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May 30, 2018 · Blogs | Campaigns | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Online tracking industry / AdTech

Join the coordinated calls against EU’s Censorship Machine

Several organisations in different European countries have picked up their phones and mobilised against article 13 of the copyright Directive.

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May 30, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

Belgium Constitutional Court decision on the concept of incitement to terrorism

On the 15 March, the Constitutional Court of Belgium issued judgement 31/2018 on the action for the annulment of the law of 3 August 2016 containing various provisions in the fight against terrorism.

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May 4, 2016 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Digital rights in trade agreements | Transparency

EU Trade Secrets Directive: A sad day for the freedom of expression

On 14 April, the European Parliament adopted the deeply flawed EU Trade Secrets Directive. This is a sad state of affairs, that does not reflect well on the quality of the EU legislature, both on process and on substance. On process, it started with Commission-sponsored research that was deeply flawed and misleading. At no point […]

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July 27, 2011

Germany's salaries database bites the dust

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Arbeitnehmerdatenbank ELENA beißt ins Gras | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Deutsche_Arbeitnehmerdatenbank_ELENA_beisst_ins_Gras?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] The German government announced, in a press release on 18 July 2011, that it was going to abandon its central database and registration procedure for salaries, ELENA (“Elektronischer Entgeltnachweis”/ “electronic salary record”), as soon as possible. With this decision, German […]

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March 14, 2007

Cross-border wiretapping proposed by the Swedish Government

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Mikael Odenberg, the Swedish defence minister presented on 8 March 2007 a draft law to the parliament that would give the national defence intelligence agency the power to monitor all cross-border phone calls and email traffic without court order. The proposal, which according to the government, is […]

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April 8, 2015 · Blogs

Data protection and privacy must be excluded from TTIP

Data protection is a contentious issue in the discussions about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other trade or investment agreements, such as the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). Now that the European Parliament is preparing to issue a non-legislative resolution on TTIP, various parliamentary committees are giving their input to the committee […]

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May 17, 2017 · Blogs

ALTwitter – profiling with metadata

When we are sharing links, events or ideas through social media, we leave behind a trace of metadata: when and how often, which days of the week, in which language, using which hashtag, linking to which users or websites, and so on. Those details might not say much when we look at each piece of […]

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November 20, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Dance. Enjoy. Share. With Care.

Anyone using cloud services should be aware of what the “cloud” is, what it is not, and how it can affect our privacy and security. Our information stored in “clouds” can be protected if the EU says “Yes!” to a strong ePrivacy Regulation, greater enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and drops the […]

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May 17, 2016 · Blogs

52 NGOs ask the Council to protect journalists and whistleblowers

On 13 May 2016, EDRi and 51 other civil society organisations sent an open letter (pdf) to the Heads of State and Government of the European Union to amend the draft Trade Secrets Directive, to protect our rights and freedoms, including those of journalists and whistleblowers. This call for change is of utmost importance. For […]

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March 12, 2014 · Blogs

Enemies of the Internet 2014: entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance

This year’s “Enemies of the Internet” report, which Reporters Without Borders publishes every year on World Day Against Cyber-Censorship (12 March), highlights the government units and agencies that implement online censorship and surveillance. These entities, which include Pakistan’s Telecommunication Authority, North Korea’s Central Scientific and Technological Information Agency, Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications and […]

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March 12, 2014 · Blogs

US wants to undermine privacy in TTIP negotiations

In the EU-US trade negotiations (TTIP/TAFTA) the US tabled a proposal that would prohibit to require local data storage. If the EU accepts this proposal, the EU would give away an instrument essential to protect privacy. On 5 March 2014 the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament organised a meeting on the complex relationship between […]

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August 27, 2003

Air France spies on staff

According to an article in Transfert.net, Air France has been spying for years on some of its staff with the help of a camera hidden behind a clock. A union-member became suspicious when he took a close look at the thick electrical wires going to a clock in a private relaxation room on Roissy airport. […]

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