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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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Website with P2P download links found legal by Spanish court
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The case against Sharemula.com, a website publishing P2P download links through which users can acquire movies, music and software, has been recently dismissed by a Spanish magistrate. The case was opened in October 2006, when the Brigade of Technological Investigations retained 15 people responsible with Sharemula.com, asking […]
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Electronic voting machines eliminated in the Netherlands
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) All Nedap/Groenendaal voting machines were decertified on 1 October 2007 by District Court of Alkmaar in the Netherland, following the ‘Voting with confidence’ advice issued on 27 September by Korthals Altes Committee (created with the purpose to verify the validity of the systems), and the announcement of […]
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Fingerprints in passports: the German population in a risky experiment
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 1 November 2007, registration offices throughout Germany will begin collecting fingerprints from all citizens wishing to travel. Two years after the storage of a facial image on an RFID chip has been introduced, the project of full biometric registration of the whole population continues. Germany’s Chaos […]
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Update on DNA and biometrics in French immigration law
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) With its final vote on 23 October 2007, the French Parliament confirmed the introduction of DNA testing in the new immigration law to prove family links for foreign candidates applying for a more than 3 months visa on family regrouping grounds. The only recourse could now be […]
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"Oscars for Data Leeches" – German Big Brother Awards 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The 2007 Ceremony for the German Big Brother Awards called “Oscars for Data Leeches” took place on 12 October in Bielefeld when the jury had the difficult task of choosing from more than 500 nominations. The negative Big Brother Awards Germany, which have started in 2000, are […]
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COMMUNIA: public domain and alternative licensing for knowledge-sharing
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Today’s digital networks offer extraordinary new opportunities for sharing and building upon our global, public pool of knowledge. Shedding light on the scientific, educational, economical, ethical and political importance of the digital public domain has, therefore, become crucial for the future of our knowledge-based societies. This is […]
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Social welfare leaks show flaws in Irish government databases
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Two recent stories have confirmed that security measures in Irish government databases are inadequate. In the first case an official in the Department of Family and Social Affairs was found by police to have leaked personal and financial information to his brother, a serious criminal, which was […]
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Recommanded Reading
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Everyone’s Guide to By-Passing Internet Censorship for Citizens Worldwide The guide has been published by Citizen Lab, a project at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies. Citizen Lab director Ronald Deibert, who spoke about Internet censorship at IFEX’s general meeting in Uruguay, is also […]
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List of Signatories-New Council of Europe Recommendation fails to uphold online freedom of expression
Act Now to Protect Freedom of Expression Online: – Sign up in support to this EDRI statement (NGOs and groups from non CoE member States also welcome) Read EDRI Statement: – Čeština : Výzva k akci: Doporučení Rady Evropy neochrání svobodu slova – Deutsch: Die neue Empfehlung des Europarates hält die freie Meinungsäußerung online nicht […]
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German DP Commissioner against Google-Doubleclick deal
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Data Protection Commissioner of the German state of Shleswig-Holstein Thilo Weichert publicly opposed the Google’s acquisition of Doubleclick in a letter to EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes. Mr. Weichert declared that: “At present we have to assume that in the event of a takeover of DoubleClick […]
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UK: Decrypt data or go to prison!
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The controversial Part 3 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) in UK is in force starting with 1 October 2007. This new regulation gives the power to police forces to ask for the disclosure of encryption keys, or force suspects to decrypt encrypted data. RIPA […]
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European Parliament resolution on a European digital library
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Parliament (EP) adopted on 27 September 2007 a resolution that endorses the 2005 European Commission’s Communication i2010: Digital Libraries supporting the digital libraries initiative that aims at making European information resources easier and more interesting to use in an online environment The Commission’s “2010 Digital […]
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