December 20, 2006

UK government reacts to campaign opt out of central medical database

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) English health minister Lord Warner has reacted to TheBigOptOut.org, a campaign that mobilises citizens to opt out from a proposed national medical database. He is offering patients an opt-out from one part of the new system – a synopsis for emergency care, which contains things like your […]

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April 10, 2018 · Campaigns | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Stop the #CensorshipMachine!

In September 2016 the European Commission proposed a controversial Copyright Directive that, if accepted, will threaten our freedoms online. The European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) is set to vote on the issue in June, and your action is needed to stop the “censorship machine”! What can you do? See the list of JURI Committee […]

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June 16, 2010 · Blogs

French journalist facing jail for online releasing of a clip on Sarkozy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französischer Journalist wegen Sarkozy-Video vor Gericht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2005] A French journalist may go to jail for having leaked on the Internet an embarrassing off-air video with the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Augustin Scalbert of Rue89, brought to court by the National TV company France 3, was charged with […]

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May 9, 2012 · Blogs

Netherlands – first country in Europe with net neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande schreiben als erstes Land Netzneutralität vor | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Niederlande_schreiben_als_erstes_Land_Netzneutralitaet_vor?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] On 8 May 2012, The Netherlands adopted crucial legislation to safeguard an open and secure internet. It is the first country in Europe to implement net neutrality into its national law. In addition, it adopted provisions protecting users against […]

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December 18, 2013 · Blogs

Romania: re-criminalising defamation?

In a totally unexpected move, the Romanian Parliament has decided to re-criminalise libel and insult offences, that were repealed in 2006. Although the Parliament was supposed to discuss something else – an old bill from 2011 that proposed the repeal of a single article of the Criminal Code, namely Article 74/1 – the bill was […]

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January 18, 2006

BEUC's Campaign on Consumers' Digital Rights

In November 2005 BEUC (the coalition of all consumers’ organisations in Europe) has launched a Campaign on Consumers’ Digital Rights. The campaign is meant to show consumers what their digital rights are. BEUC is supported by Zusana Roithova, Member of the European Parliament, Czech Republic. The campaign highlights the complex threats for consumers in today’s […]

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May 7, 2003

EDRI launches campaign on air passenger data

This week, European Digital Rights (EDRI) launched a campaign against the transfer of European air travellers’ data to the United States. The campaign coincides with renewed talks between the European Commission and the United States. Since 5 March 2003, an agreement between the European Commission and United States Customs provides US authorities online access to […]

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April 18, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Hermes Center demands investigation of NAT-related data retention

On 27 March 2018, EDRi member Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights filed a request with the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) to investigate on the widespread practice of logging Network Address Translations (NAT) by most of the telecommunication operators.

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March 9, 2016 · Blogs

Do privacy and the open Internet cause gambling debt in Sweden?

In the middle of January, a mid-sized Swedish Internet Service Provider (ISP) called attention to access blocking proposals made by a Swedish government committee on gambling regulation. The gambling committee was created to deal with recent legal challenges by the European Commission to Swedish gambling legislation. Access blocking is one of several measures to prevent […]

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July 17, 2019 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

The first GDPR fines in Romania

The Romanian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has recently announced the first three fines applied in Romania as a result of the enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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July 17, 2019 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

New privacy alliance to be formed in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe

Civil Society advocates from Russia, and Central and Eastern Europe have joined forces to form a new inter-regional NGO to promote privacy in countries bordering the EU.

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May 25, 2020 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Open Letter: EDRi urges enforcement and actions for the 2 year anniversary of the GDPR

On 25 May 2020, for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2 year anniversary, EDRi sent a letter to Executive Vice-President Jourová and Commissioner Reynders to highlight and urge action to the tackle the GDPR’s vast enforcement gap.

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