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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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At Large Structures in ICANN get together for the first time
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Erstes Treffen der At-Large Structures ICANN | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1330] For the first time in ICANN history, at the 34th International ICANN meeting in Mexico City the representatives of 88 At-Large Structures (ALS) from five Regional At-Large Organizations representing ICANN’s global At-Large community came together to discuss the main ICANN […]
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Swedish Pirate Bay trial waiting now for the decision
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Entscheidung im Schwedischen Pirate Bay-Prozess erwartet | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1331] The Pirate Bay trial in Sweden continued until 3 March 2009 with the hearings of the prosecution and defence witnesses. The earlier events of the trial were covered in the previous EDRi-gram. While a day before, the representatives of the […]
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Biometric passports law – upheld by the Romanian authorities
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gesetz zu biometrischen Pässen – von den Rumänischen Behörden bestätigt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1332] Macedonian: [Законот за биометриски пасоши поддржан од романските власти | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1401/4/lang,mk/] The Emergency Government Ordinance introducing biometric passports in Romania remains applicable as the Legal Commission of the Senate advised it favourably on 3 March 2009 […]
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Yahoo penalised in Belgium for not disclosing personal data
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Yahoo in Belgien für versäumte Offenlegung persönlicher Daten abgestraft| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1333] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Јаху казнет во Белгија поради… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1403/4/lang,mk/] Yahoo was fined by a Belgian court on 2 March 2009 for refusing to hand over to the Belgium authorities personal data of people […]
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UK Tribunal wants the Gateway reviews on ID scheme made public
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britisches Tribunal plant Veröffentlichung der Gateway-Revision des ID-Modells | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1334] On 19 February, the UK tribunal ordered the disclosure of two internal reviews called the Gateway reviews regarding the national identity card scheme of the government. The Gateway reviews are independent and expert reviews carried out at key […]
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Italy to enforce a global censorship legislation?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Steht Italien vor der Einführung eines weltweiten Zensurrechts? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1305] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Италија ќе донесе законодавство за… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1388/4/lang,mk] The Italian Senate approved – and the Camera dei deputati (Italian “Low Chamber”) is ready to finally pass – draft law 733 named Pacchetto […]
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Norwegian group joins Sweden-based Justice Center against Swedish FRA law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Norwegische Gruppen schließen sich dem Justizzentrum gegen das schwedische FRA-Gesetz an | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1306] The Norwegian organisation of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has filed a petition, known as a Third Party Intervention, in support of the case brought to the European Court of Human Rights challenging the […]
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European Commission disbanded data protection experts group
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission löst Expertengruppe für Datenschutz auf | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1307] Macedonian: [Европската комисија расформира група за заштита на | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1386/4/lang,mk/] The European Commission has decided to dismantle a group of experts that needed to review the European Data Protection Directive. The group was formed after a tendering process and […]
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Romanian data retention law suspendend by the Government
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänisches Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung von der Regierung aufgehoben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1308] In a sudden and unexpected move, the Romanian Government has decided on 25 February 2009 to suspend the application of the data retention law until the end of the year – 31 December 2009. The official reason from […]
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HADOPI law close of creating a dangerous precedent
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [HADOPI-Gesetz schafft beinahe einen gefährlichen Präzedenzfall | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1309] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Законот HADOPI близу до креирање на опасен преседан | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1395/4/lang,mk/] On 18 February 2009, Christine Albanel, French Minister of Culture, presented to the Chamber of Deputies the controversial Création et Internet draft law […]
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UK Government ignores the European Commission regarding Phorm
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung ignoriert bei Phorm die Europäische Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1310] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Британската влада го игнорира предупредувањето на ЕК за Phorm | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1390/4/lang,mk/] On 12 February 2009, the European Commission warned it would take formal action against the UK Government for not providing […]
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EDRi participates in European project on raising privacy awareness
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi nimmt am Europäischen Projekt zur Steigerung des Problembewusstseins zur Privatsphäre teil | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1311] Macedonian: [ЕДРИ учествува во европски проект за подигнување на свеста за приватноста | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1384/4/lang,mk/] EDRi is one of the partners in a new European project initiated by the French Human Rights League (LDH), which […]
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