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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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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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First vote in the EP on PNR Agreement with the USA
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Erste Abstimmung im EU-Parlament über PNR-Abkommen mit den USA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Erste_Abstimmung_im_EU-Parlament_ueber_PNR-Abkommen_mit_den_USA] The latest chapter in the collection and processing of passenger data to cover all flights arriving in and departing from the US was opened when, in 2011, the European Commission tabled a renegotiated proposal for an air […]
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Google and Facebook blocked by the Danish child pornography filter
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänischer Kinderpornographiefilter sperrt Google und Facebook | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Daenischer_Kinderpornographiefilter_sperrt_Google_und_Facebook] In the morning of 1 March 2012, about 8000 websites, including Google and Facebook, were blocked by the Danish child pornography (CP) filter. When the customers of the affected ISPs, Siminn Denmark and Tele Greenland, made Google searches or accessed […]
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CEO Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bündnis für ein kindersicheres Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Buendnis_fuer_ein_kindersicheres_Internet] Following an invitation by Commissioner Kroes in the summer of 2011, and founded on 1 December 2011, the CEO “Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids” covers the whole industry value-chain. Its 30 members include Apple, BSkyB, BT, […]
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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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ENDitorial: About copyright reform
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Zur Urheberrechtsreform | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_ENDitorial_Zur_Urheberrechtsreform] EDRi presentation to ALDE Group Meeting on 7 March 2012 In this short presentation, I will briefly address two points. Firstly, the need to soberly assess the very difficult position we currently find ourselves in and, secondly, the dangers of failing to learn […]
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