February 11, 2009 · Blogs

UK Government proposes increased data sharing

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The UK Minsitry of Justice introduced in January 2009, in the House of Commons the Coroners and Justice Bill which, among other things, amends the Data Protection Act 1998 and enables increased personal data sharing among governmental bodies. The Bill empowers ministers to make orders that override […]

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January 27, 2010

Award Ceremony of the European Civil Society Data Protection Award

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Preisverleihung des European Civil Society Data Protection Award | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1682] WHERE: The award ceremony will take place on 28 January 2010 at the Kaaitheater (20 square Sainctelette 1000 Bruxelles) WHEN: during a Pecha Kucha (a series of 13 presentations that each last 6 minutes). The Pecha Kucha event […]

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July 16, 2014 · Blogs

Code Red, global initiative to support a reform of security services

More than two-dozen civil society activists from fourteen countries have joined the steering group of an ambitious global initiative to accelerate police and security services accountability. The project, Code Red, was conceived during the preparation of a report “A Crisis of Accountability” that was published in June 2014 on developments in the twelve months since […]

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February 11, 2009

Data protection framework decision adopted

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After several years of discussions and debates with the EU bodies, the Framework Decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters was adopted by the Council and published in the Official Journal on 30 December 2008. […]

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December 5, 2012

Russia: Pussy Riot's videos declared illegal on the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Russland: Pussy Riot Videos aus dem Netz verbannt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Russland_Pussy_Riot_Videos_aus_dem_Netz_verbannt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] A Moscow-based court has ruled on 29 November 2012 that four videos of the already famous dissident punk band Pussy Riot are extremist and therefore should be banned on the Russian Internet. The court said that all the […]

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January 26, 2011

Romanian NGOs demand stopping data retention in Europe

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänische NGOs fordern einen Stopp der Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Europa | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2553] In an open letter sent to the European institutions, several Romanian NGOs, including EDRi-member APTI Romania, demanded stopping data retention in Europe, following the decisions of the Constitutional Courts in Romania and Germany. The letter asks the […]

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December 5, 2012

Netherlands: legislation for forced decryption announced

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Zwang zur Entschlüsselung geplant | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Niederlande_Zwang_zur_Entschluesselung_geplant?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] The Dutch Minister of Justice has sent a letter to the House of Representatives announcing a proposal for legislation that will allow the police to force a suspect to decrypt information that is under investigation in a case of terrorism or […]

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December 14, 2011 · Blogs

German web blocking law repealed

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsches Netzsperrengesetz außer Kraft gesetzt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Deutsches_Netzsperrengesetz_ausser_Kraft_gesetzt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] After more than two years of discussions and opposition, on 1 December 2011, the German Parliament has finally taken the decision to drop the Access Impediment Act, the law that proposed blocking access to websites deemed to have child pornographic content. […]

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July 18, 2007

Irish insurance industry gets personal data from Police

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has indicated that there is a widespread problem with government officials selling or leaking personal information to the insurance industry. Recent media reports have indicated that members of the Irish police force have been providing access to the police computer system to […]

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May 19, 2004

EU to sign agreement on PNR transfer to the U.S.

With the approval on 17 May 2004 of the transfer of airline passenger’s personal data to the U.S., the Commission and the Council of the European Union have bluntly bypassed the European Parliament and Court of Justice. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, head of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament, said the decision was “ignoring the declared […]

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July 18, 2007

MEPs concerned about poor countries' access to drug patents

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted on 12 July 2007 a resolution on a protocol amending the World Trade Organization agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of 1994. The protocol, that would make permanent a 2003 waiver from the TRIPS agreement, is to […]

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August 2, 2006

EU might fingerprint children even before 12 years old

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The report from the EU Council Presidency meeting of 26 June 2006 proposes that all children in the European Union should be mandatory fingerprinted if they are over 12 years old. “If provided for by national legislation” this action could be extended to all children, even below […]

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