March 14, 2007

Consolidated "Audiovisual without Frontiers" Directive

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After the first reading in the European Parliament of the new proposed Television without Frontiers directive, the European Commission has made the new consolidated text public on 9 March 2007 . The initial proposal was criticized by Internet media specialists and some significant changes were adopted by […]

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November 22, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

ePrivacy: EU Member States push crucial reform on privacy norms close to a dead end

Today, on 22 November 2019, the Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council of the European Union (COREPER) has rejected the Council’s position on a draft ePrivacy Regulation. “In this era of disinformation and privacy scandals, refusing to ensure strong privacy protections in the ePrivacy Regulation is a step backwards for the EU,” said Diego Naranjo, […]

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July 18, 2012

EP: Surprises in the online distribution of audiovisual works' report

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP: Bericht zum Online-Vertrieb audiovisueller Werke birgt Überraschungen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.14_EP_Bericht_zum_Online-Vertrieb_audiovisueller_Werke_birgt_Ueberraschungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120718] On 10 July 2012, the Culture and Education (CULT) Committee in the European Parliament (EP) voted on the own initiative report of Jean-Marie Cavada (EPP, France) on the online distribution of audiovisual content. The own initiative report follows […]

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October 6, 2010 · Blogs

EDRi's answer to net neutrality consultation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRis Beitrag zur Konsultation über Netzneutralität | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2242] Who gets to decide what you do on the internet: you or your internet service provider? Until recently, the answer was simple: you decide which services and websites you want to visit. This is changing rapidly, however. Most internet providers […]

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March 28, 2007

New draft of the Framework Decision on data protection

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Commission received these days also a totally new draft of the Framework Decision on data protection in police and judicial cooperation. The proposal was sent by Germany as the EU Council President and reffers to data protection in the security sector. The draft, made public by […]

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September 10, 2003

Scientology loses legal battle with ISP's

8 years after Scientology started legal procedures against Dutch author Karin Spaink, internet provider XS4ALL and 20 other defendants, the Appellate Court of The Hague rejected all claims and ruled that freedom of expression should prevail upon copyrights. According to the ruling “The (…) texts show that, in their doctrine and their organisation, Scientology et […]

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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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October 20, 2010

European Commission high-level discussions on data protection

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission: Datenschutz-Diskussion auf höchster Ebene | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2280] Commissioner Reding recently invited a wide variety of representatives from industry, civil society, academia and law enforcement bodies to a high-level meeting in the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. The dossier is clearly a major priority for Ms Reding, who […]

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October 20, 2010

Spanish DPA opens infringement procedures for Google Streetview

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanische Datenschutzbehörde leitet Verfahren gegen Google Street View ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2282] The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has opened an infringement proceeding against Google after completing the preliminary inspection activities which started in May on the collection and storage without consent of Wi-Fi networks location data and traffic […]

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May 9, 2007

PNR deal ratification postponed by the Czech Senate

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The ratification by the Czech Parliament of the proposed agreement between the European Union and the Unites States of America on the processing and transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data has been taken off the agenda based on the position of the Green Party MPs. On […]

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August 23, 2017 · Blogs

EU decision-making is not EU administration, says EU administration

In 2016, the EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly made some recommendations to improve the transparency of the “trilogue” process. Trilogues are informal negotiations conducted between a small number of representatives of the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission, and they are increasingly used to circumvent the traditional, treaty-based decision-making process of […]

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November 2, 2011

EU-Australia agreement on travel data transfers adopted by EP

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP: Fluggastdaten-Abkommen mit Australien beschlossen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.21_EP_Fluggastdaten_Abkommen_mit_Australien_beschlossen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111110] As expected, the European Parliament (EP) gave its consent to the agreement on Passenger Name Records with Australia (yes 463, no 96, abstentions 11) on 27 October 2011. It had already been signed by the Australian Ambassador, Brendan Nelson, and Ambassador […]

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