March 9, 2011

Final call for petition on government use of citizens' biometrics

This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Последен повик за петиција за владина.. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/mk/vesti/edri/1894-posleden-povik-za-peticija-za-vladinata-upotreba-na-biometriski-podatoci-na-gragjanite] Deutsch: [Petition gegen die Nutzung biometrischer Daten durch den Staat | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Petition_gegen_Nutzung_biometrischer_Daten] By means of a petition, the international Alliance ‘Hands off biometrics’ will urge the Council of Europe to start an investigation on the collection and storage of biometric […]

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

Dutch government maintains private copying-exception for downloading

The Dutch government announced that it wouldn’t prohibit the unauthorised downloading of copyrighted material. It did so on 4 February 2013 in a letter to the Parliament, putting an end to a heated debate that lasted for years. As a result, the Netherlands remains one of the few countries in Europe where downloading without permission […]

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August 25, 2004

Call for nominations Swiss Big Brother Awards

On 31 August the deadline closes for nominations for the Swiss Big Brother Awards. The organising committee has already received over 100 nominations and will publish a selection at the end of September 2004. The 5th annual Swiss ceremony of the Big Brother Awards will take place on 16 October in the city of Emmen. […]

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October 8, 2008

An update on the Italian PirateBay case

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Bergamo Criminal Court overrules the seizure, but establishes a case law that is a violation of civil rights. On 16 August 2008 ALCEI reported to the Italian Data Protection Authority the violations of law contained in the pre-emptive seizure order issued by the Justice for preliminary […]

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April 7, 2010

New Media, Search Engines and Network Neutrality on 2010 CoE Agenda

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Medien, Suchmaschinen und Netzneutralität auf der Tagesordnung des Europarates | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1844] The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of experts on new media (MC-NM) held its second meeting on 25-26 March 2010 in Strasbourg. This group is a follow-up to the previous CoE Group of specialists on Human […]

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

Human rights orgs ask OECD to investigate surveillance companies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Überwachungsfirmen: Menschenrechtsorganisationen fordern OECD-Untersuchung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Ueberwachungsfirmen_Menschenrechtsorganisationen_fordern_OECD-Untersuchung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] In the beginning of February 2013 several human rights organisations, including Privacy International, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Bahrain Watch and Reporters without Borders, filed formal complaints against surveillance software firms Gamma International […]

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April 7, 2010

Confused discussions surrounding IPR enforcement in the EP

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Wirre Diskussionen im EP über die Durchsetzung geistiger Eigentumsrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1833] The probably final set of discussions around the much-debated “Gallo Report” on the enforcement of intellectual property rights was held recently in the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP). In the week prior to the […]

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November 16, 2016 · Blogs

Dutch government wants to keep “zero days” available for exploitation

The Dutch government is very clear about at least one thing: unknown software vulnerabilities, also known as “zero days”, may be left open by the government, in order to be exploited by secret services and the police. We all benefit from a secure and reliable digital infrastructure. It ensures the protection of sensitive personal data, […]

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October 20, 2005

Data retention: Council barks but cannot bite

Charles Clarke from the UK Home Office uttered some incredibly harsh threats to the European Parliament committee on civil liberties (LIBE) on 13 October, the day after the Council meeting, but his barking could not conceal the fact the ministers of Justice and Home Affairs did not have any teeth to bite with. Several national […]

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October 22, 2008

The PNR scheme entirely changed by the European Council

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Council has started re-writing from scratch the European Commission’s proposal for an EU-PNR scheme as a result of several EU governments’ intention to go further in this matter. Some European governments, with the UK in the lead, want to extend the PNR scheme used now […]

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April 7, 2010

New governmental usage of open licences in the Netherlands and UK

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Nutzung offener Lizenzen durch die niederländische und britische Regierung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1835] Encouraging moves in promoting the open licence content in governmental projects have been recently made in the Netherlands and UK. The Netherlands government launched on 31 March 2010 Rijksoverheid.nl, a single website for communications for all […]

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

Recommended Action: support your privacy rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mitmachen: Setz Dich für Deine Rechte ein! | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Mitmachen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] EDRi together with other civil rights and data protection organisations launched on 5 February 2013 the European campaign portal Privacycampaign.eu in support of better protection for European citizens’ rights to privacy and data protection. “This is our one opportunity […]

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