October 6, 2010

Private data exposed on UK Law firm website

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Webseite einer britischen Anwaltskanzlei enthüllt private Daten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2248] On 24 September 2010, the website of the UK Law Firm ACS:Law suffered a massive breach of security apparently under a Denial of Service attack initiated by a group entitled Anonymous within the Operation Payback, which led to the […]

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November 18, 2009

Spain will not apply a three strikes law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien wird kein Drei-Treffer-Gesetz anwenden | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1586] As a ray of sunshine in a European environment favouring the disconnection of Internet users downloading allegdly copyrighted material, Spain (that will hold the EU Presidency from 1 January 2010) and Germany have decided not to join France and UK in […]

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January 27, 2010

Italy wants a licence for uploading videos on the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien wünscht eine Lizenz für das Hochladen von Videos ins Internet | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1679] The Italian Government intends to introduce a new decree that would require people who upload videos onto the Internet to get authorization from the Communications Ministry just like television broadcasters. Article 4 of the respective […]

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January 27, 2010

LOPPSI 2 French law – to block or not to block websites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches LOPPSI 2 Gesetz – Internet sperren oder nicht sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1680] The members of the Law Commission of the French National Assembly have issued their first amendments to LOPPSI 2 draft law that is to be discussed in the Assembly starting with 9 February 2010. If adopted […]

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July 16, 2008

Privacy complaints related to Google's Street View

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Privacy International has complained to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) against Google’s Street View cars, which grab real photographs of streets and people, that get loaded into Google Maps. Street View distinctive cars have been recently spotted on London. The system allows Google’s users to view 360 […]

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July 30, 2014 · Blogs

Russia and Austria take action against use of Tor

Russian government is offering 3,9 million roubles (approximately 85 000 Euro) for a way to identify users transmitting data over the anonymous web browsing system Tor. The special technology and communications group of the interior ministry published the tender on the government procurement website in July, offering the reward for “research work, Tor cipher”. The […]

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July 30, 2014 · Blogs

Spain: Why you should care about the Citizens’ Security Bill

On 11 July 2014, the Spanish Council of Ministers adopted the Bill on the Protection of Citizens’ Security. The draft law comes under the authority of the Ministry of Interior which, after “hearing” the opinions of several public authorities and civil society in response to a preliminary text, adopted the bill. The legislation is intended […]

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October 21, 2015 · Blogs

Turkey: New attempts to limit online access and freedom of speech

The Turkish government has been heavily critised for implementing censorship on the Internet and other media. Currently, over 100 000 websites are officially blocked in the country. Additionally, popular websites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have been frequently blocked with or without a court order. Other than officially blocking websites, Turkish Internet Service Providers […]

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March 10, 2010

Article 29: Reduce the storing period of Google Street View's images

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Artikel 29: Reduziert die Lagerzeit der Google Street View-Aufnahmen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1760] Alex Turk, the head of EU Article 29 Working Party (WP) sent a letter on 11 February 2010 asking Google company to warn people about the arrival of its Street View vehicles and to reduce the retention […]

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April 8, 2009

Phorm – under scrutiny at the European level

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [http://www.unwatched.org/node/1361horm: Überprüfung auf Europäischer Ebene| ] On the event on 31 March 2009, the European Commissioner for consumers, Meglena Kuneva, warned on the transparency in the online environment: “We must establish the principles of transparency, clear language, opt-in or opt-out options that are meaningful and easy to use. […]

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April 21, 2010

Internet Blocking plans in Ireland

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland plant Internetsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1866] In January 2010, EDRi-member Digital Rights Ireland filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) Request with the Department of Justice asking for all documents dealing with internet blocking by ISPs. The response came back in March, refusing access to almost every internal document! Sometimes, […]

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December 17, 2008

ECHR decided against the UK DNA Database

(Article corrected on 18 December 2008 on DNA database figures and the Counter Terrorism Act 2008) (Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 4 December 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) gave its judgement in the Marper case related to the controversial National DNA Database used by the UK Police for […]

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