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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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Irish insurance industry gets personal data from Police
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has indicated that there is a widespread problem with government officials selling or leaking personal information to the insurance industry. Recent media reports have indicated that members of the Irish police force have been providing access to the police computer system to […]
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MEPs concerned about poor countries' access to drug patents
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted on 12 July 2007 a resolution on a protocol amending the World Trade Organization agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of 1994. The protocol, that would make permanent a 2003 waiver from the TRIPS agreement, is to […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.13, 4 July 2007
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EDRI signs "Keep The Core Neutral" petition
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) European Digital Rights Initiative (EDRI) has joined more than 100 individuals and organizations from around the world in signing the petition “Keep The Core Neutral” urging ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ) to resist efforts to evaluate applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) […]
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Final agreements between EU and USA on PNR and SWIFT
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After a long and difficult period of negotiations, on 28-29 June 2007, final agreements were reached between EU and USA on the data regarding European financial transactions operated by Belgian consortium SWIFT and on the passenger name records (PNR) issue respectively. Regarding the access to financial data […]
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OECD pushes for privacy co-operation
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new framework has been agreed by the 30 members of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) regarding the co-operation in the enforcement of privacy laws, updating a 27 year old statement (OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data). The […]
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The Austrian government has postponed the law for data retention
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A spokesman of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology has confirmed that due to the flood of responses to the law proposal there is no way to have data retention ready before the deadline set by the directive. The ministry received a total of 90 […]
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German legislation troubles the big Internet companies
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Yahoo and Google seems to have problems adapting their business to the tough requirements of the German law regarding content harmful to minors and the implementation of the data retention directive, respectively. Yahoo has recently changed the way the content filter setting for its photo-sharing service Flickr […]
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French Internet users are not properly informed on DRM
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The UFC- Que Choisir association has revealed the results of an online study performed in February 2007 regarding the use of DRM (Digital Rights Management) systems imposing third-party restrictions on the users of a reading device. The poll has shown that most French Internet users have not […]
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Italian officials prepare the law for a DNA database
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Italy is preparing its DNA database law, claiming that it needs harmonization with the other European states situation, but forgetting about the privacy concerns. According to col. Luciano Garofano from RIS (Reparti Investigazioni Scientifiche), it is not very long until the law allowing archiving DNA data will […]
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ENDitorial : The End of Multilateral Broadcast Treaty
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The summer special session of United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related rights (SCCR) ended with an outcome that effectively killed the proposed treaty for protection of broadcast organisations (Broadcast Treaty). The committee called off the Diplomatic Conference that was supposed […]
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Google answers Article 29 Working Party on data protection standards
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Google has answered several questions related to its data protection standards addressed by the Article 29 Working Party, especially on the period after which the anonymisation of the search server logs can be obtained. Initially Google announced in March 2007 a reduction of the retention period for […]
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