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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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Logging of IP addresses banned in Germany
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 25 January 2006, the District Court of Darmstadt (Germany) ruled that the German ISP T-Online was legally banned from logging the session IP addresses it assigned to its customers. German law requires this data to be deleted upon termination of the connection as it is not […]
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Swiss Big Brother Awards 2006
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 16 November 2006, Sudhaus cultural centre of Bâle hosted the Swiss Big Brother Awards ceremony of 2006 organised by Archives de l’Etat Fouineur Swiss and the EDRI-member Swiss Internet User Group SIUG. The jury deciding on the winners included 11 people from various institutions and organizations […]
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Italian postal codes are again freely accesible
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the end of September 2006, after a reorganisation of the postal codes system (CAP), the Italian Post (Poste Italiane), now a private company, as well as the Italian Ministry of Communications have changed the way in which one could access the postal code online , limiting […]
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FIPR report on children's databases – likely to harm rather than help
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The UK Information Commissioner has just published a report on the UK Government’s plans to link up most of the public-sector databases that contain information on children. The report was written by experts from the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), who conclude that aggregating this data […]
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Support EDRI-gram
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) European Digital Rights needs your help in upholding digital rights in the EU. Thanks to your last years donations EDRi is able to issue 24 editions of EDRi-gram in 2006. To continue with EDRi-gram in 2007 we again ask for your support. If you wish to help […]
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Support EDRi-gram!
European Digital Rights needs your help in upholding digital rights in the EU. Thanks to your last years donations EDRi is able to issue 24 editions of EDRi-gram in 2006. To continue with EDRi-gram in 2007 we again ask for your support. If you wish to help us promote digital rights, please consider making a […]
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Discussion during IGF against Internet content control
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was organized by United Nations in Athens between 30 October and 2 November 2006. The forum has shown a strong and large opposition to Internet blocking and filtering, putting under pressure repressive governments such as China. The three sessions devoted […]
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Danish ISP forced to block Allofmp3.com
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A Danish court ruled against the Danish ISP Tele2 and ordered to block all access to the site Allofmp3.com. According to the ruling, the ISP is willingly infringing copyright if its customers use AllofMP3 to download music. IFPI Denmark sued the ISP, Tele2, in July 2006. It […]
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Greek blog aggregator admin arrested
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Antonis Tsipropoulos, the administrator of a Greek blog aggregation website, blogme.gr, had his house raided, his hard drive seized and was himself arrested by the Greek cybercrime division, after having been served with a libel lawsuit without prior notice, because a public figure was offended by a […]
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IGF Outcome : Dynamic Coalition on Privacy
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) a diverse group of stakeholders has agreed to launch a Dynamic Coalition on Privacy, which will address emerging issues of internet privacy protection such as digital identities, the link between privacy and development, and the importance of privacy and anonymity for […]
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Czech Republic bestowed Big Brother Awards for the second time
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 30 October 2006 in Prague the Big Brother Awards for the most egregious data privacy transgressions in the Czech Republic were bestowed for the second time. The event organised by the NGO Iuridicum Remedium was quite a big success reported by many national media. The chief […]
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UK DNA Database under scrutiny
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) United Kingdom has today the largest DNA database in the world, with over 3,5 million DNA samples. These days the Nuffield Council on Bioethics announced starting a public consultation about the new legislation regarding the storage of the DNA samples. The DNA database was initiated in 1996 […]
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