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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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E-voting in Estonia for parliamentary elections
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Estonia is the first nation in the world that will allow voting via the Internet during its elections for the Parliament (Riigikogu). The voting will take place on 4 March 2007, but the electronic vote will be cast from 26 February at 9 AM until 28 February […]
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ENDitorial : EU nations scolded by IIPA
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), a lobby group representing the American publishing, software, recording and movie industries, has been busy. On 12 February IIPA published its recommendations to the US Trade Representative’s 2007 review of global copyright laws. This “Special 301” procedure can lead to significant […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 5.3, 14 February 2007
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Online police searches found illegal in Germany
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) in Karlsruhe ruled, on 5 February, that, according to the German Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO), online police snooping was illegal. As the court argued, StPO had no provisions to allow the authorities to perform online snooping, the code allowing only […]
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MEPs support again the rules on defamation in Rome II
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Parliament has voted in its second reading on the Rome II Regulation to reintroduce the rules regarding the defamation by media or publications via the Internet and other electronic networks. The Rome II regulation is establishing the rules on the applicable law to non-contractual obligations. […]
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The ORG and FIPR week of e-voting events
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Last week there were three e-voting events hosted in London by EDRI members, the Open Rights Group (ORG) and the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR). On 6 February guests saw a screening of the documentary film “Hacking Democracy” which reveals in detail the failings of e-voting […]
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Towards a committee for French on-line services regulation ?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) French Internet regulation history seems to repeat itself, as shows a recently unveiled administrative decree project, which aims at creating a “National Commission for the deontology of on-line public communication services”. The Commission would be in charge of elaborating “deontological recommendations” towards professional on- line communication services, […]
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European Central Bank found accountable in the SWIFT case
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 1 February, Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) gave his opinion on the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) in the SWIFT case, considering the bank as accountable along with SWIFT for failing compliance with the European privacy laws in the secret US […]
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Belgium court backs decision against Google
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In the case brought by Copiepresse, a trade group representing 17 Belgium newspapers, against Google for publishing links to newspaper articles without permission, the Brussels Tribunal upheld its previous decision and ruled that Google violated the copyright law. Google was ordered to remove Belgian newspaper content from […]
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European institutions try to impose a stronger position in the PNR debate
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Parliament intends to strengthen its opposition to the US demands related to the transfer of European air passenger data (PNR). Following the debate that took place on 31 January 2007 in the European Parliament, the vote on the position that EU should have concerning the […]
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Bulgaria fails to protect citizen's personal data
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A recent report made public by the Bulgarian National Audit Office about the activity of the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) in Bulgaria in the period 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2005 shows that CPDP has failed in achieving its main purpose – to protect […]
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House of Lords produces report against the AVMS directive
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A report of the Lords European Union Committee offered new reasons to oppose the Commission’s draft Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), successor of the Television Without Frontiers Directive, that will extend television regulation to some Internet video services. The Directive was approved in its first reading by […]
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