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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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EDRI-gram – Number 7.13, 1 July 2009
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Article 29 Working Party on online social networking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Der Arbeitskreis Artikel 29 äußert sich zu Social Networking| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1449] Article 29 Working Party issued on 22 June 2009 an opinion on how European privacy laws affect social networking sites such as Facebook or Myspace. The opinion states the social networking sites should be responsible for the compliance […]
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Rapidshare forced by the court to filter more than 5000 tracks
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gericht zwingt Rapidshare, über 5000 Tracks zu filtern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1450] The file-sharing site Rapidshare.de has recently lost another case to the German copyright society GEMA, being ordered by the Regional Court in Hamburg to “proactively filter” more than 5000 tracks from GEMA’s catalogue. In January 2008, another regional […]
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Judge unbiased, no retrial for The Pirate Bay
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Richter nicht voreingenommen, keine Wiederaufnahme des Prozesses für The Pirate Bay | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1451] On 25 June 2009, Sweden’s Court of Appeal ruled that judge Norström in The Pirate Bay (TPB) case was not biased as the lawyers representing TPB founders had claimed. Therefore there will be no retrial […]
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'Right to the silence of the chips' in the new EC Communication
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [„Recht auf das Schweigen der Chips“ in der neuen Mitteilung der EC | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1452] A new communication from the European Commission to the other European bodies on the RFID (radio-frequency identification) titled “Internet of Things – An action plan for Europe” was made public on 18 June 2009. […]
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Norway will not chase file-sharers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Norwegen wird File-Sharer nicht verfolgen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1453] The Norwegian data protection authority has decided that ISPs had to delete all IP address-related data just 3 weeks after collection, a decision that will make difficult to chase file-sharers. The regulator started with two ISPs, Tele2 and Lyse Tele but […]
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France: No to new EDVIGE!
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Kein neues EDVIGE! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1454] A text of a draft law on Police Files initiated by the two French deputies Delphine Batho and Jacques-Alain Bénisti has been approved by the Laws Commission of the National Assembly. The draft law contains a new form of the EDVIGE file, […]
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Swedish court: IP addresses are personal data
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schwedisches Gericht: IP-Adressen sind persönliche Daten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1455] Macedonian: [Шведска: ИП адресите се лични податоци | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/edri/shvedska-ip-adresite-se-lichni-podatoci.html] The Swedish Supreme Administrative Court ruled on 18 June that the IP addresses are personal data in a case regarding APB (the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau, Antipiratbyrån), a lobby group representing copyright […]
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The French Government acts like a bulldog with its three strikes law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die französische Regierung benimmt sich beim 3 Treffer-Gesetz wie eine Bulldogge | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1456] Nicolas Sarkozy and the French Government want to go on with the new three strikes draft law (called also Hadopi 2) which was presented to the Council of Ministers on 24 June 2009. The emergency […]
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ENDitorial: EU Data Protection: state of the play, potential for enhancements
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Datenschutz in der EU: der Stand der Dinge, Raum für Verbesserungen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1457] With the title “Personal data – more use, more protection?” the European Commission organised on 19 and 20 May 2009 a data protection (DP) conference in Brussels. The purpose of the conference was to […]
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More voices in the EP for digital rights
The recent elections have brought more seats for parties supporting digital rights in the European Parliament (EP), such as the Greens, UK Independence Party or the Liberal Democrats. The Swedish Pirate Party has succeeded in getting a seat as well. The Pirate Party has succeeded in obtaining 7% of the votes in Sweden, thus winning […]
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Report: OECD Conference on Sensor Based Networks
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bericht: OECD-Konferenz über Sensornetzwerke | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1436] “Using Sensor-based Networks to Address Global Issues: Policy Opportunities and Challenges” was the title of an experts conference the OECD organised on 08 and 09 June 2009, hosted by Portugal, in Lisbon. Andreas Krisch participated in the conference on behalf of EDRi […]
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