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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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EU-US PNR agreement found incompatible with human rights
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-US PNR Abkommen mit Menschenrechten unvereinbar | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_PNR_Abkommen_mit_Menschenrechten_unvereinbar?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] In a note sent on 16 May 2011 to the Director-General of DG Home Affairs, the Legal Service of the European Commission warns that the draft EU-US agreement on the exchange of PNR data is not compatible with fundamental rights. […]
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High level discussions on online tracking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hochrangige Diskussion über Online-Tracking | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Hochrangige_Diskussionen_ueber_Online_Tracking?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] A meeting organised jointly by the University of Berkeley and the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam drew together an outstanding collection of international experts, NGOs and industry representatives to discuss online tracking protection and browsers. Information Society Commissioner […]
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New draft law for data retention in Romania
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neuer Entwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Rumänien | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Neuer_Entwurf_zur_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_in_Rumaenien?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] The Romanian Ministry of Information Society and Communication (MCSI) submitted, for public comments, on 23 June 2011, a new draft law for the implemention of the EU data retention directive, after the Romanian Constitutional Court decided on 7 October 2009 […]
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UK: Copyright holders ask for website blocking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Rechteinhaber fordern Netzsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Britische_Rechteinhaber_fordern_Netzsperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] According to some leaked reports, copyright holders seem to have proposed during a roundtable with UK Government representatives, ISPs and others on 15 June 2011, plans that could lead to the blocking of websites that allegedly host copyright infringing material. Apparently, the […]
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No anonymous Internet usage in Denmark?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aus für die Anonymität im dänischen Internet? | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Aus_fuer_die_Anonymitaet_im_daenischen_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] A working group at the Danish Ministry of Justice is debating on a recommendation to the Parliament. The current text suggests that people using open wireless internet connections, e.g. at libraries, cafes, and private companies identify themselves with a […]
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Traffic data fraudulently obtained by the Czech police
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Tschechien: Polizei verschafft sich illegal Zugang zu Verkehrsdaten | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Tschechien_Polizei_verschafft_sich_illegal_Zugang_zu_Verkehrsdaten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] An inspection of the Czech Interior Ministry has revealed that police detective Marian Hudec from Varnsdorf was gaining phone call statements including those of President Vaclav Klaus´s closest aides as well as those of Constitutional Court Chairman Pavel […]
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Low level of protection for minor's privacy on social networks
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Soziale Netzwerke: Mangelnder Datenschutz für Kinder | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Soziale_Netzwerke_Mangelnder_Datenschutz_fuer_Kinder?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] Most social networks fail to provide an appropriate level of protection for minors’ privacy says a report recently published by the European Commission on the implementation of “Safer Social Networking Principles for the EU”, a self-regulatory agreement brokered by the […]
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CSISAC decision not to endorse draft OECD Internet Communiqué
Update: 29 June Press Release from CSISAC http://csisac.org/CSISAC_PR_06292011.pdf As a founding member and Steering Committee member of CSISAC (The Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD), European Digital Rights (EDRI) strongly supports CSISAC’s decision not to endorse the draft Communiqué currently under discussion by the OECD. EDRi was directly involved in the discussions […]
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Provisional conclusion of negotiations on blocking
The European Parliament, Council and Commission negotiations on the proposed child exploitation Directive – which originally proposed the introduction of mandatory EU-wide blocking – have provisionally reached a compromise. The text now needs to be approved by the Parliament’s political groups before being voted in in the Civil Liberties Committee in July and in a […]
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Germany: Police statistics prove data retention superfluous
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland: Kriminalstatistik entlarvt Vorratsdatenspeicherung als überflüssig | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.12_Deutschland_Kriminalstatistik_entlarvt_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_als_ueberfluessig?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110623] The national crime statistics recently published by Germany’s Federal Crime Agency reveal that after the policy of blanket telecommunications data retention was discontinued in Germany due to a Constitutional Court ruling on 3 March 2010, registered crime continued to decline […]
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Big Brother Awards Italy 2011
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Big Brother Awards Italien 2011 | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.12_Big_Brother_Awards_Italien?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110623] The winners of the Big Brother Awards Italy 2011 were designated on 3 June 2011, in Florence, on the occasion of the e-privacy conference 2011. Facebook was the “star” of the awards being nominated for several categories and won the price […]
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ENDitorial: Hello CIRCAMP web blocking, goodbye democracy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Hallo CIRCAMP-Netzsperren, Tschüss Demokratie | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.12_ENDitorial_Hallo_CIRCAMP-Netzsperren_Tschuess_Demokratie?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110623] Late in 2010, with the issue of web blocking still being discussed in the European Parliament, the European Commission decided, with complete disregard for the outcome of the democratic process on this issue, to invest a further 324 059 Euro in […]
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