Facebook, Edith Schippers (the Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare […]
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German Constitutional Court rules on access to personal data
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutscher Bundesverfassungsgerichtshof entscheidet über Zugriff auf personenbezogene Daten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Deutscher_Bundesverfassungsgerichtshof_entscheidet_ueber_Zugriff_auf_personenbezogene_Daten] According to the decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) on 24 February 2012, the law enforcement authorities must no longer request personal data unless justified by special conditions. The court found that certain provisions in the […]
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