July 15, 2009

The big record companies are after Irish ISPs

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die großen Plattenfirmen haben es auf die irischen ISPs abegesehen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1469] The big music record companies, EMI Records (Ireland), Sony Music Entertainment Ireland, Universal Music Ireland, Warner Music Ireland and WEA International Incorporated, are after the Irish ISPs trying to force them to adopt a three strikes […]

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February 13, 2008

Biometric data from non-EU travellers

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A set of new measures including biometric data from non-EU travellers are being proposed these days by the European Commission (EC). The proposals, drafted by Franco Frattini, the European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, are being put forward by the EC, arguing that the cross-border policy […]

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June 20, 2012

Google Transparency report: increasing trend of government censorship

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google Transparenzbericht: Staatliche Zensur nimmt zu | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.12_Google_Transparenzbericht_Staatliche_Zensur_nimmt_zu?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120620] According to Google’s latest bi-annual transparency report covering the July-December 2011 period, the number of governmental requests for users’ private data and content taking down has continued to grow. The report shows the situation for each country separately and refers […]

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April 20, 2016 · Blogs

New data protection law in Turkey

Turkish Parliament enacted the Data Protection Law on 24 March 2016 and it entered into force on 7 April. There had been several attempts for enacting the Law over the course of more than 10 years, but all of the bills were later withdrawn by the AKP – Justice and Development Party (the ruling party […]

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March 15, 2006

EU public consultation on RFID

During a high-level panel discussion at CeBIT 2006 Mrs. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, announced a new public debate on RFID, organised by the European Commission. Its purpose is to make an inventory of concerns that might necessitate legislative changes. Mrs. Reding said that “These networks and devices will link everyday […]

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July 17, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial:Leaked telecoms Regulation with or without net neutrality?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Geplante Telekom-Regulierung mit oder ohne Netzneutralität? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.14_ENDitorial_Geplante_Telekom-Regulierung_mit_oder_ohne_Netzneutralitaet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130717] Last week, an internal draft of a regulation for a “telecoms single market” was leaked in Brussels. We published an initial reaction to this document. But what are the details of the text and what do they mean? The […]

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October 20, 2010

ENDitorial: Irish court rejects music industry demands for three strikes

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Irisches Gericht lehnt Antrag der Musikindustrie auf Three-Strikes-Regime ab | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2283] On 11 October 2010, Mr. Justice Peter Charleton of the Irish High Court gave judgment in EMI and Others v. UPC , rejecting music industry claims that broadband provider UPC was responsible under Irish law for […]

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June 17, 2015 · Blogs

Microsoft’s new small print – how your personal data is (ab)used

Microsoft has renewed its Privacy Policy and Service Agreement. The new services agreement goes into effect on 1 August 2015, only a couple of days after the launch of the Windows 10 operating system on 29 July. The new “privacy dashboard” is presented to give the users a possibility to control their data related to […]

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December 16, 2009

Future of MySQL investigated by the European Commission

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die Europäische Kommission untersucht die Zukunft von MySQL| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1630] The acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle is investigated by the European Commission for its potential anti-competition effects, including the future role of MySQL as an open source database software owned by Oracle. The debate between opponents and supporters […]

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June 18, 2014 · Blogs

Turkish government to acquire a tool to censor social media?

Turkish media reports that the government intends to buy NetClean software to remove unwanted material from Twitter. The negotiations are said to be ongoing with an exorbitant price tag of 40 million euros. NetClean is a Swedish software company that specializes in providing “intelligence solutions to block, detect and analyse digital media”. The Turkish government […]

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June 18, 2014 · Blogs

Facebook adds third-party website data to ad targeting profiles

Facebook announced in a blog post on 12 June 2014 that it will start expanding its users’ advertising data by letting marketers target ads based not only on users’ activities on the social network, but also on third-party websites. By clicking on an arrow in the corner of the ads, a user can see the […]

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August 24, 2016 · Blogs

France and Germany: Fighting terrorism by weakening encryption

On 23 August, the French and German Ministers of Interior met in Paris to discuss an initiative that would extend surveillance in Europe and weaken encryption, in the name of the fight against terrorism. Speaking at a joint press conference, French Minister of Interior Bernard Cazeneuve and his German counterpart Thomas de Maizière called for legislation that […]

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