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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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High Level Contact Group talks about EU-US personal data issues
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) According to a document revealed by Statewatch, the EU and US are negotiating the data protection principles for which common language has been developed. The Group has as purpose to draft a proposal that should deal with the personal data protection in any future EU-US agreements that […]
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French website Note2Be.com closed by court order
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following the legal action initiated on 14 February by several individual teachers and SNES-FS union, a French court ordered on 3 March 2008 to Note2be.com to eliminate from their site the names of the teachers graded by students. The site, launched on 30 January 2008, that allowed […]
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Israeli's ISPs forced by court to block torrent links website
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 25 February 2008, following pressure from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and a petition initiated by the 12 biggest record companies of Israel, the Haifa District Court ordered the country’s three largest ISPs to block access to HttpShare.com, a BitTorrent and http hyperlink-only […]
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European Parliament criticized for not using open standards
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A public petition was initiated by OpenForum Europe, The European Software Market Association, and the Free Software Foundation Europe asking the European Parliament (EP) to change its ICT system in order to allow the adoption of open standards. The petition specifically points to the fact that the […]
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Swiss Bank was denied the closure of whistleblowers website
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White reversed his initial decision of shutting down the wikileaks.org domain of Wikileaks, a website where whistleblowers can untraceably leak documents. Wikileaks, launched in early 2007, has anonymously posted documents revealing delicate subjects such as the infiltration of agents of the Stasi, the […]
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German police raids against patent breaches at CeBit fair
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 6 March 2008, the German authorities raided 51 exhibitor stands at CeBit, the German information technology fair, in a search for goods suspected of infringing patents. The Hanover police stated that the reason for this action in which about 180 officials from the police, customs and […]
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ENDitorial: The battle for Sound Copyright
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Commissioner Charlie McCreevy’s announcement in February 2008 that he proposes to nearly double the term of copyright protection for sound recordings from 50 to 95 years came as a shock to UK digital rights campaigners. Back in 2006, here in the UK, the case against copyright term […]
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Recommanded Reading
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Council of Europe: Access to Information Convention: Seven Key Problems Remain in the Draft European Convention on Access to Official Documents http://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/mar/coe-access-convention-7-main-problems.pdf
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French Police extends the Internet blacklist
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) French Internal Affairs Minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, announced on 14 February 2008 new measures to fight against cybercrime, including extending the websites blacklist and pushing for computer online investigations, without the permission of the country of the hosting company. The Minister visited the Cybercrime Brigade that is located […]
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Romanian Govt adopts Data retention law, but calls it inefficient
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Romanian Government adopted on 20 February 2008 the draft law on data retention, but despite the official press release that praises the new measure, several officials have complained about the lack of reality of the legal text. The draft law was adopted by the Government at […]
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Legislation against Internet filesharing in UK
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The UK Government intends to introduce legislation that will force ISPs to disconnect theirs customers that illegally download music or films. Andy Burnham, the culture secretary, told the Financial Times “the government has no burning desire to legislate”, but he announced a change of tone from the […]
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Note2be.com under investigation by CNIL
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following several complaints and notifications, the French Data Protection Authority (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés – CNIL) is investigating Note2be.com website created in January 2008 that was proposing pupils to grade and evaluate their teachers. The site encouraged pupils the give the name of the […]
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