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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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ACTA: the hot copyright treaty surrounded by secrecy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ACTA: Umstrittenes Urheberrechts-Abkommen im Nebel | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1699] The secrecy on the closed international agreement on Intellectual Property issues – ACTA – is making everyone suspicious on the content of the new treaty, which could contain dangerous legislation for digital civil rights. After the end of talks on ACTA […]
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UK introduced full-body screening in Heathrow airport
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [UK führt Ganzkörperscanner am Flughafen Heathrow ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1700] As announced in January 2010, UK has begun developing a programme of introducing full-body scanners in airports, starting with Terminal 4 of Heathrow airport and Manchester airport. BAA, the biggest UK airport operator, said its staff had been trained […]
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Bits of Freedom starts campaign for data breach notification law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bits of Freedom startet Kampagne für Benachrichtigungspflicht bei Datenschutzverletzungen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1701] The Dutch digital rights organisation Bits of Freedom started a campaign for the introduction of a data breach notification law in The Netherlands. A data breach notification obligation on telecom providers is already to be implemented on […]
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Update on the Belgian transposition of the Data Retention Directive
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Neues zur Umsetzung der Vorratsdatenspeicherung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1702] The transposition of the Data Retention Directive in Belgium has remained stagnant for a long time. Following a public consultation in May 2008 on a first draft law proposal and draft royal decree to transpose this Directive into Belgian law, […]
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The Pirate Bay has been censored again in Italy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien: The Pirate Bay wieder zensuriert | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1703] Following the reversal by the Italian Court of Cassation of the appeal won on 24 September 2008 against the decision of the Italian court of August 2008 that ordered the seizure of The Pirate Bay (TPB) in Italy, TPB was […]
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France and Denmark may filter online gambling websites
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich/Dänemark: Sperren für Glücksspielseiten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1704] An amendment to the draft law on the opening of the market of online gambling was introduced to the French Senate Commission for culture and communication, in order to give the administration the power to apply filters to gambling sites without a […]
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The winners of the Big Brother Awards Netherlands 2009
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Big Brother Awards 2009 | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1705] The winners of the Big Brother Awards Netherlands 2009 were announced on 5 February 2010 in Amsterdam. In the category “Government”, the prize was awarded to the creation of a fingerprint database of all Dutch citizens, to be accessed by the […]
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ENDitorial: Undead WIPO treaty resurrected in Council of Europe
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Europarat belebt untotes WIPO Abkommen wieder | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1706] On January 28 and 29, the Council of Europe held a consultation meeting on the launch of work on a new international instrument that would create neighbouring rights for broadcasting organisations. The purpose of this initiative is to take […]
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Winner ECSPDA 28 January 2010: FakeFriends.me
AND THE WINNER IS… PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English) AEDH (European Association for the Defense of Human rights) and EDRI (European Digital Rights) are pleased to announce that the winner of the first edition of the European Civil Society Data Protection Award (ECSDPA) is “PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English). Launched in […]
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AEDH-EDRI EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY DATA PROTECTION AWARD 2010: THE WINNER IS PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English)
AEDH (European Association for the Defense of Human rights) and EDRI (European Digital Rights) are pleased to announce that the winner of the first edition of the European Civil Society Data Protection Award (ECSDPA) is PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English). Launched in July 2009, Per.sonn.es (in French) / Fakefriends.me (in English), is an […]
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LOPPSI 2 French law – to block or not to block websites
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches LOPPSI 2 Gesetz – Internet sperren oder nicht sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1680] The members of the Law Commission of the French National Assembly have issued their first amendments to LOPPSI 2 draft law that is to be discussed in the Assembly starting with 9 February 2010. If adopted […]
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EP Culture Committee – Draft Internet Governance Opinion published
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kulturausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments – Gutachtenentwurf zu Internet Governance veröffentlicht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1681] The European Parliament (EP) has started its deliberations on a non-binding report on “Internet governance, the next steps”, following the Commission’s Communication on this topic in 2009. The draft Opinion of the European Parliament’s Culture Committee […]
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