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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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Changes in the UK ID card scheme
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The initial plan of the UK Government regarding the national ID scheme was meant to use photographs, fingerprints and iris scans in a National Identity Register. The Home Office’s Strategic Action Plan for the National Identity Scheme considers now that the iris scans is just an option […]
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Prison or fine for French p2p users ?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The French Minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, considered in December 2006 that there should be no prison for those downloading only a few works from the Internet. However, just a couple of weeks after this statement an Internet user was condemned by a French court […]
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Recommanded Reading
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Study on the Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU. Final Report. (20.11.2006) http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf
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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 has been able to issue 24 editions of EDRi-gram in 2006. To continue with EDRi-gram we again ask for your support. If you wish to help us […]
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EDRI signs the Joint Statement for SCCR 1st Special Session
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights’ (SCCR) Special Session is taking place right now at Geneva. The meeting (and another in June 2007) aims to fix the proposed Broadcast Treaty so that it could be ratified by the end of this year in a diplomatic conference. […]
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New EU recommendation includes the right of reply in the online media
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Parliament adopted on 12 December 2006, at its second reading, a recommendation on the protection of minors and human dignity and on the right of reply in relation to the competitiveness of the European audiovisual and online information services industry. The right of reply in […]
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Violent video games – a hot topic on the European agenda
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Starting from a violent video game seen in Italy by Commissioner Frattini, a new hot topic has started to be heavily discussed by European Union bodies and Member States. Although the self-regulation measures are already in place for some years, a new approach is pushed by the […]
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Wiretapping scandal in Greece ends with record fine
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As a result of the scandal related to the wiretapping of phone conversations of several Greek officials, including Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, during the period August 2004 – March 2005, Vodafone was fined by the Greek privacy committee for not having protected its network against hacking activities. […]
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Promotion of open standards in Poland
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 14 December 2006 a Coalition for Open Standards was established by a large group of IT companies and organizations in Poland with a view to promote open technological standards. The coalition aims at taking measures to ensure freedom of choice for IT solutions for Polish citizens […]
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EUCD Best Practice Guide published
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A network of European civil society experts, including several EDRI members, published in December 2006 a Best Practice guide for countries implementing the EU copyright directive. The guide aims at legislators and advocates of a balanced copyright framework in countries hoping to join the EU in the […]
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Biometric scanning is being tested in Heathrow Airport
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A biometric scanning system called miSense started to be used as a trial on December 2006 at Heathrow Airport, as part of the International Air Transport Association’s Simplifying Passenger Travel Programme. The system allows passengers to scan their passport and right index finger, creating an electronic key […]
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UK government reacts to campaign opt out of central medical database
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) English health minister Lord Warner has reacted to TheBigOptOut.org, a campaign that mobilises citizens to opt out from a proposed national medical database. He is offering patients an opt-out from one part of the new system – a synopsis for emergency care, which contains things like your […]
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