October 17, 2007

List of Signatories-New Council of Europe Recommendation fails to uphold online freedom of expression

Act Now to Protect Freedom of Expression Online: – Sign up in support to this EDRI statement (NGOs and groups from non CoE member States also welcome) Read EDRI Statement: – Čeština : Výzva k akci: Doporučení Rady Evropy neochrání svobodu slova – Deutsch: Die neue Empfehlung des Europarates hält die freie Meinungsäußerung online nicht […]

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July 18, 2012

EC suggests changes of the music rights management system

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommission will Verwaltung von Musikrechten ändern | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.14_Kommission_will_Verwaltung_von_Musikrechten_aendern?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120718] The European Commission (EC) published a draft EU Directive on 11 July 2012 showing the intention to introduce a system of collective rights management to be used for the distribution of music online in the single market. In the EC’s […]

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July 17, 2013 · Blogs

Austria: Outsourcing data retention obligations to the US

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [VDS in Österreich: Auslagern der Speicherverpflichtung an die USA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.14_VDS_in_Oesterreich_Auslagern_der_Speicherverpflichtung_an_die_USA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130717] During the ECJ lawsuit against the data retention (DR) directive it became clear that DR obligations may have been outsourced to contractors, maybe even to US-based companies, thereby giving US authorities potentially unrestricted access to all such […]

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July 18, 2007

Allofmp3.com shut down, but more Russian music websites opened

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The famous website allofmp3.com was quietly shut down at the beginning of July 2007, but the Russian websites that are selling music online at much cheaper prices are on the rise, one of them winning also a lawsuit against Visa. Russian authorities pressured the Moscow-based company MediaServices, […]

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September 22, 2010

Swiss court rules that IP address collecting software is illegal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schweizer Gericht erklärt die Sammlung von IP Adressen für unzulässig | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2202] The Swiss Federal Court overturned on 8 September 2010 a previous court decision and ruled that the software identifying IP addresses of alleged unauthorised music uploaders was infringing the data protection law. Switzerland-based anti-piracy company Logistep […]

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October 19, 2011 · Blogs

EDPS's Opinion on net neutrality & privacy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Stellungnahme des EDSB zu Netzneutralität und Datenschutz | www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.20_Stellungnahme_des_EDSB_zu_Netzneutralitaet_und_Datenschutz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111028] Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an opinion on 7 October 2011 on the European Commission Communication on the open internet and net neutrality in Europe, stressing the necessity of respecting the fundamental right to privacy […]

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July 14, 2010

ENDitorial: French biometric passport: case still pending after 2 years

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Beschwerde gegen französische Biometrie-Pässe nach 2 Jahren immer noch anhängig | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2067] It took more than two years after the complaint against the French biometric passport was filed to have the conclusions of the “public rapporteur” publicly presented at the Conseil d’Etat (French highest administrative Court), on […]

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December 19, 2012 · Blogs

WCIT: what happened and what it means for the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [WCIT: Was passiert ist und was es für das Internet bedeutet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_WCIT_Was_passiert_ist_und_was_es_fuer_das_Internet_bedeutet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] After two weeks of intensive negotiations, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) adopted the revised International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs), a controversial treaty, which has been viewed by many as an attempt by the International […]

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December 20, 2010 · Blogs

Stop(ped) web blocking

Earlier versions of this article are also available in: Deutsch: [Stoppt Internetsperren! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2509] Français: [Non au filtrage du Net! | http://vasistas.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/appel-contre-le-filtrage-du-net-en-europe/] Nederlands: [Help mee en stop het Europese internetfilter! | https://www.bof.nl/2011/02/10/laatste-loodjes-help-mee-en-stop-het-europese-internetfilter/] ————- On Monday evening, 14 February 2011, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament held its first crucial vote on whether mandatory […]

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November 12, 2020 · Highlights | Publications | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Booklet: Digital Defenders help kids defend their privacy online

Our popular publication “Your guide to Digital Defenders – Privacy for kids!“ has been updated!

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October 10, 2019 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Open letter to EU Member States: Deliver ePrivacy now!

On 11 October 2019, EDRi, together with four other civil society organisations, sent an open letter to EU Member States, to urge to conclude the negotiations on the ePrivacy Regulation. The letter highlights the urgent need for a strong ePrivacy Regulation in order to tackle the problems created by the commercial surveillance business models, and […]

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July 3, 2013 · Blogs

Prism, Tempora… and ECtHR?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Prism, Tempora … und der EGMR? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.13_Prism_Tempora_und_der_EGMR?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130703] By revealing documents about Prism US surveillance programme, Snowden, the former American National Security Agency (NSA) employee, seems to have opened a Pandora box. Der Spiegel has brought out new revelations that EU offices in Brussels, New York and Washington […]

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