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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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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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EDRI-gram – Number 5.12, 20 June 2007
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Update on a Council Framework Decision on the protection of personal data
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Council of the European Union disscused again in its Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on 12-13 June 2007 the Council Framework Decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters, without making any clear steps […]
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PCDA brings a major change in the WIPO mandate
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During 11-15 June 2007, the Provisional Committee on Proposals for a WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Development Agenda (PCDA) had meetings during which WIPO members negotiated agreements on several proposals for new activities of the UN organization. “This is a major achievement. It’s a complete overhaul of […]
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Prüm's Treaty is now included into the EU legal framework
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The EU has adopted as its own law, with very little alterations, the so-called Prüm Treaty, signed on 27 May 2005 by Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Austria, which allowed the police forces of their countries to compare and exchange data more easily. The […]
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French collective society sues P2P producers
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Under the cover of the DADVSI law with the so-called Vivendi amendment (initiated by Vivendi Universal) the French association SPPF (Société civile des producteurs de phonogramme en France – The French collective society for phonogram producers representing the independent labels) started a legal action against P2P software […]
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Privacy Ranking of Internet Service Companies
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Privacy International (PI) has undertaken a study that reveals the privacy threats and rank the positions in this matter of key players on the Internet services market. The objective of the research is not only to point fingers but also to find out trends and emergent issues […]
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European Visa Information System accepted by the EU bodies
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The legislative package on the Visa Information System (VIS) was adopted by the European Parliament and a political agreement was reached within the Justice and Home Affairs Council in the last couple of weeks. This means that the final steps have been adopted to create the biggest […]
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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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ENDitorial: The 2001 CoE Cybercrime Conv. more dangerous than ever
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Council of Europe (CoE) has definitely highly prioritised the broad ratification, all over the world, of its Convention on Cybercrime, opened to signatures since November 2001 and entered into force on 1 July 2004. As part of its efforts to achieve this goal, a conference on […]
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Italian Government criticized by the Free Software Association
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After filing a case to the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio against the Italian Ministry of Work for launching a call for tenders where only Microsoft software was considered as eligible, Italian NGO Assoli (Associazione Software Libero) is criticizing again its Government. The problem arose when the […]
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Launch of Creative Commons Switzerland
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 26 May 2007 the Swiss version of Creative Commons licenses were launched in Zurich at a ceremony held as the finishing highlight of this year’s Tweakfest, Switzerland’s Festival for Media, Culture, and Digital Lifestyle. The launch was hosted by Digitale Allmend, a Swiss NGO focused on […]
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