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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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Support EDRI!
European Digital Rights needs your help in upholding digital rights in the EU. Donations allow EDRI to hire part-time professional assistance in Brussels and invest in targeted campaigns. With the plans for mandatory data retention and the continuous erosion of digital civil rights, your donation could make a huge difference. If you wish to help […]
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EDRI-gram – Number 3.14, 14 July 2005
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Europarl protests against UK push for EU data retention
On Wednesday morning 13 July 2005 UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke met with the European Parliament Committee on Citizens’ Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). His plan to push through data retention during the UK presidency of the European Council, no matter in what pillar, met with great protest. The Social-Democrats, the Greens and the […]
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New Commission directive proposal on IPR
On 12 July 2005 the European Commission launched a new proposal for a directive and framework decision on the penal enforcement of intellectual property rights. The Commission proposes to penalise any infringements. According to Franco Frattini, the Commissioner for Justice, “the new measures proposed by the Commission form the criminal law front to the fight […]
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UK ISPs voluntarily preserve internetdata
Immediately after the London attacks on 7 July 2005, the National High Tech Crime Unit sent an e-mail to the UK provider association and to the London Internet Exchange asking for voluntary help in preserving traffic data of telephone and internet, but also the contents of e-mails, voice-mails and SMS. Some technicians outside of the […]
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Two opposing court verdicts on file-sharers
While the Irish High Court set a precedent on 9 July by ordering two ISPs to hand-over the name and address data of 17 file-sharers, a few days later a Dutch judge forbade the hand-over of contact details of 41 customers. In both cases the music industry used the services of the US-based company MediaSentry. […]
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Germany: biometric passports in November
The German Upper House approved on 8 July the introduction of biometric passports. The ‘ePass’ will contain a contactless chip (RFID) that will hold a digital frontal picture of the bearer’s face. In the future, two fingerprints, one from each hand, will be included – probably starting in 2007. The issuing of the biometric passports […]
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Another Italian community server violated?
After the recent discovery that the Italian Autistici/Inventati server had been seized by the Italian police and a backdoor had been probably installed to allow for easier monitoring of all communication going through it, looks like another Italian community server could have endured the same fate. On Monday 27 June 2005, two members of FLUG […]
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EU passenger data possibly used commercially
The US Transportation Security Administration is facing a scandal involving data being swapped forth and back with a private company engaged in data brokering. As Associated Press reported, the TSA, which is an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security, is not only storing commercial data about domestic air passengers. It has also passed […]
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Music: commission wants 1 internet clearing house
The European Commission wants to create 1 European internet rights clearing house for internet content providers. An in-depth study into the current collective management of copyrights shows that a company that wishes to start an online music business has to seek clearance with 25 national copyright management organisations and has to sell no less than […]
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Creative Commons festival in Spain
From 15 to 17 July there will be a (freely accessible) festival on copyleft and creative commons in Barcelona, with talks by Lawrence Lessig, Wikipedia, Cory Doctorow and John Perry Barlow and plenty of workshops, screenings and presentations in the CCCB (Barcelona Contemporary Culture Centre). The festival is devoted to the exploration of non-restrictive alternatives […]
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Support EDRI!
European Digital Rights needs your help in upholding digital rights in the EU. Donations allow EDRI to hire part-time professional assistance in Brussels and invest in targeted campaigns. With the plans for mandatory data retention and the continuous erosion of digital civil rights, your donation could make a huge difference. If you wish to help […]
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