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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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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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Call for worldwide protests against surveillance
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Civil rights organizations call for protests against the constant increase of surveillance conducted by governments and enterprises. A rally under the motto “Freedom not Fear” will be held in Berlin on 11 October 2008. The organizers agree that it is high time to take to the streets […]
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UK government goes on with its plan for data retention
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) UK government intends to oblige ISPs and telephone companies to keep Internet personal data traffic for at least 12 months and local, health authorities and lots of other public bodies are to be given access to details of everyone’s personal Internet information. On 15 August 2008, the […]
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Seminar on the Telecoms Package and Network Filtering
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The telecoms package seminar on the 27 August 2008 in the European Parliament arranged by Swedish MEP Christofer Fjellner had a remarkably large audience. Over 100 persons came to listen to the five speakers from both industry and civil society. Over all, the speakers called for better […]
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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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