January 28, 2009

UK: Phorm threat

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) One particular commercial threat to internet privacy should be looked at very closely by our fellow European Digital Rights campaigners. That threat is Phorm: an invasive and probably illegal web advertising technology that could soon be coming to you. Phorm works by looking at the web traffic […]

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January 13, 2010

IP Chapter in the EU-Korea free trade agreement essentially flawed

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [IP-Kapitel des EU-koreanischen Freihandelsabkommens ist im Wesentlichen fehlerhaft | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1653] The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) calls upon the EU Parliament and member states to remove the intellectual property rights chapter from the EU – Korea Free Trade Agreement. According to the FFII analysis, the free […]

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October 10, 2007

The days of the Austrian DPA are numbered

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The lack of adequate independence of the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzkommission) is an issue the European Commission deals with since a complaint was filed by the data protection association Arge Daten back in October 2003. In July 2005 the Commission started infringement procedures against Austria for […]

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March 14, 2012

eVoting: Electronic urn modified by "a simple procedure"

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [eVoting: Elektronische Wahlurne lässt sich leicht manipulieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_eVoting_Elektronische_Wahlurne_laesst_sich_einfach_abaendern] On 11 March 2012, the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland reported that the eVoting trials that had taken place for the weekend’s national ballot (in the Swiss semi-direct democratic system, such ballots and votes are held four to six times […]

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April 10, 2013 · Blogs

Self-regulation: Irish police database – “some sort of social media”

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Selbstregulierung: Irische Polizeidatenbank – quasi ein “soziales Netzwerk” | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Selbstregulierung_Irische_Polizeidatenbank_quasi_ein_soziales_Netzwerk?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] Alan Shatter, the Irish Minister of Justice, has demanded an end to the abuse of the PULSE police database. In a sharply worded speech to the Association of Garda [Irish police] Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) conference, he said […]

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February 15, 2006

Government communication illegally wiretapped in Greece

Over a 100 phone numbers of Greek Government officials were illegally wiretapped for 11 months, during and after the 2004 Olympic games. This was confirmed on 2 February 2006 by three ministers during the daily Greek government press conference. The illegal wiretaps were discovered in March 2005 during a routine control at Vodafone, one of […]

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February 13, 2008

Microsoft's actions investigated again by the European Commission

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission has recently extended its formal probes launched on 14 January 2008 against Microsoft in two cases where it has been alleged that the multinational firm had abused its dominant market position. The first case was brought by a complaint from web browser Opera, which […]

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February 28, 2007

E-voting in Estonia for parliamentary elections

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Estonia is the first nation in the world that will allow voting via the Internet during its elections for the Parliament (Riigikogu). The voting will take place on 4 March 2007, but the electronic vote will be cast from 26 February at 9 AM until 28 February […]

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September 22, 2010

Freedom not Fear 2010 – Stop Surveillance Mania!

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Freiheit statt Angst – Stoppt den Überwachungswahn! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2197] For the fourth consecutive time, this year the International Action Day took place on 11 September under the motto “Freedom not Fear 2010 – Stop Surveillance Mania”. The events that took place in several European towns such as Berlin, […]

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March 29, 2006

Telecom data to be retained for one year in France

The long-awaited application decree for telecommunication data retention was finally published in France on 26 March 2006. It requires telecommunication data operators (Internet and telephony) to retain data for one year. Concerned data are those allowing the identification of: – the user and its terminal equipment – the recipients of the communication – the date, […]

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April 9, 2014 · Blogs

UK adds format shifting and parody to copyright laws

The UK government has proposed regulations to add format shifting, parody and non-commercial text mining to copyright laws. After two major reviews, run by two different governments in 2006 and 2010, recommendations for greater flexibility in copyright have been tabled for voting in the UK. A debate and vote will follow at the start of […]

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May 7, 2008

More control over the Internet wanted in Russia

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Russian prosecutor’s office wants to extend the anti-extremism laws to the Internet, proposing an amendment to the rules that presently govern printed media on the basis of which newspapers considered by the court to have published extremist material can be shut down. In terms of the […]

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