May 18, 2011

Dutch ISPs admit to using deep packet inspection

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländische ISPs geben Nutzung von Deep Packet Inspection zu | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Niederlaendische_ISPs_geben_Nutzung_von_Deep_Packet_Inspection_zu] During an investors day on 10 May 2011 in London, Dutch Internet service provider KPN admitted to using deep packet inspection (DPI) technology, to determine the use of certain applications by its mobile internet customers. Vodafone soon […]

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December 5, 2007

IP rules to be changed to give access to environmental technology

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 20 November 2007, the Members of the European Parliament (EP) approved a report that asks for the revision of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to allow the compulsory licensing of patented environmental technologies. The European Parliament […]

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April 24, 2013 · Blogs

German ISP imposes data caps, discriminates in favour of own services

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Telekom drosselt das Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.8_Deutsche_Telekom_drosselt_das_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130424] On 22 April 2013, the biggest German Internet operator Deutsche Telekom officially confirmed abandoning all contracts that offer flat rates for fixed Internet connections. Instead of investing in urgently needed broadband infrastructure in Germany, the operator announced starting throttling connections and […]

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December 5, 2005

Cryptography almost banned in the Czech Republic

The Czech Lower House recently approved of a law introducing a new Penal Code, including a ratification of the Cybercrime convention. The original version, prepared by the Ministry of Justice, contained a provision that would criminalise hacking and cracking IT systems, but due to misguided and very unclear wording it also criminalised legitimate activities such […]

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December 20, 2006

New Audiovisual Directive: First Reading in EU Parliament completed

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 13 December 2006, exactly one year after the presentation of the revised directive by the Commission, the European Parliament’s Plenary voted on a report on the draft Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS) that was prepared by the Parliament’s Committee for Culture and Education. In December 2005, […]

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June 2, 2010

ENDitorial: EP Legal Affairs adopts incoherent report on IPR enforcement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Rechtsausschuss des EP verabschiedet inkohärenten Urheberrechtsbericht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1975] This week, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament adopted a far-reaching, contradictory and, at times, fundamentalist non-legislative report on enforcement of intellectual property rights. The Committee report takes some quite extreme, apocalyptic and sometimes almost comically absurd […]

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April 24, 2013 · Blogs

Facebook-funded “child protection” event turns into privacy bashing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Facebooks „Kinderschutz“-Veranstaltung führt zur Demontage des Datenschutzes | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.8_Facebooks_Kinderschutz-Veranstaltung_fuehrt_zur_Demontage_des_Datenschutzes?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130424] On 11 April 2013, a conference on the global fight against online child sexual abuse content took place at the European Parliament. It was organised by the Internet Watch Foundation, with the support of Facebook. The topic was the […]

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June 19, 2019 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics

Danish DPA approves Automated Facial Recognition

On 13 June 2019, the Danish football club Brøndby IF announced that starting in July 2019, automated facial recognition (AFR) technology will be deployed at Brøndby Stadium. It will be used to identify persons that have been banned from attending Brøndby IF football matches for violations of the club’s own rules of conduct. The AFR […]

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April 25, 2012

European Court of Justice ruling in the Bonnier case

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Entscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs in der Rechtssache Bonnier | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Entscheidung_des_Europaeischen_Gerichtshofs_in_der_Rechtssache_Bonnier?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] Bonnier Audio took the Swedish Internet service provider (ISP) Perfect Telecommunication to court, to obtain an order to disclose the identities of alleged infringers of their intellectual property (IP) rights. As a result, the Swedish High Court asked […]

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February 22, 2017 · Blogs

New legal framework for predictive policing in Denmark

After the terrorist attack in Copenhagen in February 2015, the Danish government presented an action plan to strengthen the data analysis capacity of the police and the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET). The action plan, called “A Strong Guard against Terror”, specifically mentions monitoring of social media posts in order to discover possible terrorist […]

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May 18, 2011

CFP 2011 Conference to address the Future of Technology and Human Rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [CFP 2011 Konferenz beschäftigt sich mit Zukunftstechnologien und Menschenrechten | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_CFP_2011_Konferenz_zu_Zukunftstechnologien_und_Menschenrechten] The 21st Annual Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference (CFP 2011) will be held on 14 – 16 June 2011 in Washington DC, USA, at the Georgetown University Law Center. CFP conferences traditionally look at the technology and […]

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June 16, 2010

Macedonia: Civil society calls for the respect of privacy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mazedonien: Zivilgesellschaft fordert Respekt vor Privatsphäre | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2002] On 11 June 2010, fifteen Macedonian civil society organizations reacted to the threats to privacy and democracy contained in the Draft Law amending the Law on Electronic Communications, calling for the withdrawal of the text from parliamentary procedure. The call […]

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