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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March 24, 2010

ENDitorial: Counterfeit version of ACTA presented by European Commission

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Europäische Kommission präsentierte falsche ACTA-Version | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1799] At a meeting in Brussels on 22 March 2010, the European Commission presented a counterfeit version of ACTA to participants. As with any good counterfeit, it bore quite a strong relationship with the genuine article. However, the differences were quite […]

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February 15, 2012

UK: 3 million checks on criminal records in 2011

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Großbritannien: 3 Millionen Datensätze aus Polizeidatenbank abgefragt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.3_Grossbritannien_3_Millionen_Datensaetze_aus_Polizeidatenbank_abgefragt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120221] UK Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has recently revealed that almost 3 million Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks were carried out in England and Wales in 2011 by almost 4000 registered bodies. The figures basically say that 1 […]

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March 23, 2011 · Blogs

Romania: draft legislation proposing website blocking

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänien: Gesetzesentwurf über Netzsperren | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Netzsperren_in_Rumaenien] Some ministries in the Romanian government seem to ignore or not even consider the arguments against Internet blocking, as they are proposing new legislation meant to allow enforcement authorities to impose blocking obligations on Internet service providers. One draft law initiated by […]

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October 22, 2008

Freedom not Fear Prague: Do It Yourself Carnival burst in the city center

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 11 October 2008 Prague hosted the DIY Carnival which marched through the city centre in the name of the worldwide initiative “Freedom not Fear”. Starting with a concert of several music groups on the river island Stvanice, more than 1000 people wearing masks outnumbered crowds of […]

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