December 3, 2014 · Blogs

EU-Canada agreement on PNR referred to the CJEU: What’s next?

On 25 November the European Parliament voted, by 383 votes to 271, in favour of a resolution to refer the EU-Canada agreement on Passenger Name Records (PNR) to the European Court of Justice (CJEU). The CJEU will now decide on the compliance of the agreement with EU law, in particular the Charter of Fundamental Rights. […]

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May 8, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Disinformation and electoral interference

EU elections – protecting our data to protect us from manipulation

The campaigns for the European Parliament elections that will take place on 23-27 May 2019 are well under-way. Since the last elections in 2014, much has changed in the way political campaigns are conducted. Central to these changes is the role played by our data.

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May 19, 2010

ECJ Advocate General: Limitations to the levy on private copies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EuGH: Generalanwältin will Beschränkungen bei Abgaben auf Privatkopien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1934] Verica Trstenjak, Advocate General at the EU Court of Justice, believes the levy on private copies imposed on digital equipment, devices and media should be limited to cases “where it may be presumed that they are to be […]

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June 2, 2010 · Publications

Booklet: Internet Blocking

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Broschüre über Netzsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1965] European Digital Rights has published a booklet aimed at informing EU officials and parliamentarians about the many complex issues surrounding the issue of Internet blocking. The booklet was distributed this week to the mailboxes of all Members of Civil Liberties, Culture and Women’s […]

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December 20, 2006

New Audiovisual Directive: First Reading in EU Parliament completed

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 13 December 2006, exactly one year after the presentation of the revised directive by the Commission, the European Parliament’s Plenary voted on a report on the draft Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS) that was prepared by the Parliament’s Committee for Culture and Education. In December 2005, […]

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June 19, 2019 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics

Danish DPA approves Automated Facial Recognition

On 13 June 2019, the Danish football club Brøndby IF announced that starting in July 2019, automated facial recognition (AFR) technology will be deployed at Brøndby Stadium. It will be used to identify persons that have been banned from attending Brøndby IF football matches for violations of the club’s own rules of conduct. The AFR […]

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January 18, 2006

Freedom of Information Act in Macedonia

The Civil Society in Macedonia is very much concerned about the quality of the proposed draft Law on Free Access to Information of Public Character as it does not meet international standards on access to information. Today (18.01.2006), it is expected that the Macedonian Parliament will adopt the Law. Nongovernmental organizations Article 19, Foundation Open […]

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October 31, 2004

EDRI answer to consultation on EU copyright legislation

In October 2004 the European Commission organised a consultation on the review of EU legislation on copyright and related rights. EDRI sent in an evaluation, together with FIPR (UK) and VOSN (NL). The paper is available at: http://www.edri.org/docs/edri_copyright_consultation.pdf In the paper, EDRI argues for higher standards of user rights. The response was endorsed by twenty […]

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March 23, 2016 · Blogs

EPIC Intervenes in Privacy Case at European Court of Human Rights

EPIC filed a third-party intervention with the European Court of Human Rights in a significant case about mass surveillance and transatlantic co-operation between intelligence agencies. The 10 Human Rights Organizations and Others v the UK (24960/15) case involves a challenge brought by NGOs from all around the world including Privacy International, the American Civil Liberties […]

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February 14, 2007

Towards a committee for French on-line services regulation ?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) French Internet regulation history seems to repeat itself, as shows a recently unveiled administrative decree project, which aims at creating a “National Commission for the deontology of on-line public communication services”. The Commission would be in charge of elaborating “deontological recommendations” towards professional on- line communication services, […]

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February 12, 2014 · Blogs

Italian Supreme Court: Google’s Youtube is just a hosting provider

(title corrected from the newsletter version when the title was wrongfuly posted as “Italian Supreme Court: search engines are just hosting providers”) The Italian Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) finally comes to put an end to a long-term case brought in 2008 by Vividown association against three Google executives considered responsible for a post uploaded […]

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February 28, 2007

Increased Europol powers need increased data protection policies

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) considers that the changes on the legal basis of Europe’s police (Europol) proposed by the European Parliament meant to increase its powers have to be accompanied by proper data protection rules. The European Parliament has proposed changes that would […]

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