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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July 27, 2011

Germany's salaries database bites the dust

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Arbeitnehmerdatenbank ELENA beißt ins Gras | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Deutsche_Arbeitnehmerdatenbank_ELENA_beisst_ins_Gras?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] The German government announced, in a press release on 18 July 2011, that it was going to abandon its central database and registration procedure for salaries, ELENA (“Elektronischer Entgeltnachweis”/ “electronic salary record”), as soon as possible. With this decision, German […]

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December 19, 2016 · Blogs

EDRi Awards 2016

For the first time and with great solemnity, EDRi presents the first ever third edition of its annual awards.

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October 7, 2009

Paris Court of Appeals on a GPL – related case

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Pariser Berufungsgerichtshof mit einem GPL-Fall | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1541] The Paris Court of Appeals published in September 2009 its decision on a case that involved the distribution of the VNC Software, remote desktop access software available under GPL GNU licence. The case was brought forward by AFPA (Association for professional […]

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Licences for Europe and fight club… only one rule

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Europäische Lizenzen und der Fight Club … es gibt nur eine Regel | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_ENDitorial_Europaeische_Lizenzen_und_der_Fight_Club?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] There was a moment in November 2012 when even the most cynical observers of the European Commission were hopeful of an effective reform of copyright. Commissioner Barnier gave a speech where he demonstrated […]

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October 25, 2006

Big Brother Awards Germany

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The 2006 German Big Brother awards ceremony took place last week in Bielefeld and it was preceded by the demonstration “Freedom instead of Fear” (Freiheit statt Angst) against Security and Surveillance Delusion, where about 300 people protested against the growth of pervasive surveillance in Germany. For the […]

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May 20, 2009

UK creative industries want the disconnection of file sharers

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Kreativindustrien fordern die Ausschaltung von Filesharern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1404] An alliance of eight UK creative industries and five trade unions want the government to force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to disconnect persistent alleged illegal file sharers from the Internet and have issued a set of “urgent recommendations” they […]

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January 28, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality

Period tracker apps – where does your data end up?

More and more women use a period tracker: an app that keeps track of your menstrual cycle. However, these apps do not always treat the intimate data that you share with them carefully. An app that notifies you when to expect your period or when you are fertile can be useful, for example to predict […]

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September 8, 2010

UK: Harassing innocent users for copyright infringement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [UK: Schuldlose User der Verletzung von Urheberrechten bezichtigt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2169] ACS:Law having sent tens of thousands of cash demands to make supposed copyright infringement lawsuits go away, has been referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Group for “bullying and excessive conduct”. The referral was the result of a coordinated […]

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May 22, 2013 · Blogs

Russia ratifies CoE Convention 108 on data protection

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Russland ratifiziert die Datenschutz-Konvention 108 des Europarats | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.10_Russland_ratifiziert_die_Datenschutz-Konvention_108_des_Europarats?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130530] The Russian Federation strengthened its commitment to the protection of personal data by ratifying, on 15 May 2013, the Council of Europe (CoE) Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, also known […]

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October 10, 2012

Slovak Constitutional Court receives data retention complaint

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Slowakei: Verfassungsklage gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung eingereicht | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.19_Slowakei_Verfassungsklage_gegen_die_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_eingereicht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121010] The group of Slovak MPs filed the complaint against the data retention before the Slovak Constitutional Court on 9 October 2012. They requested the Constitutional Court to rule on the local implementation of the data retention and scrutinize its conformity […]

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July 30, 2008

France: more than 50 000 signatures against EDVIGE

The mobilization against EDVIGE, the newly created database to be used by French intelligence services and the administrative police, has been growing. Within only two weeks, the petition was signed by more than 50 000 individuals and 500 organizations. French Parliamentarians are also standing up against EDVIGE: not only more than 40 of them have […]

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