October 25, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

The GDPR Today – Stats, news and tools to make data protection a reality

25 October 2018 marks the launch of GDPR Today – your online hub for staying up-to-date with the (real) life of the new EU data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The project will monitor the implementation of the law across Europe by publishing statistics and sharing relevant news around key subjects.

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January 28, 2004

Russian plans to introduce new ID-system

The Russian government is considering a new system of personal registration for all citizens. In 2006 all Russians will be assigned a unique universal identifier. On 15 January 2004 the deputy minister of economical development Andrei Sharonov told journalists that the original proposal had been prepared by his ministry and the government supported this idea. […]

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January 29, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices

CJEU to decide on processing of passenger data under PNR Directive

On 20 January 2020, the District Court of Cologne, Germany, submitted to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) the question whether the European Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive violates fundamental rights. EDRi member Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF, Society for Civil Rights) initiated the proceedings against the directive, which allows for authorities to […]

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January 28, 2004

Danish company fined EUR 54.000 for fax-spamming

The Danish Maritime and Commercial court last week convicted the Danish mobile phone company Aircom for spamming. The company has to pay a fine of EUR 54.000 (400.000 DKK) for sending out unsolicited commercial faxes. In Denmark, this is the largest fine issued up till now for spamming. In court, Aircom admitted to have sent […]

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July 27, 2015 · Document pools

EU PNR document pool

The proposal for a EU PNR Directive  (Fight against terrorism and serious crime: use of passenger name record (PNR) data (procedure file 2011/0023(COD) ) was adopted by the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee on 15 July 2015. The narrow vote (32 in favor, 26 against, no abstentions) in favour happened despite the rejection of this […]

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July 27, 2016 · Blogs

Massive lobby against personal communications security has started

Since 2002, European citizens’ freedom of communication, the security of our communications devices, and the protection of our personal data in the online world have been safeguarded by the so-called e-Privacy Directive. This Directive is now up for renewal. Unsurprisingly, after the big online companies launched probably the biggest ever lobbying campaign to undermine the […]

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November 7, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech

My Data Done Right launched: check your data!

On 25 October 2018 EDRi member Bits of Freedom launched My Data Done Right – a website that gives you more control over your data. From now on you can easily ask organisations what data they have about you, and ask them to correct, delete or transfer your data.

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November 7, 2012 · Blogs

EDRi letter on website blocking & EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi: Schreiben zu Netzsperren & der EU-Charta der Grundrechte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_EDRi_Schreiben_zu_Netzsperren_und_der_EU-Charta_der_Grundrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] EDRi sent on 2 November 2012 a letter to Commissioner Malmström on a legal contradiction in relation to website blocking that needs to be resolved in order to bring Member States into line with the Charter of […]

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November 7, 2018 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

NGOs urge Austrian Council Presidency to finalise e-Privacy reform

EDRi member epicenter.works, together with 20 NGOs, is urging the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union to take action towards ensuring the finalisation of the e-Privacy reform. The group, counting the biggest civil society organisations in Austria such as Amnesty International and two labour unions, demands in an open letter sent on 6 November 2018 an end to the apparently never-ending deliberations between the EU member states.

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February 11, 2004

IFPI sues Belgian ISP over Usenet

The IFPI, the international representative of the recording industry, has instigated legal proceedings against the Belgian ISP Telenet for the unauthorised distribution of music via Usenet (newsgroups). Telenet refuses to block the access to certain newsgroups in its newsservice ‘Bommanews’. The ISP argues that providing Usenet services is a ‘mere conduit’ activity, and under the […]

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November 16, 2011

2011 Public Voice Civil Society Conference: "Privacy is Freedom"

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [2011 Public Voice Konferenz der Zivilgesellschaft: “Privacy is Freedom” | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.22_2011_Public_Voice_Konferenz_der_Zivilgesellschaft?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111116] The Public Voice meeting that took place on 31 October 2011 in Mexico City began with a discussion of the 2009 Madrid declarations (both those from DPAs and civil society). Most participants felt there had been little […]

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June 18, 2014 · Blogs

Freedom of information: EU Commission creates barriers for access to documents requests

It is crucial to know what the European institutions are up to in order to ensure that citizens’ fundamental rights are respected. Democracy requires vigilance and vigilance requires access to information. It is precisely for this reason that freedom of information legislation exists. Since the entry in force of Regulation 1049/2001 setting up the EU […]

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