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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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Whois privacy problems not solved by ICANN
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) ICANN meeting that took place last week (29 October – 2 November 2007) in Los Angeles was expected to decide on the WHOIS database privacy problems. But unfortunately the decision taken was just to make further studies on the matter, despite the already seven years of discussions […]
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Government attempts of increased level of surveillance in Czech Republic
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Czech Interior Ministry introduced in October 2007 a new National Action Plan to Combat Terrorism that would increase the access of the police and intelligence authorities to personal data, under the pretext of the protection against terrorism. The Czech Ministry of Interior has introduced a similar […]
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Open Document Format gains more support
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first international workshop of Open Document Format (ODF) public sector users took place in Berlin on 29-30 October 2007, hosted by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. The position of the German Foreign Office, as host of the event, was made very clear. […]
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Online Police searches adopted also in Austria
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Austrian authorities have announced that the police will start from 2008 to use online searches as an investigation tool in order to keep up with the use of new technologies for terrorist and serious crimes. Austria is joining in this way Germany and Switzerland that are working […]
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Some Internet and media companies push for principles on user content
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A set of principles desired to create an online environment for the development of User Generated Content (UGC) services and the protection of copyright owner rights has recently been set out by several media and Internet companies such as CBS, Dailymotion, Fox Entertainment Group, MySpace, NBC, Veoh […]
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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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