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Turkey: Another blocking order against YouTube
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) For the forth time in two years, on 20 November 2008, the Turkish authorities blocked access to YouTube asserting that certain content posted on the site was disrespectful to Kemal Mustafa Atatürk, the Turkish Republic’s founder, or supported the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Turkey is the […]
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Ireland proposes to legalise covert surveillance
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Irish Government has approved the outline of a Bill which, if passed by Parliament, will permit police to break into private property to plant covert audio bugs and video cameras. The Covert Surveillance Bill is intended to legitimise what is already believed to be existing practice, […]
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UK rejected data breach notification law
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Two reports were published on 24 November 2008 by UK Ministry of Justice related to the data breach notification law, the powers of the Government to share data and the Information Commissioner’s inspection powers and funding arrangements. One of the reports states that the law requiring that […]
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Parliaments seem to use very little IT technology
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The findings of the World e-Parliament Report 2008 achieved by UNDESA and the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the use of information and communication technologies within 105 parliament assemblies from all over the world were presented on 25 November 2008, at the second high-level meeting of the Board of […]
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EDRi-gram – Number 6.22, 19 November 2008
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Data breach notification – different opinions in EU bodies ?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The amendments adopted on 24 September 2008 by the European Parliament (EP) on the ePrivacy Directive includ the obligation of information society services providers to notify personal date related security breaches to the national authorities. However, a recent proposal of the European Commission seems to put the […]
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The EDPS' opinion on the US-EU data exchange agreement
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 11 November 2008, Peter Hustinx, the European Union’s Data Protection Supervisor, gave some comments to the report published on 26 June 2008 by EU-US High Level Contact Group (HLCG) on information sharing between US-EU on privacy and personal data protection. According to Hustinx, a greater sharing […]
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Foreign P2P software producers might be liable under the French law
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the beginning of November 2008, a French court ruled that the US companies that created p2p software can be sued in France according to French laws. The ruling refers to a case brought to court by the French music producers association – SPPF (Societe de producteurs […]
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Romania adopts data retention law
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following the adoption of the draft law on data retention by the Chamber of Deputies on 4 November 2008, the Romanian President made the final step in adopting the law on 17 November. From now on, it is just a matter of time until the law will […]
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Big Brother Awards Czech Republic 2008
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The fourth edition of Big Brother Awards was announced in the Czech Republic in Prague on 14 November 2008. Under the direction of Czech EDRi-member Iuridicum Remedium, seven worst perpetrators of the right to privacy were awarded. The positive prize was granted to German Working Group on […]
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Google executives facing trial on video posted on YouTube
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Four former and present Google executives, including Senior Vice President David Drummond are waiting for the confirmation of the order issued by an Italian prosecutor to stand trial for a video on a young man with Down syndrome posted on YouTube in November 2006. The case caused […]
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ENDitorial: An overheated debate on the rights of the visually impaired
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The agenda of the 17th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, that took place between 3-7 November 2008 at the WIPO headquarters in Geneva, included the following topics: the limitations and exceptions, the protection of audiovisual performances and the protection of broadcasting organizations. In particular, the […]
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