April 22, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Inclusive technologies | Transparency

EU: New “ad-hoc working group” on vaccine passports starts work – in secret

EDRi's member Statewatch shares that discussions amongst EU member states on how to approach plans for digital vaccination certificates are taking place in a new "ad-hoc working group", a format that is not likely to foster transparency - particularly given that the group has said it will not be keeping "minutes as such".

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February 23, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Final Copyright “compromise”: Upload filters for everyone but Google & Co

On 21 February, the rapporteur of the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) Axel Voss issued his suggestion for a “compromise” on the Copyright reform, on which the Committee will vote in April.

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January 17, 2007

Copyright extension term rejected by EU commissioned report

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Recasting of Copyright & Related Rights for the Knowledge Economy is a new study commissioned by the European Union and produced by the Institute for Information Law – University of Amsterdam. The report covers an extensive ground in the EU copyright domain taking into consideration the […]

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February 10, 2016 · Blogs

MTE v. Hungary: the ECtHR rules again on intermediary liability

On 2 February 2016, the Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) came back in judging on the matter of intermediary liability. In ‘MTE and Index v. Hungary’, the ECtHR held that freedom of expression as recognised in Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights was violated. The court had […]

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August 12, 2015 · Blogs

Facebook patent: Lending based on social connections

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has granted Facebook a patent which could allow “authenticating an individual for access to information or service based on that individual’s social network.” The main use for this technology is to allegedly prevent members of a network from sending spam to other members with whom they aren’t […]

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February 27, 2013 · Blogs

Italian police blocks tumblr domain

The Italian police imposed on 13 February 2013 the blocking of domain name 25.media.tumblr.com, which was actually one of the Amazon cloud computing server that contains all the images loaded on the tumblr website. The domain blocking was based on an alleged child pornography content on the site. This domain name blocking was lifted one […]

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January 27, 2016 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: Bits of Freedom

Bits of Freedom is the leading Dutch civil rights organisation, focusing on privacy and communications freedom in the digital age. They strive to influence legislative and non-legislative measures, in order to increase freedom and privacy on the Internet.

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January 31, 2007 · Blogs

iTunes under continuous attack in Europe

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) More consumer protection organizations from across Europe have initiated complaints against Apple in order to obtain a more friendly end user license agreement (EULA) for iTunes. The consumer protectionists are concerned about the interoperability of purchased music, contractual terms and liability rules. They consider that iTunes should […]

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March 11, 2015 · Blogs

Czech Big Brother Awards shine light on privacy invasions

EDRi-member Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe) organised the Czech Big Brother Awards 2014, which marks the the tenth time the event has been held. The Awards ceremony took place in the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague on 25 February 2015. The concept of the Big Brother Awards was created by Privacy International in the UK […]

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June 29, 2011

New draft law for data retention in Romania

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neuer Entwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Rumänien | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Neuer_Entwurf_zur_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_in_Rumaenien?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] The Romanian Ministry of Information Society and Communication (MCSI) submitted, for public comments, on 23 June 2011, a new draft law for the implemention of the EU data retention directive, after the Romanian Constitutional Court decided on 7 October 2009 […]

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November 5, 2009

Free as in Free Culture

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frei wie in freie Kultur | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1566] Free Culture Forum (FCF), organized by the Spanish NGO Exgae together with Networked Politics and the Free Knowledge Institute turned Barcelona in the capital of free culture for 3 days. Of course, Free as in Free Speech. The official Introduction of […]

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October 20, 2010

Danish tax authorities want to mirror hard disks of private companies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänische Steuerbehörde will Festplatten privater Unternehmen spiegeln | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2277] A new proposed law would allow the Danish tax authorities to simply mirror entire hard disks of companies without a court order and before they have a reason to suspect the company has engaged in unlawful activities. The proposal […]

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