April 18, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Privacy at ICANN: WHOIS winning?

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has struggled over the publication of the name, address, phone number, and email address of domain name registrants since its inception in 1998. That registry is called WHOIS.

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May 8, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Last Call for the W3C Do Not Track process

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Letzte Chance für die Do-Not-Track-Initiative des W3C | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.9_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130508] As we write this the W3C DNT working group is convening in Sunnyvale, California. This working group has been trying to come up with a mechanism to allow users to express their preferences regarding cross-context tracking of their […]

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January 16, 2008

UK Government continues to pressure ISPs for Internet filtering

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 8 January 2008, at the launching of the government consultation on new copyright exceptions, Lord Triesman, the UK minister for intellectual property, threatened the ISPs with the introduction of new legislation to force them to block illegal filesharing in case they cannot find a voluntary agreement […]

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May 21, 2003

Airport protests against data transfer to USA

EDRI and its partners held successful actions on 20 May at Schiphol (Amsterdam), Zaventem (Brussels) and Vienna airport. At all three airports EDRI members have provided airline passengers with important information about the transfer of their personal data to US authorities. Passengers were given a letter they can send to the national Data Protection Authority […]

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June 30, 2010 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Council of Europe draft Recommendation on Profiling

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Empfehlung des Europarats zu Profiling | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2038] Approximately in parallel to the work of the EU’s Article 29 Committee on cookies, the Council of Europe has been preparing a wider Recommendation on profiling. The document has been discussed for over a year, with a consultation on an […]

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March 8, 2017 · Blogs

People with disabilities do not want just any Accessibility Act

On 6 March 2017, the European Disability Forum (EDF), the umbrella organisation representing persons with disabilities at EU level, joined forces with its members and other civil society organisations to protest in front of the European Parliament in Brussels. Over a hundred people gathered together calling for a meaningful European Accessibility Act (EAA), to guarantee better […]

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February 2, 2006

Commission refuses to do an impact assessment on the data retention

In a public answer to a written question by Charlotte Cederschiöld (PPE-DE) on timeframe of the impact assessment of the Data Retention Directive, the European Commission has stated that such an assessment will not take place because ” it will not provide any added value”. The European Parliament has adopted on 14 December 2005 a […]

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May 23, 2012

The Hague district court orders Pirate Party to censor its website

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Den Haag: Piratenpartei muss ihre Website zensurieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Den_Haag_Piratenpartei_muss_ihre_Website_zensurieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] On 10 May 2012, the district court of The Hague gave its verdict in the case of BREIN against the Dutch Pirate Party. BREIN had earlier obtained an ex parte injunction against the Dutch Pirates but, unlike earlier ex […]

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January 17, 2007

EDRI signs the Joint Statement for SCCR 1st Special Session

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights’ (SCCR) Special Session is taking place right now at Geneva. The meeting (and another in June 2007) aims to fix the proposed Broadcast Treaty so that it could be ratified by the end of this year in a diplomatic conference. […]

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May 23, 2012

Concerns over the proposed Communication Bill in UK

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Geplantes britisches Telekommunikationsgesetz wirft Fragen auf | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Geplantes_britisches_Telekommunikationsgesetz_wirft_Fragen_auf?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] Some of the bills presented on 9 May 2012 in the Queen’s Speech, in which the Queen reads the government’s legislative agenda for the next parliamentary period in front of both Houses of Parliament, raise freedom of expression concerns. HM […]

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April 1, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Facial recognition: Homo Digitalis calls on Greek DPA to speak up

In the spring of 2019, the Hellenic Police signed a €4 million contract with Intracom Telecom, a global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor, for a smart policing project. Seventy five percent of the project is funded by the Internal Security Fund (ISF) 2014-2020 of the European Commission.

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August 18, 2021 · Blogs | Campaigns | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Inclusive technologies

Romani rights and biometric mass surveillance

The rights of Romani people should be an important topic for anyone that cares about digital rights. In this blog, hear from experts in Roma, Sinti and digital rights about why facial recognition is an important issue (and what the rest of the digital rights community can learn), and check out the Reclaim Your Face campaign’s first ever resource in the Sinti language!

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