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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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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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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August 1, 2007

Czech government accepts the new PNR agreement with reservations

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On the 18 July 2007, the Czech government approved, with signficant reservations, the new PNR agreement prepared by the European Commission with the US Department for Homeland Security (DHS). During the short period of consultations among the Czech authorities and politicians on the new agreement, the Czech […]

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March 11, 2009

At Large Structures in ICANN get together for the first time

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Erstes Treffen der At-Large Structures ICANN | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1330] For the first time in ICANN history, at the 34th International ICANN meeting in Mexico City the representatives of 88 At-Large Structures (ALS) from five Regional At-Large Organizations representing ICANN’s global At-Large community came together to discuss the main ICANN […]

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February 13, 2019 · On the ground | Open internet and inclusive technology | Equal access to the internet

Time for better net neutrality rules

A Dutch court struck a blow against strong net neutrality protections. According to the court, the mobile operator T-Mobile may continue to provide certain music services with preferential treatment to its customers in the Netherlands − a disappointing judgment showing the need for better rules.

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

Denmark: Government postpones the data retention law evaluation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänemark: Regierung verschiebt Evaluierung des VDS-Gesetzes | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Daenemark_Regierung_verschiebt_Evaluierung_des_VDS-Gesetzes?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] In the coming months, the Danish Parliament will conduct an evaluation and revision of the Danish data retention law which implements directive 2006/24/EC. The review process has been postponed twice on earlier occasions (2010 and 2012), and the Danish government […]

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February 29, 2012

Internet communications heavily monitored by German intelligence services

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Geheimdienste überwachen Internetkommunikation | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.4_Deutsche_Geheimdienste_ueberwachen_Internetkommunikation?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120229] Based on two reports of the German Parliamentary Control Panel (PKG), in 2009 and 2010, the Federal Office for Constitutional Protection, the Federal Intelligence Service and the Military Counterintelligence Service have monitored an impressive number of e-mails and other forms of Internet […]

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October 24, 2007

Electronic voting machines eliminated in the Netherlands

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) All Nedap/Groenendaal voting machines were decertified on 1 October 2007 by District Court of Alkmaar in the Netherland, following the ‘Voting with confidence’ advice issued on 27 September by Korthals Altes Committee (created with the purpose to verify the validity of the systems), and the announcement of […]

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March 13, 2013 · Blogs

Article 29 WP takes the next step in its Google investigation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Artikel 29 Gruppe setzt nächsten Ermittlungsschritt in Sachen Google | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_Artikel_29_Gruppe_setzt_naechsten_Ermittlungsschritt_in_Sachen_Google?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] In October 2012, Article 29 Working Party (representing the data protection authorities (DPAs) of the EU member states) made recommendations to Google to solve certain deficiencies regarding its privacy policy. Now the group believes that the company […]

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December 6, 2006

Hungary's President says no to the PNR agreement

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom decided not to sign the national law regarding the promulgation of the EU-US PNR (Passenger Name Records) agreement and sent it back to the Parliament, considering that it can be improved. This is one of the few set-backs of the new EU-US […]

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December 17, 2008

Snooping law, "Lex Nokia", proceeding slowly but surely in Finland

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Earlier this year, in April, the Government of Finland presented a bill to the Parliament for an amendment to the Act on Data Protection of Electronic Communications. Raison d’être for the bill officially is that it would allow employers to investigate the log data of employees’ e-mails, […]

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