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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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EU study on RFID tags shows major privacy concerns
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar.) After a 6-month consultation period, an EU study initiated after Cebit trade show in March 2006 shows concerns related to the use of RFID (radio frequency ID) tags and reveals the necessity to assure the public that these tags will not lead to a large-scale surveillance system. […]
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Belgium newspaper group continues its actions against search engines
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After the decision against Google obtained on 5 September 2006, the Belgium newspaper group Copiepresse has planned new actions against MSN and Yahoo, alleging that they are infringing its copyright by showing excerpts of articles and images from newspapers on their Belgian portals without paying. Copiepresse sent […]
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EU-US PNR agreement formally adopted by the EU Council
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 16 October, the EU Council formally adopted a decision to sign an interim agreement with the United States on continuing the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data by air carriers to the US Administration. The interim agreement will replace the Agreement signed in May 2004, […]
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Big Brother Awards Germany
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The 2006 German Big Brother awards ceremony took place last week in Bielefeld and it was preceded by the demonstration “Freedom instead of Fear” (Freiheit statt Angst) against Security and Surveillance Delusion, where about 300 people protested against the growth of pervasive surveillance in Germany. For the […]
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WSIS follow up at UNESCO
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 16-19 October 2006 UNESCO conducted the first multi-stakeholder consultations on the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Action Lines C3 (access to information), C7 (e-learning), C9 (media) and C10 (ethics) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. UNESCO is one of the lead […]
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Illegal video surveillance in Austria
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During Infolaw legal forum on 17 October, Margot Artner, a Viennese lawyer, expressed concerns regarding the existence of about 100 000 illegal monitoring systems with recording functions in Austria. The estimation was based on information obtained from vendors of monitoring software and installing technicians. Artner has waited […]
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ENDitorial – Regulating the Patent Industry
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) We know that for over two decades, the global patent industry has been trying – discretely, and sometimes less discretely – to get software patents legalised. When Brian Kahin wrote about the US software patent issue in 1990, the US had already allowed software patents for almost […]
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Filesharing and digital evidence case in Sweden
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Andreas Bawer was accused in 2005 of sharing a film, called Hip Hip Hora, breaching the Swedish Penal Code. He was found guilty in the Swedish Court of First Instance, (Västmanlands Tingrätt) in December 2005. However, in a recent decision on 2 October 2006 of the Swedish […]
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SWIFT found in breach of Belgian laws
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A report issued by the Belgian Government on the very discussed SWIFT case of transfer of financial transaction data to the U.S. Government, concluded that SWIFT breached the Belgian law. The Belgian Commission responsible with the first report on the case stated: “The Commission is of the […]
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European e-voting machines cracked by Dutch group
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The voting computers used to cast 90% of the votes in Netherlands were cracked by a Dutch Group called “Wij vertrouwen stemcomputers niet” (We do not trust voting computers). In a live public show on 4 October 2006 on the Dutch television channel Nederland 1, the group […]
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Open Letter against the revision of the Swiss copyright law
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the end of September 2006, a new initiative, called kunstfreiheit.ch (freedom of art) was launched in Switzerland. It is basically an open letter to the Swiss Minister of Justice and the Swiss parliamentarians calling attention to the fact that the reform/expansion of copyright, which is currently […]
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Digital Restriction Management – drm.info
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 3 October 2006, the first Anti-DRM day, a new collaborative information platform about the potential dangers of Digital Restriction Management (DRM) was launched. The DRM.info was initiated by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and is supported by a group of organisations and authors. The main […]
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