November 22, 2006

Italian postal codes are again freely accesible

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the end of September 2006, after a reorganisation of the postal codes system (CAP), the Italian Post (Poste Italiane), now a private company, as well as the Italian Ministry of Communications have changed the way in which one could access the postal code online , limiting […]

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May 27, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

COVID-Tech: Surveillance is a pre-existing condition

In EDRi’s series on COVID-19, COVIDTech, we will explore the critical principles for protecting fundamental rights while curtailing the spread of the virus, as outlined in the EDRi network’s statement on the virus.

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December 3, 2008

Ireland proposes to legalise covert surveillance

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Irish Government has approved the outline of a Bill which, if passed by Parliament, will permit police to break into private property to plant covert audio bugs and video cameras. The Covert Surveillance Bill is intended to legitimise what is already believed to be existing practice, […]

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November 6, 2013 · Blogs

The Russian Govt Seeks To Increase Its Control Over The Internet

The Russian security authorities are taking new measures to expand their surveillance of the Internet by requiring ISPs to store all traffic temporarily and make it available to the Federal Security Service (FSB). According to an article published by newspaper Kommersant, Vympelkom, the owner of the mobile network Beeline, made a complaint to the Ministry […]

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November 21, 2007

EC announces a larger investigation of the Google-DoubleClick deal

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission (EC) announced on 13 November 2007 that its initial investigation in the deal Google-DoubleClick “indicated that the proposed merger would raise competition concerns in the markets for intermediation and ad serving in online advertising.” Therefore the Commission decided to open an in-depth investigation in […]

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April 10, 2013 · Blogs

DMCA take down requests to DMCA take down requests

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google soll Löschanträge löschen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.7_Google_soll_Loeschantraege_loeschen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130410] Google has recently refused to comply with the take down requests sent by several copyright holders asking for the taking down of their own take down requests (under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act – DMCA) which have now reached almost 20 […]

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December 17, 2008

ECHR rules on identifying serious privacy infringers

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 2 December 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) gave its judgement on the case K.U. v. Finland, considering that Article 8 of the Convention asks for national laws that will protect people from serious privacy infringements on the Internet, but at the same time […]

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November 21, 2007

PirateBay wants a new software standard to replace BitTorrent

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Pirate Bay, the famous torrent Swedish website, may affect BitTorrent programme by developing a new software standard for Internet downloads. According to Peter Sunde, Pirate Bay’s co-founder, the site might have a new, more open alternative of file-sharing software at the beginning of next year. In […]

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January 14, 2015 · Blogs

Romanian cybersecurity law sent to the Constitutional Court

A new law on cybersecurity, previously reported in the EDRi-gram, was adopted by the Romanian Parliament at the end of 2014. The law gives the Romanian Intelligence Agency (SRI) access to any computer data owned by private companies, without a court order. The proposal was tacitly adopted by the Chamber of Deputies on 17 September. […]

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December 17, 2008

Bulgarian Court annuls a vague article of the data retention law

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 11 December 2008, the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) annulled article 5 of the national legislation that implements the Data retention Directive, following a lawsuit initiated by Access to Information Program(AIP). Article 5 of the Bulgarian Regulation # 40 that was issued by the State Agency […]

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April 9, 2003

New content restrictions in Germany

In Germany, new content restrictions were introduced for the protection of minors, extending current regulations and indexing schemes for film and video to internet and games. Since 1 April all kinds of ego shooters and electronic media “glorifying war” are banned. Furthermore, under the new regulation, all computer games must carry labels with minimum age […]

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May 18, 2011

Ireland adopts innovation agenda on intellectual property

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Innovationen zu geistigem Eigentum | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Irland_Innovationen_zu_geistigem_Eigentum] Richard Bruton, the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, said that he was determined that the Irish government should make whatever changes were necessary to allow innovative digital companies to reach their full potential in Ireland. He said that some […]

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