March 28, 2012 · Blogs

Italy: Problematic Internet blocking decision against fraudulent website

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italien: Fragwürdige Entscheidung über Sperrmaßnahmen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_Italien_Fragwuerdige_Entscheidung_ueber_Sperrmassnahmen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] The Italian Antitrust Authority (AGCM) has started ordering the blocking some websites involved in the online sale of fashion products, following several complaints made by consumers. It is the first blocking measure ordered by this Authority (enforced through the collaboration with […]

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November 20, 2013 · Blogs

Search Engines Pushed To Inefficient Internet Filtering

The UK government continues its endeavours to censor the Internet and has succeeded in convincing search engines to filter search term results “associated” with child abuse images within its child abuse policy, despite the lack of proof of any efficiency of such measures, the rinks to abuses and the dangers to the citizens’ democratic rights. […]

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June 5, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Disinformation and electoral interference | Transparency

Our dependency on Facebook – life-threatening?

What is your priority when a terrorist attack or a natural disaster takes place close to where your parents live or where your friend went on holidays? Obviously, you would immediately like to know how your loved ones are doing. You will call and text them until you get in touch.

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December 20, 2006

Promotion of open standards in Poland

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 14 December 2006 a Coalition for Open Standards was established by a large group of IT companies and organizations in Poland with a view to promote open technological standards. The coalition aims at taking measures to ensure freedom of choice for IT solutions for Polish citizens […]

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February 11, 2015 · Blogs

Copyright Reform: Responses to Draft Report and what comes next

This article is also available in: Deutsch: EU-Urheberrechtsreform: Antwort auf den Berichtsentwurf The draft European Parliament report on the InfoSoc Directive, sometimes also called the Copyright Directive, has generated an enormous wave of responses. It was presented by the Member of the Parliament (MEP) responsible for leading the file, Julia Reda, to the Committee on […]

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January 30, 2008

ECJ decision on handing traffic information in civil cases

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided on 29 January 2008 in the case of Productores de Música de España Promusicae vs. Telefónica de España considering that the European law “does not require member states to lay down an obligation to disclose personal data in the […]

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July 14, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

All hands on deck: What the European Parliament should do about the DSA

After the European Commission’s proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA) in December 2020, no less than seven committees in the European Parliament are now drafting their reports and opinions on the DSA. In parallel, member states are deliberating about the Council’s position, too. Yet, while the Commission has carefully tried to modernise the ageing rules of the E-Commerce Directive and make them fit for the platform economy, several of the committees’ draft reports propose—deliberately or not—to turn the DSA into a dystopian fundamental rights nightmare.

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November 12, 2020 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights)

Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights) focuses on the balance between freedom and security; the rights of prisoners; privacy; and non-discrimination. The organisation has a strong track record with respect to privacy, including government surveillance, counterterrorism and policing.

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February 8, 2017 · Blogs

SHARE Foundation honoured with a certificate of gratitude

Data Protection Day was celebrated on 28 January, and it was especially festive for EDRi observer SHARE Foundation. The organisation received a certificate of gratitude from the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection of Serbia for their immense contribution to affirmation of the right to protection of personal data.

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June 6, 2012 · Blogs

BEREC’s findings on net neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzneutralität: BEREC präsentiert neuste Erkenntnisse | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.11_Netzneutralitaet_BEREC_praesentiert_neuste_Erkenntnisse?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120606] On 29 May 2012, The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) published its findings in its joint investigation with the European Commission regarding traffic management and other practices that lead to restrictions to an open Internet in Europe. This […]

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May 28, 2013 · Blogs

If we assume the earth is flat – how much does data protection cost?

First we had the US administration influencing the European Commission’s drafting of privacy legislation, then we had the lobbying onslaught and the “lobbyplag” scandal. Now, we have absurd and misleading “studies” that make wild assumptions in order to come to outlandish conclusions regarding the “cost” of data protection. In the most recent example, the European […]

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June 5, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Correction / Clarification regarding iCOMP

In the previous EDRi-gram, we published an “ENDitorial” entitled “European Privacy Association – good, bad or simply misunderstood”. In that article, we made reference to the ICOMP organisation and its transparency. Subsequent to the publication of that article, Burson-Marsteller asked for some clarifications to be made. The clarifications (copied verbatim from an e-mail to us) […]

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