May 6, 2015 · Blogs

Privacy Cafés launched to improve secure communications in the EP

Ever since the publication of documents from the Snowden archive, which indicate that the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK Government Communications Headquarters (CGHQ) were behind the cyber-attacks on the European institutions, an improvement of the European Parliament’s IT security was to be expected. The report by Civil Liberties Committee Chair Claude Moraes on […]

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September 7, 2011

EP study on "Consumer Behaviour in a Digital Environment"

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP-Studie zum “Verbraucherverhalten im digitalen Umfeld” | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.17_EP_Studie_zum_Verbraucherverhalten_im_digitalen_Umfeld?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110907] The European Parliament (EP) has published a study on “Consumer Behaviour in a Digital environment” that it commissioned from London School of Economics (LSE). The study involved a limited stakeholder consultation, which included an extensive exchange of views with EDRi […]

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August 1, 2012

ETSI standard for lawful interception triggers privacy questions

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ETSI-Standard für rechtmäßige Überwachung wirft Datenschutzfragen auf | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.15_ETSI_Standard_fuer_rechtmaessige_Ueberwachung_wirft_Datenschutzfragen_auf?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20120801] The draft UK Communication Bill raises new privacy concerns after it has been revealed that the UK has also been driving the development of a European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) standard framework that allows interception of the content of […]

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July 31, 2013 · Blogs

Turkey: Social media and our rights

The EDRi member from Turkey Alternative Informatics Association together with other 11 NGOs from Turkey issued the following public announcement with the title “Reclaiming our rights on social media following the Gezi Park protests”: UN and some international organizations have declared Internet as the main tool of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. […]

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September 7, 2011

ECHR to analyse Azeri bloggers' complaint against unjust imprisonment

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EGMR prüft Beschwerde von Azeri Bloggern wegen unrechtmäßiger Inhaftierung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.17_EGMR_prueft_Beschwerde_von_Azeri_Bloggern_wegen_unrechtmaessiger_Inhaftierung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110907] The Azeri bloggers that have been imprisoned for one year and a half under alleged hooliganism accusations, have filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights which will decide whether their detention was in breach […]

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July 11, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

German police raids privacy group’s premises

In the early morning of 20 June 2018, German police forces raided several locations – the headquarters of the privacy group Zwiebelfreunde, and the homes of three of its board members, as well as the association OpenLab, which is part of EDRi member Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Augsburg.

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April 12, 2006

UK teachers are spied in classrooms

Teachers protest against the installation of 50 CCTV systems with microphones in UK schools, used as surveillance measures by the school management. While observation in class was supposed to help teachers in improving their performances, the headmasters, who have also used two-way mirrors to survey the teachers, grade them according to the way they perform […]

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June 14, 2017 · Blogs

UN Rapporteur demands respect for freedom of expression online

The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye has released a new report, which gives an overview of the problems for freedom of expression and opinion in the Telecommunications and Internet Access Sector. The report also provides general recommendations for states […]

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October 8, 2003

French DPA against tracking of passenger movements

The French Data Protection Authority, the CNIL, considers the current use of chip-cards for public transport a serious danger for privacy. The cards combine identity-data with travel data like point of entrance to the subway, date and time, and even exact route in case the passenger switches route halfway. In its recommendation of 16 September, […]

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October 20, 2010 · Blogs

Informal discussion in European Parliament on net neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Informelle Diskussion zur Netzneutralität im Europäischen Parlament | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2278] For possibly the first time since the adoption of the “telecoms package”, an informal discussion on the issue of “net neutrality” took place at a breakfast meeting hosted by Catherine Trautmann MEP. This happened ahead of upcoming the net […]

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August 28, 2013 · Blogs

Macedonia: Demand to retract proposed media legislation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mazedonien: Ruf nach Rücknahme der geplanten Mediengesetze | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.16_Mazedonien_Ruf_nach_Ruecknahme_der_geplanten_Mediengesetze?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130828] The Front for Freedom of Expression, an informal coalition of nine civic associations, demands from Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to retract the proposed media bills – the Law on Media and the Law on Audio and Audiovisual […]

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April 26, 2006

Debate on the revision of Swiss copyright law

On April 6, the Swiss copyright office launched a discussion on the proposal for the revision of the copyright law in Switzerland at its media event in Berne. The Swiss copyright office presented a pocket guide as well as a website and commented on the most important changes. The primary goal of the copyright revision […]

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