September 23, 2015 · Blogs

State of play of internet freedom in the Netherlands

Dutch EDRi member Bits of Freedom is diligently watching a set of broad tendencies, such as the dominant positions of a handful of tech giants, the Internet of Things, and the idea that technology cannot be neutral. Bits of Freedom is also working hard to prevent the occurrence of a number of very real threats […]

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February 25, 2009

Lex Nokia storms into the Finnish Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Lex Nokias Einzug ins Finnische Parlament | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1304] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Лекс Нокиа влегува во финскиот парла… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1392/4/lang,mk/] Government bill dubbed as Lex Nokia, also known as the snooping law, entered the Parliament for debate on 24 February 2009. The bill has been […]

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February 24, 2010

Germany's President signs an Internet bill against his own government

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschlands Bundespräsident unterzeichnet Internetgesetz gegen seine eigene Regierung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1723] Despite the fact that the German Government had decided not to apply the internet censorship law (Zugangserschwerungsgesetz) proposed by the former Government in April 2009, the new bill was signed on 17 February 2010 by German President Horst […]

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March 11, 2009

No e-voting in Germany

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Keine E-Wahlen in Deutschland | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1327] Macedonian: [Нема е-гласање во Германија | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1397/4/lang,mk/] The German Federal Constitutional Court decided on 3 March 2009 that electronic voting used for the last 10 years, including for the 2005 general elections, was unconstitutional and therefore not to be used for the […]

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September 12, 2007 · Blogs

New EDRI-members

At the EDRI General Assembly of 1 September 2007 in Berlin, Germany, EDRI welcomed 3 new members. ANSOL is a Portuguese independent, non-profit association, active in promoting free software. Pangea is a Barcelona-based Spanish ISP supporting social movements, existing since 1993 and a member of the Association for Progressive Communications. Electronic Frontier Foundation is a […]

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March 25, 2009

Germany: Data retention is disproportionate

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland: Vorratsdatenspeicherung ist unverhältnismäßig | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1348] Macedonian: [Германија: Задржувањето на податоци е непропорционално | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1412/4/lang,mk/] The German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat) announced that the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden found the blanket recording of the entire population’s traffic data on telephone, mobile phone, e-mail and Internet […]

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September 26, 2007

Winner Dutch Big Brother Awards 2007: 'You'

The Dutch Big Brother Award 2007 in the Individual category has been awarded to the Dutch citizen. He is the biggest threat to privacy according to the jury. Due to indifference – “I have nothing to hide” – and lack of interest in what happens to their personal data, citizens share responsibility for the disappearance […]

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October 8, 2014 · Blogs

Finland: Complaints about the copyright law drafting procedure

An update to the copyright law is being prepared in the Copyright Commission of the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. To affect the outcome of the preparations, and help correcting excessive interpretations of the current copyright laws, a citizens’ initiative “Common Sense For Copyright” was launched by the Open Ministry, a non-profit organisation […]

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October 11, 2006

The European Parliament ready to vote on EPLA

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) will be the subject of a motion for a resolution in the European Parliament, after a compromise was made and filed by the three big groups of MEPs (EPP-ED, PES and ALDE). The three groups drafted a motion that ” urges […]

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October 5, 2005

Report on WIPO general assemblies

Apart from important budget/audit matters, there were three substantive issues discussed at the 2005 WIPO General Assemblies. The last few days were spent in closed “informal” sessions to hammer out agreements. All agreements were formally adopted by WIPO member states on 5 October 2005. With the report EDRI was also adopted as accredited observer to […]

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March 23, 2011

French DPA fines Google for its Street View case with 100k Euro

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische Datenschutzbehörde straft Google Street View ab | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Frankreich_Geldstrafe_f%C3%BCr_Google_Street_View] CNIL (the French DPA – Data Protection Authority) has recently performed a series of inspections related to the conformity with the French legislation of Google’s gathering data from Wi-Fi networks for its Google Maps, Street View and Latitude services […]

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March 23, 2011

Belgian political parties suspend plans for IPR enforcement measures

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien gibt Pläne zur Durchsetzung geistiger Eigentumsrechte auf | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Belgien_gibt_Plaene_zur_Durchsetzung_geistiger_Eigentumsrechte_auf] Following a reported flood of calls and e-mails to the parliamentarians involved, a campaign by the digital rights group Belgian Net Users’ Rights Protection Association (NURPA) and a series of meetings between the Belgian political parties and ISPA […]

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