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March 25, 2009

Germany: Data retention is disproportionate

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland: Vorratsdatenspeicherung ist unverhältnismäßig | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1348] Macedonian: [Германија: Задржувањето на податоци е непропорционално | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1412/4/lang,mk/] The German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat) announced that the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden found the blanket recording of the entire population’s traffic data on telephone, mobile phone, e-mail and Internet […]

March 25, 2009

Irish ISP Association rejects the copyright industry threats

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irische ISP-Vereinigung weist die Drohungen der Copyrightindustrie ab | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1349] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Ирската асоцијација на интернет провајдери ги одбива заканите на индустријата за авторски права | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1418/4/lang,mk/] After several weeks of silence in the the Eircom deal with IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Association), […]

March 25, 2009

Coalition of musicians against criminalizing downloaders

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Koalition von Musikern gegen die Kriminalisierung von Downloadern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1350] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Коалиција на музичари против лицата… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1414/4/lang,mk/] On 11 March 2009, during its inaugural meeting, the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) including 140 of UK biggest rock and pop stars, expressed concern […]

March 11, 2009 · Blogs

EDRI-gram – Number 7.5, 11 March 2009

March 11, 2009

Nokia Law approved

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Nokia-Gesetz angenommen| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1325] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Усвоен Законот Lex Nokia | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1408/4/lang,mk/] The snooping law, also called Lex Nokia, was approved in the Finnish Parliament two weeks ago. EDRi-member Electronic Frontier Finland has appealed to Tarja Halonen, the President of Finland, to intervene: before […]

March 11, 2009

IRMA tries to block websites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [IRMA will Webseiten sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1326] Macedonian: [ИРМА се обидува да блокира веб-сајтови | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1399/4/lang,mk/] IRMA, the Irish Recorded Music Association, wants to block Irish Internet users’ access to certain websites. In February 2009, after having reached the deal with Eircom, the association sent letters to Irish Internet […]

March 11, 2009

No e-voting in Germany

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Keine E-Wahlen in Deutschland | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1327] Macedonian: [Нема е-гласање во Германија | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1397/4/lang,mk/] The German Federal Constitutional Court decided on 3 March 2009 that electronic voting used for the last 10 years, including for the 2005 general elections, was unconstitutional and therefore not to be used for the […]

March 11, 2009

EP wants a better balance between Internet security and privacy rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP will ein besseres Gleichgewicht zwischen Internetsicherheit und den Rechten auf Privatsphäre | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1329] On 5 March 2009, during a hearing of the Civil Liberties and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee focused on the strengths and weaknesses of the current framework on security and privacy on the Internet, Members […]

March 11, 2009

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 […]

March 11, 2009

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 […]

March 11, 2009 · Blogs

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 […]

March 11, 2009

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 […]