March 26, 2008

Italian DPA: It's illegal to spy on P2P users

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) issued a press release on 13 March 2008, explaining that the private companies can’t systematically monitor the activities of peer-to-peer (P2P) users that share files on the Internet, for the purpose of identifying and suing […]

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October 6, 2010

Italy: Online editors are not liable as the printed press

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien: Online-Herausgeber unterliegen nicht den gleichen Haftungsbestimmungen wie Printmedien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2245] The Italian Court of Cassation ruled in a decision taken on16 July 2010 and published on 1 October 2010 that online editors are not directly liable for the content published on their websites. In this case, it […]

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December 4, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices

Why privacy is particularly crucial for people with disabilities

With data being described as the “new currency”, many questions arise around privacy and data protection. We all leave increasingly larger data footprints as we use more, and more advanced technologies. We let apps access our phonebook contacts, track our habits and behavior, and know our preferences. At other times, we do not even have […]

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March 26, 2008

Czechs became Trojan horses for new US visa waiver programme

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Czech Republic Interior Minister Ivan Langer and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff signed on 26 February 2008 in Washington D.C. the Memorandum of Understanding which is the first step in introducing new electronic visa programme for all EU countries. In this Memorandum Czech authorities agreed to […]

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October 6, 2010 · Blogs

New EC Expert Group on the Internet of Things

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue EC Expert Group zum Internet der Dinge | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2247] On 22 and 23 September 2010 the kick-off meeting of a new European Commission (EC) High Level Expert Group on the Internet of Things was held in Brussels. The group is made up of about 50 members representing […]

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March 26, 2014 · Blogs

UK privacy groups file complaint on medical data in Google Cloud

UK privacy groups Big Brother Watch, medConfidential and the EDRi member  Foundation for Information Policy Research have filed a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK’s data protection authority. The complaint follows revelations that PA Consulting Group, a technology and innovation consultancy, uploaded a large quantity of data to Google’s cloud-based Big Data service […]

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May 6, 2015 · Blogs

Slovakia: Mass surveillance of citizens is unconstitutional

Slovakia’s data retention law is now history. On 29 April, the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic ruled that the mass surveillance of citizens is unconstitutional. The decision was made in the context of proceedings initiated by 30 Members of the Parliament on behalf of the European Information Society Institute (EISi), a Slovakia-based think-tank. In […]

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August 1, 2012

Stravos Lambrinidis: EU First Special Representative for Human Rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Stavros Lambrinidis: Erster EU-Sonderbeauftragter für Menschenrechte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.15_Stavros_Lambrinidis_Erster_EU-Sonderbeauftragter_fuer_Menschenrechte?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20120801] On 25 July 2012, on a proposal by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Council of the European Union appointed Mr Stravos Lambridinis, former MEP, as EU Special Representative for Human Rights. This appointment […]

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April 12, 2006

US wants access to retained traffic data

Unites States has indicated in a recent meeting with the EU Council that it will be interested in accessing the traffic data collected by the European countries according with the recent Directive on Data Retention. Also the US officials expressed concerns over the draft Framework Decision on Data Protection. During the EU-US informal High Level […]

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March 26, 2014 · Blogs

Extensive surveillance in the draft Finnish cyber intelligence law

Finnish government is in process of preparing of a new law on cyber intelligence. The draft by the Ministry of Defence working group preparing the law suggests giving the authorities such as Security Intelligence Service, National Bureau of Investigation, Communications Regulatory Authority and Defence Forces a mandate for a wide surveillance of online communications, including […]

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April 12, 2007

CoE to address the impact of technical measures on human rights

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) With its seventh meeting held on 26-27 March 2007 in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe Group of Specialists on Human Rights in the Information Society (CoE MC-S-IS) is pursuing its mandate for another two-years period, as affirmed in its revised terms of reference. There are little changes […]

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July 31, 2013 · Blogs

Over 100 global groups make a principled stand against surveillance

For some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques. Nothing could demonstrate the urgency of this situation more than the recent revelations confirming the mass surveillance of innocent individuals around the world. To move toward that goal, today we’re pleased […]

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