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June 20, 2012

UK websites might have to identify “trolls”

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Websitenbetreiber sollen „Trolle“ identifizieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.12_Britische_Websitenbetreiber_sollen_Trolle_identifizieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120620] According to the new UK government proposals, website operators might soon have to identify users who have posted defamatory messages online, so that the victims of the respective messages may take legal action against the “trolls”. Presently in UK, a website […]

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September 12, 2012

Spanish website gets back seized domain names. After 18 months.

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanische Webseite bekommt beschlagnahmte Domain zurück. Nach 18 Monaten. | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.17_Spanische_Webseite_bekommt_beschlagnahmte_Domain_zurueck?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120918] After one year and a half battle with the US authorities, the sports streaming and download Spanish site Rojadirecta has succeeded in winning back its domain names, after the authorities dropped the lawsuit against it on 29 […]

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September 26, 2012

European Parliament steps back from promoting ISP liability

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament distanziert sich von der Providerhaftung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.18_Europaeisches_Parlament_distanziert_sich_von_der_Providerhaftung?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20121008] On 11 September 2012, the European Parliament voted on an own-initiative report of Mr Jean-Marie Cavada (EPP, France) on the online distribution of audiovisual works. As we reported in the EDRi-gram after the vote in the leading Committee, the […]

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September 26, 2012

EU Parliament approves directive on orphan works

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Parlament verabschiedet Richtlinie über verwaiste Werke | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.18_EU-Parlament_verabschiedet_Richtlinie_ueber_verwaiste_Werke?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20121008] On 13 September 2012, the EU Parliament approved the draft legislation on orphan works proposed in 2011, completed by the EU Parliament and Council compromise in June 2012. The European Commission issued an Impact Assessment in 2011 accompanying the proposal […]

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September 26, 2012

Data protection package: a proposed timetable in the EP

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Datenschutzpaket: Fahrplan für das Europaparlament | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.18_EU-Datenschutzpaket_Fahrplan_fuer_das_Europaparlament?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20121008] Last week, on 19 September 2012, the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee discussed the data protection package, in particular the planned timetable. LIBE is the Committee leading the dossier in the European Parliament and will issue two reports, […]

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September 26, 2012

Freedom Not Fear 2012

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Freiheit statt Angst 2012 | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.18_Freiheit_statt_Angst_2012?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20121008] The 4-day “Freedom Not Fear 2012” (FNF 2012) event came to a successful end on Monday, 17 September 2012. Organisations and individuals from 11 EU-member states participated to raise their voice for better privacy safeguards, to protest against emerging surveillance measures and […]

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September 26, 2012

ENDitorial: Clean IT is just a symptom of the pinata politics of privatised online enforcement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Clean IT ist bloß ein Symptom für die blindwütige Politik der privaten Rechtsdurchsetzung im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.18_ENDitorial_CleanIT_ist_bloss_ein_Symptom_fuer_die_irrefuehrende_Politik_der_privaten_Rechtsdurchsetzung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120927] There has been a lot of attention to the “Clean IT” project since EDRi published a leaked draft document last week, on 21 September 2012. Since then, the project organisers have […]

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October 24, 2012

Details on German State Trojan programme

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Details zum Deutschen Staatstrojaner | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Details_zum_Deutschen_Staatstrojaner?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] Some documents spotted by the Annalist blog that were issued by the German Government in July 2012, within a parliamentary enquiry about expenditures by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, clearly show more details about what was revealed a year ago […]

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November 7, 2012

Irish DPA announces action on failed police self-regulation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Fehlgeschlagene Selbstregulierung bei der Polizei: Irische Datenschutzbehörde kündigt Maßnahmen an | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Fehlgeschlagene_Selbstregulierung_bei_der_Polizei?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Apparently illegal abuses of the Irish police (“An Garda Síochána”) database show no sign of being brought to an end, despite repeated announcements on the issue by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC). Problems with the […]

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December 19, 2012 · Blogs

Innovation at risk in EU – the EU unitary patent adopted by EP

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ Innovation in Gefahr: EP verabschiedet einheitliches EU-Patent | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Innovation_in_Gefahr_EP_verabschiedet_einheitliches_EU-Patent?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] Despite strong and long opposition and criticism from patent lawyers, legal experts, SMEs and civil society groups , on 11 December 2012, the European Parliament (EP), putting at risk any innovatory efforts, adopted a flawed proposal of unitary […]

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January 16, 2013 · Blogs

Is the Commission’s report on Swift agreement biased?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [SWIFT: Ist der Bericht der Kommission inkorrekt? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_SWIFT_Ist_der_Bericht_der_Kommission_inkorrekt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] The very controversial TFTF (Terrorist financing tracking programme or Swift Agreement) through which the European and US law enforcement authorities are exchanging financial personal information of suspected terrorists, is covered by two review boards (one American and another one […]

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January 17, 2013 · Blogs

US lobbying against the data protection reform intensifies

The United States authorities have produced another lobbying document to influence the European Union’s decision making on European citizens’ fundamental right to privacy and data protection. Strangely, the document itself is not on headed paper and contains no authorship information. All of the lobbying documents produced so far have been in support of the positions […]

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