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Strengthening the Digital Markets Act and Its Enforcement

Strengthening the Digital Markets Act and Its Enforcement

Draft IMCO report on the Digital Services Act(1)

Draft IMCO report on the Digital Services Act(1)

November 15, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Platform regulation | Surveillance and data retention

Who defends the victims of mass surveillance? Tech companies could

Two clocks are ticking for US tech companies in the power centers of the modern world. In Washington, lawmakers are working to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 before it expires on 31 December 2017. Section 702 is the main legal basis for US mass surveillance, including the programs and techniques that […]

March 24, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

Delete first, think later

The proposed Digital Services Act wants to push online platforms to quickly remove illegal content. But it uses a sledgehammer on a most intricate challenge: moderating online speech. The result would crush freedom of expression instead of enabling it. This is the second blog post in a new series dedicated to the EU’s proposed Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act)

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act)

November 27, 2015 · Blogs

EDRi’s press review 2015

JANUARY 21/01 Some French want a Patriot Act, but they have something even tougher (globalpost) 21/01 Eurovision tellybods: Yes, you heard right – net neutrality (The Register) 21/01 EBU urges European net neutrality (Digital TV Europe) 21/01 Some French want a Patriot Act, but they have something even tougher (globalpost) 22/01 Calls for European ISPs […]

October 16, 2013 · Blogs

Act now: One minute to save your right to privacy

On 21 October, the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will vote a an of huge importance to civil rights: The General Data Protection Regulation. The purpose of this very long legislative proposal is to make sure that our rights to privacy and data protection can be effectively asserted in […]

November 8, 2006

Privacy Commissioners act together

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the 28th annual Conference of Data Protection and Information Commissioners held on 2-3 November in London, privacy commissioners from ten countries adopted common policies related to the international issue of increased citizen surveillance. The document adopted by the commissioners, titled “Communicating Data Protection and Making It […]

March 27, 2013 · Blogs

Slovenia: Information Commissioner challenges the data retention law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Slowenien: Datenschutzbeauftragter stellt Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Frage | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.6_Slowenien_Datenschutzbeauftragter_stellt_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_in_Frage?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130327] The Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia challenged on 19 March 2013 the national implementation of data retention directive before the Constitutional Court. The Information Commissioner holds that the data retention provisions of the Act on Electronic Communications (ZEKom-1), […]

December 17, 2008

ECHR decided against the UK DNA Database

(Article corrected on 18 December 2008 on DNA database figures and the Counter Terrorism Act 2008) (Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 4 December 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) gave its judgement in the Marper case related to the controversial National DNA Database used by the UK Police for […]

Council compromise amendments on Chapter III, section 3a, 4 and 5 of the Digital Services Act

Council compromise amendments on Chapter III, section 3a, 4 and 5 of the Digital Services Act

Final compromise amendments from ITRE on the Digital Services Act

Final compromise amendments from ITRE on the Digital Services Act