February 9, 2011

UK Supreme Court to hear DNA cases

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Oberster Britischer Gerichtshof prüft DNS-Fälle | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.3_Britische_DNS_Rechtsfaelle] Following a decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the UK Coalition Government has recently stated its intention to dramatically reduce the retention period of DNA data. In 2008, the ECtHR ruled that a blanket policy of retaining DNA […]

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December 19, 2012 · Blogs

The European Parliament supports net neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament setzt sich Netzneutralität ein | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Europaeisches_Parlament_setzt_sich_fuer_Netzneutralitaet_ein?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] On 11 December 2012, The European Parliament (EP) issued, in a large majority, two non-legislative resolutions asking that net neutrality should be enshrined in the European Union law. In one of the resolutions, “Completing the Digital Single Market”, the EP […]

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August 27, 2008

Cloning e-passports

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Jeroen van Beek, a computer researcher at the University of Amsterdam, has shown in some tests conducted for The Times that the new micro-chipped passports, introduced in UK to protect against terrorism and organised crime, can be easily cloned. The researcher has succeeded in cloning the chips […]

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August 30, 2006

Germany sticks to its telecommunication data retention plans

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Although concerns have been expressed by the scientific services of the German Parliament’s lower chamber on the implementation of the EU directive on data retention, the Ministry of Justice continues with its work on a draft bill in this matter. Doubts have been expressed by the scientists […]

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February 24, 2010

New Google's service raises privacy concerns

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neuer Google-Dienst erweckt Datenschutzbedenken | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1728] The new networking service issued by Google company called Google Buzz has met criticism and confusion from its users who complained that a list of people they frequently email or chat with has appeared on their profile. The problem occurred due to […]

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February 23, 2011 · Blogs

European Privacy & Human Rights 2010

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäischer Datenschutz & Menschenrechte 2010 | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_European_Privacy_Human%20_Rights_2010] On Data Protection Day, 28 January 2011, Privacy International, the Center for Media and Communication Studies of the Central European University and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, released the European Privacy & Human Rights 2010 (EPHR) report. The survey reviews the […]

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February 24, 2010

ENDitorial: Richard Stallman on "Copyright versus Public" in Berne

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Richard Stallmann in Bern über „Urheberrecht vs. Öffentlichkeit“ | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1731] On 11 February 2010 the auditorium at the University of Berne was packed for a talk by Richard Stallman on copyright issues. Stallman is better known as the founder of the GNU free software system which, together […]

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September 13, 2006 · Blogs

New EDRI members

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the EDRI General Assembly of 3 September 2006 in Berlin, Germany, EDRI welcomed 4 new members. Open Rights Group is a new UK independent, non-profit advocacy group, campaigning for the digital civil rights of British citizens. Alcei from Italy is an association of people dedicated to […]

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March 11, 2009 · Blogs

UK Tribunal wants the Gateway reviews on ID scheme made public

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britisches Tribunal plant Veröffentlichung der Gateway-Revision des ID-Modells | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1334] On 19 February, the UK tribunal ordered the disclosure of two internal reviews called the Gateway reviews regarding the national identity card scheme of the government. The Gateway reviews are independent and expert reviews carried out at key […]

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March 25, 2009

Extension of copyright term postponed in the European Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ausweitung der Urheberrechtsfrist vom Europäischen Parlament verschoben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1343] Macedonian: [ЕП го одложи продолжувањето на период.. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1410/4/lang,mk/] As a result of the very large controversy and lack of consensus among MEPs, in a meeting of the presidents of the political groups in the European Parliament on 17 […]

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September 24, 2008

International workshop in Budapest challenges data retention

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 70 international experts and e-activists met in Budapest on Friday 19 September to discuss EU-wide policies on data retention and to develop strategies for defending and enhancing privacy. Hosted by the Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS) at the Central European University in Budapest, the workshop […]

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October 5, 2005

Report on WSIS PrepCom III

The third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom-3) of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) closed its doors Friday night 30 September 2005 after what ITU describes as “two weeks of day and night sessions that saw agreement on large sections of the Summit text, but ultimately disappointing progress on a raft […]

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