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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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RapidShare sues German rights holder association
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Rapidshare AG sued the German society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights (GEMA) in order to clarify the legal situation regarding free file hosting in Germany. The counter-attack from Rapidshare, a well-known free file hosting provider based in Switzerland, comes after the suit initiated in Germany […]
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The EDPS Annual Report for 2006 shows more concern for data protection
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has issued its report for 2006 that includes activities and events as well as the main trends of the past year and draws conclusions related to complaints, developments in security, justice, freedom and new technologies with possible impact on personal data […]
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Failure of the Scottish e-counting system
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) (Article corrected on 10 May 2007) The electronic counting system used in the Scottish Parliamentary Elections on 3 May 2007 experienced problems as experts had warned and the Scotland Office announced an urgent investigation on the “serious technical failures” having delayed the announcement of results in several […]
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First draft on data retention law in Romania
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A first draft law for the implementation of the data retention directive was presented at the end of April 2007 by the Romanian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology for public consultation. The ministry also organized on 26 April a public debate on the draft law. The […]
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New calls for computer online searches by German authorities
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German authorities seem to have a higher desire to push for a legal basis of the online searches of personal computers in Germany, despite the Federal Supreme Court decision in February 2007 that, according to the German Code of Criminal Procedure, decided that online police snooping […]
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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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