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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 Government Decree on data retention – another Big Brother act
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The French Government, during this election period, is preparing a decree for the application of the law on the confidence in the numerical economy (LCEN) of 21 June 2004, which requires webmasters, hosting companies, fixed and mobile telephony operators and Internet service providers to retain all information […]
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Data retention and increased surveillance in Germany
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German government has approved the draft legislation that implements the data retention directive, but the political opposition and the growing anti-surveillance movement shows an important resistance to the new plans of the federal Minister for the interior, Wolfgang Schäuble, who wants an ever increased surveillance. The […]
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Copyright clearing for EU digital libraries project
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 18 April 2007, a copyright handling model for digitalised works was agreed by EU High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries including major stakeholders such as the Federation of European Publishers, the British Library, the German national library and Google. The High Level Expert Group, founded […]
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E-voting in France – after the first round of presidential elections
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first round of the presidential elections in France, where e-voting systems have been used in 82 localities as a pilot test, showed many queues, some equipement shutdowns and dropouts of some towns (Amiens, St Malo, Le Perreux, Ifs). Some political parties have called the e-voting a […]
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New anti-racism documents on the European agenda
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After six years of debates in trying to reach an agreement, the European Council will adopt a Framework decision that makes incitement to racism and xenophobia a crime in all the EU members states. At the same time, five MEPs promoted a declaration that asks for an […]
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Free file sharing in the copyright law supported by a Norwegian Party
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Norwegian Liberal Party (Venstre) passed a resolution on 14 April 2007 to support changes in the copyright law including free file sharing, free sampling and the banning of DRM systems. The resolution proposed by the Young Liberals and supported by Trine Skei Grande, Vice Chairwoman of […]
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Privacy bodies investigate Google's data protection standards
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Even though Google recently announced the reduction to 18 – 24 months of the retention time for data related to users and their searches, its privacy practices are discussed by the Article 29 Working Group and could be investigated by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The […]
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Complaints on lack of access to European Commission documents
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Statewatch has made two complaints to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission, one for having failed to keep a proper public record of documents and the other for having failed in 2006 to issue its annual report on access to documents for 2005. The group considers […]
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ENDitorial: The Transparent Drug Addict – Choosing Therapy Over Privacy?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 1 March 2007 the Austrian Department of Health enacted its highly controversial revision of the Narcotic Substances Act, thus provoking an immediate outcry from both the medical and pharmaceutical associations and privacy experts. The draft has also been heavily criticised in the run-up to its execution […]
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Free software needs to be considered in Italian public acquisitions
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following the case filed by Associazione per il Software Libero (Assoli – Association for Free Software) to the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio-Rome, the Italian Ministry of Work and Social Politics has withdrawn the call for tenders for Microsoft Licences. The Department of Technological Innovation of the […]
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Private copy explained by Court of Appeal in Paris
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new decision of the Paris Court of Appeal in the case Mulholland Drive considers that there is no right to the private copy that can forbid the presence of the DRMs, but the private copy can be a good argument for defence in cases of counterfeiting. […]
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Nominations for Big Brother Award Italy 2007 are now open
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The official start of the call for nominations for the Italian Big Brother Award (BBA) 2007 began on 2 April 2007 and will last until 30 April. In a scenario where privacy is all the time attacked by new technologies and doubtful initiatives to protect our “security”, […]
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