December 19, 2007

Creative content online – main topic in new EC documents

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new policy paper drafted by the European Commission (EC) shows its intention to promote new measures to fight against illegal file-sharing, taking as a positive example the French agreement between ISPs and the record industries already presented in EDRI-gram. The policy paper obtained by EurActiv and […]

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February 22, 2017 · Blogs

Proposed Espionage Act threatens free speech in the UK

The UK’s Law Commission has announced proposals that could mean journalists and whistleblowers are treated as spies if they “handle” official data. The ongoing open public consultation on the protection of official data, run by the Law Commission, suggests that the crime of espionage is changed so that it is “capable of being committed by […]

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May 9, 2012

France: Google sent again to court for its search suggestion service

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Google neuerlich wegen Suggest-Funktion vor Gericht | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Frankreich_Google_neuerlich_wegen_Suggest-Funktion_vor_Gericht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] Four French associations have decided to take Google to court for its automatic suggestion of the word “Jew” when searching for the names of several French personalities. Union des étudiants juifs de France (UEJF – union of Jew students […]

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May 9, 2012

Concerns regarding plans for a new EU United Patent Court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Skepsis in Sachen EU-Patentgericht | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Skepsis_in_Sachen_EU-Patentgericht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] The EU ministers have recently put up plans to create a United Patent Court (UPC), a framework that will allow inventors to gain cost-effective unilateral patent protection across the EU. Within this framework, the inventors would only have to apply once in […]

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February 11, 2015 · Blogs

ISDS – one month after the results of the public consultation

National sovereignty of the EU Member States and the rule of law would be endangered if Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) was part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Respondents to the public consultation conducted by the European Commission (EC) between March and July 2014 made it clear that they oppose ISDS, but the […]

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January 18, 2006

First Consultations on Establishment of Internet Governance Forum

Following the agenda of the WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) in Tunis in November 2005, the stakeholders will attend a meeting in Geneva, on 16 and 17 February for consultations regarding the convening of an IGF ( Internet Governance Forum) for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue. The meeting in Geneva is meant to deal with […]

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June 30, 2010

Article 29 WP issues opinion on cookies in the new ePrivacy Directive

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Artikel 29 Datenschutzgruppe zu Cookies in der neuen ePrivacy-Richtlinie | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2035] The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (WP) representing the European data protection authorities published on 24 June an opinion clarifying the application of the data protection rules in online behavioural advertising, with a focus on the […]

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January 17, 2007

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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June 1, 2011

Internet governance dialogue in Belgrade 2011

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Internet Governance Dialog 2011 in Belgrad | http://bit.ly/mpzbht] The 4th European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) took place in Belgrade on 30-31 May 2011 covering a lot of debates on a large area of issues on concepts of Internet Governance, from freedom of expression to privacy and cybersecurity. […]

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May 8, 2013 · Blogs

Iceland’s Supreme Court lifted the financial blocking of Wikileaks

Iceland’s Supreme Court ruled on 24 April 2013 that Valitor, Visa’s local partner in Iceland, had to resume processing online donations to WikiLeaks within two weeks or face a daily fine of around 5200 Euro in case of non-compliance, thus backing up the decision taken by a lower Icelandic court in July 2012. “This is […]

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January 15, 2014 · Blogs

European Commission wants to know if web browsing should be illegal

The European Commission has launched a consultation on the future of European copyright policy. The responses provided to the questionnaire must be submitted by 5 February 2014 and will be used as a justification for future proposals from the Commission – if citizens do not have their say, the results will be a weakening of […]

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June 15, 2011

Irish "three strikes" system investigated by Data Protection Commissioner

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutzbehörde prüft irisches “Three-Strikes”-System | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.12_Datenschutzbehoerde_prueft_irisches_Three_Strikes_System?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110623] The Irish Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the Eircom / music industry three strikes system, a report in the Sunday Times has revealed. According to the story by Mark Tighe, predictions that Eircom would end up falsely accusing innocent users have now […]

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