October 24, 2007

Sign up EDRi Statement on CoE Recommendation – Campaign update

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 31 international and national organisations from different countries have already signed EDRI statement on a new Recommendation from the Council of Europe (CoE) failing to uphold freedom of expression in the online environment. As other related instruments are currently in preparation by the CoE, EDRI calls for […]

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November 3, 2005

European Parliament: no retention of internet data

Behind closed doors, the European Parliament is engaged in a monumentous battle with the Council of ministers of Justice over the plans for mandatory data retention. After a first meeting of the leading parliamentary committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on Monday 24 October, it looks like a majority of social-democrats, greens […]

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April 21, 2010

(D') Evolution Summit 2010 and the Granada Declaration

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [(D’) Evolution Summit 2010 und die Granada Deklaration | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1871] On 31 March 2010, on the eve of the Easter break, the summit of the Ministers of Culture from the 27 European Union countries, and their meeting with the Forum of Cultural Industries, came to an end in […]

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November 3, 2005

Article 29 WP rejects data retention once more

In a carefully worded report, the coalition of EU privacy commissioners (the Article 29 Working Party) criticises both the Council and the Commission policies on data retention. The Article 29 Working Party calls for restraint and safeguards that have to date not appeared in any national or EU policy. “The Working Party questions whether the […]

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December 16, 2015 · Blogs

EU Parliamentarians make statement on the Digital Single Market

On 14 December 2015, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) met in Strasbourg to vote on their report ”Towards a Digital Single Market Act”. This non-legislative statement is a response to the European Commission’s Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, presented on 6 […]

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December 14, 2016 · Blogs

Council debates encryption and other closed-door matters

In July 2016, Justice Ministers in the European Union met to discuss the “issue” of encryption in the context of the fight against crime and terrorism. In August, Bernard Cazeneuve and Thomas de Maiziere, the French and German ministers of interior, announced that because more people are using encryption, governments must develop a coordinated response. […]

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November 3, 2005

Citizens' Summit on the Information Society

A broad coalition of human rights organisations has announced they will organise a Citizens’ Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, from 16 to 18 November 2005, to coincide with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Citizens groups, civil society organisations, national, regional and international institutions, government delegations and all other interested parties […]

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November 8, 2006

UK DNA Database under scrutiny

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) United Kingdom has today the largest DNA database in the world, with over 3,5 million DNA samples. These days the Nuffield Council on Bioethics announced starting a public consultation about the new legislation regarding the storage of the DNA samples. The DNA database was initiated in 1996 […]

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November 5, 2008

First PrivacyOS Conference: different privacy approaches in synergy

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first Open Space conference of the PrivacyOS project was held in Strasbourg on 13-15 October 2008, in the European Parliament premises. PrivacyOS is a project funded under the European Commission’s ICT Policy Support Programme, started on 1 June 2008 for a total duration of 24 months. […]

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May 5, 2010

EDRi and partners launch copyright declaration

EDRi, as part of a broad based coalition of European groups, representing consumers, creators, libraries, civil society and technology companies today released Copyright for Creativity, a declaration calling for a European copyright law truly adapted to the Internet age. Copyright for Creativity calls for a copyright regime fostering digital creativity, innovation, education, and access to […]

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October 24, 2007

Fingerprints in passports: the German population in a risky experiment

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 1 November 2007, registration offices throughout Germany will begin collecting fingerprints from all citizens wishing to travel. Two years after the storage of a facial image on an RFID chip has been introduced, the project of full biometric registration of the whole population continues. Germany’s Chaos […]

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November 5, 2008

Big Brother Awards Germany 2008

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The ninth edition of the Big Brother Awards Germany ceremony took place on 24 October 2008 in Bielefeld, Germany. The “Oscars for data leeches” event was organized by EDRi-member FoeBuD that gave seven negative awards. The Big Brother Award 2008 in the “Europe/EU” category went to The […]

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