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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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UK government pushes ahead with national ID card
The UK government is pushing ahead with plans for a compulsory national ID card. The Identity Cards Bill was announced in the Queen’s Speech, which sets out the government’s legislative programme for the coming year, and introduced in the House of Commons on 29 November. The Bill is virtually unchanged from a draft published for […]
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EU prepares law on police files
The European Commission is preparing a Framework Decision on ‘Access to information by law enforcement agencies’. Commission services have authored a Communication on enhancing such access, which was sent to the Council and the European Parliament in June 2004. The issue is closely linked to discussions currently under way on the introduction of data protection […]
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Danish Hearing on RFID
On 24 November 2004 in Denmark a hearing was held on RFID and pervasive computing. During the hearing, a first draft of an industry code of conduct (drafted by Danish Industry, The Danish Consumer Council and the Danish Trade and Service Association) was presented, together with a report on the technical and legal challenges and […]
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Hungarian Big Brother Award for Data Protection Commissioner
During the Big Brother Awards ceremony in Budapest, Hungary on 25 November 2004, the People’s Award was presented to the Data Protection Commissioner, Attila Péterfalvi. He was chosen with a large majority of 917 votes (39,8%) from 2.342 valid votes. He was given the negative price for making official statements that could erode the Hungarian […]
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Finnish security police charged with illegal snooping
Three top officials in Finland’s Security Police (SUPO) and the former head of the security unit of the telecommunications service provider Sonera are to be charged in a case involving suspected illegal telecommunications surveillance, according to the Finnish journal Helsingin Sanomat. The case dates back to November 2000, when Juha E. Miettinen, the head of […]
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EU court to decide on Microsoft appeal
The EU’s Court of First Instance will decide between 18 and 20 December whether to suspend the Commission’s sanctions against Microsoft. In March 2004 Microsoft got a record fine of 497 million euro after a five-year investigation by the Competition Commissioner into Microsoft’s business practice. The Commission also ordered Microsoft to offer a version of […]
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European Parliament adopts Safer Internet programme
On Thursday 2 December, the European Parliament adopted the report from the Dutch PSE rapporteur Edith Mastenbroek on the goals and funding of the Safer Internet Plus Programme. Parliament has decided to dedicate 45 million Euro to the program, of which 20,05 million are to be spent in the first 2 years, 2005 and 2006. […]
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EU presidency paper on spam
The Dutch EU Presidency of the EU had published a rather thin paper on spam. The Presidency ‘sees spam as a priority issue’ and is looking for ‘short-term practical measures and quick wins’. The paper will be on the agenda of the Telecommunications Council on 9 December 2004. The paper mentions that the Commission has […]
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Signature form
!!The deadline for signatures is over Please do not use this form any more to sign our Open Letter to the European Parliament on Biometrics in EU residents’ and citizens’ passports. The vote has taken place; learn more about its outcome here. All signatures received before midnight on Thursday, December 2, will be posted on […]
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Thank you for your support
Thank you very much for your signature. Your name will be added to the list of signatories. Back to the Open Letter EDRI Home Page
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Help us fight mandatory fingerprinting for all EU Citizens!
Please endorse the Open Letter from Privacy International, Statewatch and EDRI to MEPs opposing mandatory fingerprinting for all EU citizens by writing an e-mail to before Monday, October 29, 18:00. The list of signatories is open to individuals as well as to organisations.
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An Open Letter to the European Parliament on Biometric Registration of all EU Citizens and Residents
!!To the Members of the European Parliament, We the undersigned are calling on you to reject the ‘Draft Council Regulation on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States’. This is an unnecessary and rushed policy that will have hazardous effects on Europeans’ right to privacy. This policy […]
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