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EDRI-gram – Number 6.17, 10 September 2008
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The telecom package debated by the European Parliament
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Parliament (EP) discussed on 2 September 2008 the draft directives to reform the EU framework on electronic communications (telecom package). Besides the debates on the telecom issues, the MEPs have discussed the role of the ISPs in combating Intellectual Property Rights violations and the modifications […]
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Death of website publisher shows deterioration of media freedom in Russia
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Russian and Ingush human rights organizations, as well as OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe), are asking for an investigation into the circumstances of the murder of Magomed Yevloyev, the publisher of ingushetiya.ru, an independent news website in Ingushetia region. Yevloyev was a strong critic […]
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French law on 'graduate response' opposed by ISOC Europe
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Chapters Coordinating Council of the Internet Society (ISOC-ECC) issued a press release on 5 September 2008 expressing its opposition against the “graduated response” proposed by the so-called HADOPI law presented to the French Council of Ministers in June 2008. The same arguments were also submitted […]
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UK Watchdog asks the European Commission to adopt security breach law
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) UK consumer watchdog, the National Consumer Council (NCC), together with other consumer groups want the European Commission to force companies to publicly admit when they lose customer data. A data breach notification law would make companies keep data more securely. “What we’re asking for is when the […]
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Effi's e-voting 'shadow report'
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Electronic Frontier Finland’s (Effi’s) ‘shadow report’ on the Finnish e-voting pilot has been translated into English and is available now on Electronic Frontier Finland web pages. The original Finnish version was published on 19 June 2008. The English version has been updated to include commentary on the […]
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Launching Creative Commons Romania
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 2 September 2008, EDRi-member Association for Technology and Internet – APTI Romania organized an event to announce the availability of the localized Creative Commons (CC) licences. The event was organized with the help of the Center for Independent Journalism and HI-Q band and gathered users of […]
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Two Danes found innocent of illegal downloading in a Wi-Fi theft case
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 5 September 2008, a Danish court decided that two woman that had been taken to court for illegally sharing music by Antipiratgruppen, anti-piracy affiliates, were innocent. The two women claimed they had not been the authors of the infringement, having been subject to WiFi theft. Antipiratgruppen […]
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Spanish local police keeps illegal database for political reasons
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) It has been revealed that the Spanish local police of Sada (Galicia) was keeping an illegal database with information and pictures of people, gathered during night patrols. On 14 August 2008, a counsellor, a local police officer and a Guardia Civil sergeant discovered in an office of […]
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Dispute between UK government and EU over the use of PNR
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) UK Government fights EU proposals to restrict the way it uses passenger name record (PNR) information to monitor immigration, claiming that the data it collects is crucial to control cross-border movements. With the EU planning to make all European states share PNR data, UK government argues there […]
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Secret reports on new five year plan for "European Home Affairs"
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new secret report, made available by Statewatch, drafted by the “Future Group” of Interior and Justice Ministers from six EU member states (Germany, France, Sweden, Portugal, Slovenia, and Czech Republic) suggests a series of proposals to boost EU integration in policing and intelligence-gathering, including the creation […]
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ENDitorial: Wiretapping – the Swedish way
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Swedish Parliament, Riksdagen, adopted 18 June 2008 a law which obliges all telecom and Internet providers to transfer all communication that passes the Swedish border to Försvarets radioanstalt (FRA), or the National Defence Radio Establishment as it is officially called in English. It is the Swedish […]
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