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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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Call for nominations Swiss Big Brother Awards
On 31 August the deadline closes for nominations for the Swiss Big Brother Awards. The organising committee has already received over 100 nominations and will publish a selection at the end of September 2004. The 5th annual Swiss ceremony of the Big Brother Awards will take place on 16 October in the city of Emmen. […]
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EU prepares ban on banknote forgery software
According to an article in the UK newspaper The Observer, computer and software manufacturers in Europe are to be forced to introduce new security measures to make it impossible for their products to be used to copy banknotes. The move, to be drafted into European Union legislation before the end of the year, is presented […]
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Call for participation: data retention and copyright
The deadline is nearing for two important consultation rounds from the European Commission, on mandatory data retention and on copyright. European Digital Rights is working hard on a thorough answer on the EU plans for mandatory retention of all internet and telephony traffic data. The document will be made publicly available on the EDRI website, […]
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Subscribe to EDRI-gram
European Digital Rights produces a bi-weekly newsletter about digital civil rights in Europe. EDRI-gram is produced by members of European Digital Rights. !!Subscribe to the English language EDRI-gram newsletter Email Address: !!EDRI privacy policy The email address you provide will only be used to send you the newsletter or enable you to participate in the […]
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Belgian Internet users under surveillance
According to a press article published on 15 April 2004 in the Belgian daily boulevard paper ‘La Dernière Heure’, the Ministry of the Interior in Belgium will test new telecom interception hardware and software on the fiberlink used by ADSL broadband users in Belgium. The test will be done by the CTIF (under the federal […]
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EDRI-gram in other languages
EDRI-gram is available in German, a few days after the English edition. The translation is done by Andreas Krisch from the EDRI-member VIBE!AT – Austrian Association for Internet Users. Translations are available for all 2006 editions at http://www.unwatched.org/ (Parts of) EDRI-gram are also available in Macedonian, a few days after the English edition. The contents […]
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UK Right to Read Campaign
Within the UK the Royal National Institute of the Blind, RNIB, is currently running a Right to Read Campaign, in alliance with several other organisations. This seeks to do something about the huge gap between the number of titles published in print and the small amount that become available in accessible formats, whether from the […]
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Issues
European Digital Rights covers many issues relating to privacy and digital rights, from data retention to copyright and software patents, from the transfer of passenger data to freedom of speech online and the security and privacy problems arising from e-voting. The wide range of topics covered in the bi-weekly newsletter EDRI-gram are thematically organised in […]
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Dutch parliament blocks patent vote
On 1 July 2004 the Dutch Lower House adopted a motion directed at Minister Brinkhorst and State Secretary Van Gennip (Economic Affairs) to withdraw the Dutch vote in support of the Council of Ministers’ text for the Directive on Software Patents. It was quite a surprise the motion was accepted. In a letter to MPs, […]
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Opinion European Court of Justice: perpetual rights for databases
On 8 June 2004, the European Court of Justice issued an opinion on four (similar) cases regarding the database directive ‘sui generis’ right. The opinion seems to grant perpetual protection to databases, and confirms grave public concerns about the impact of the directive on the use and re-use of online information. Though the opinion of […]
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Swiss protest against new personal identification number
The Swiss data protection authorities and several political parties have used a governmental consultation round to protest against a proposal to introduce a new sectoral ID number for persons, the SPIN law. According to the privacy authorities, the proposed law violates both constitutional and data protection principles. The new personal identification number would be sectoral […]
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