August 24, 2016 · Blogs

Freedom not Fear 2016: 14–17 October in Brussels

Freedom not Fear (FNF) is an annual meeting for civil rights activists from all across Europe. You are invited to join us on 14-17 October, organise discussions on your own topics, and use this opportunity to meet EU politicians! At FNF, civil society members meet in Brussels for four days to work for freedom in the […]

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December 5, 2018 · On the ground | Information democracy | Cross border access to data | Surveillance and data retention

EDRi members in joint protest against “surveillance zone” in Saxony

A new proposal for a surveillance law in the German state of Saxony is threatening to lead to abhorrent consequences on a stretch of Germany’s international border.

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July 18, 2007

European Parliament adopts harsh resolution on the new PNR agreement

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 10 July 2007 the members of the European Parliament (EP) adopted with an overwhelming majority, close to 90%, a Resolution that heavily criticizes the new PNR agreement struck by the European Commission with the US Department for Homeland Security (DHS), considering it “substantively flawed”, in particular […]

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July 16, 2008

Irish Human Rights Commission added to data retention challenge

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The High Court in Dublin has allowed the Irish Human Rights Commission to become a party to the data retention challenge being brought by Digital Rights Ireland. The Human Rights Commission, which is a state body, will be an amicus curiae (friend of the court) with the […]

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January 27, 2010

EP Culture Committee – Draft Internet Governance Opinion published

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kulturausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments – Gutachtenentwurf zu Internet Governance veröffentlicht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1681] The European Parliament (EP) has started its deliberations on a non-binding report on “Internet governance, the next steps”, following the Commission’s Communication on this topic in 2009. The draft Opinion of the European Parliament’s Culture Committee […]

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July 19, 2006

Draft Administrative Order on data retention in Denmark

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The long awaited draft administrative order on data retention in Denmark is now public. The draft, which implements the data retention provisions in the anti-terrorism law of June 2002, is currently submitted to a group of telecoms, business associations, NGOs, and public authorities for consultations with deadline […]

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December 5, 2012 · Blogs

Lobbying DP Regulation: European Banking Federation as an example

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutzverordnung: Lobbyismus am Beispiel der Europäischen Bankenvereinigung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Datenschutzverordnung_Lobbyismus_am_Beispiel_der_Europaeischen_Bankenvereinigung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] With the discussions on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation moving forward, lobbyists in Brussels are working overtime. One example is the European Banking Federation (EBF), which submitted a letter outlining its position and proposed changes to the text […]

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September 9, 2015 · Blogs

Austria creates new agency with unprecedented surveillance powers

In the midst of the biggest surveillance scandal of mankind and after years of criticism about rogue secret agencies spying on politicians and the government bodies supposed to control them, Austria is planning to establish a new secret agency. Austria’s draft state security law, “Staatsschutzgesetz”, grants new, far reaching surveillance powers while reducing oversight and […]

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September 7, 2016 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: Iuridicum Remedium

Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation promoting human rights. It addresses issues of infringements of individual rights resulting from legislative actions and also deal with specific cases of human rights violations.

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June 2, 2004

New German proposal for mandatory data retention

According to the German e-zine Heise there is a new proposal for mandatory data retention in Germany. Just a few weeks ago, a final compromise was reached on the new Telecommunications Act, without any obligations for systematic data retention. But the Minister of the Interior, Otto Schily, is now said to work on a law […]

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December 19, 2018 · On the ground | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Poland: Privatised law enforcement or protecting users’ rights?

How to regulate content moderation policies of Facebook and other social media platforms is a challenge worldwide. In Poland, such a discussion has been ongoing for more than a year. A few months ago, the previous Minister of Digital Affairs Anna Strzezynska presented the proposal for a new bill, whose aim was to guarantee that […]

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July 18, 2007

New draft Copyright Act voted by the German deputies

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The second draft of the Copyright Act for the Information Society, including amendments proposed by the legal committee of the Parliament, was voted on 5 July by the majority of the German Bundestag and sent to Bundersrat for review. Although Brigitte Zypries (SPD), the Minister of Justice, […]

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