October 8, 2003

Swiss jurisprudence about hyperlinks and virus tools

The appeal court of Zurich (Obergericht) recently published an interesting ruling about hyperlinks. Linking to an anti-racism page which contains links to hate sites does not breach Swiss anti-racism law. A former professor of computer science was accused of racism by setting a link to the site www.stop-the-hate.org. Both in first instance in 2000 and […]

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August 29, 2012

Macedonia: Serious challenges for access to public information

During July 2012, the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA) submitted 145 requests for free access to information of public character to a number of state institutions (aka FOI requests). The requests were submitted in order to obtain information about the dynamics of implementation of the National Programme for Adoption of the Acquis Communautaire (NPAAC 2012) […]

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June 28, 2017 · Blogs

The Freedom Index – easing access to information on rights issues

A diverse group of human rights defenders in the EU has launched an ambitious project that aims to radically change the way information relating to human rights is organised. If successful, the initiative will create a system that can permanently identify and preserve all human rights data across all languages, and radically improve its availability […]

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September 12, 2012

Belarusian authorities harass online opposition groups

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Weißrussische Behörden drangsalieren Oppositionsgruppen im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.17_Weissrussische_Behoerden_drangsalieren_Oppositionsgruppen_im_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120918] As elections in Belarus approach, independent or pro-opposition journalists and Internet users are harassed by the Belarusian authorities, pressured and even put to jail. “The call for an election boycott by some opposition figures has joined the long list of […]

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August 29, 2018 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Equal access to the internet | Transparency

Can you do independent research without being independent?

The European Commission is evaluating how the rules on net neutrality have been implemented across Europe.

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October 22, 2003

Still no EU Data Protection Supervisor

European discussions can’t agree on the appointment of a European privacy-czar. The European parliament insists on choosing Joaquín Bayo Delgado, who has no experience in data protection issues, as the new EU Data Protection Supervisor. The Council favours the Dutch Data Protection Commissioner Peter Hustinx. Jorge Salvador Hernández Mollar, the President of the European Parliament’s […]

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September 12, 2012

Unitary patent brings back the software patents debate

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Einheitspatent heizt Debatte um Software-Patente neuerlich an | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.17_Einheitspatent_heizt%20_Debatte_um_Software_Patente_neuerlich_an?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120918] The Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) of the European Parliament is preparing these days in view of the discussion on unitary patent on 17 and 18 September 2012. The issue of interest is whether these discussions will bring back […]

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April 25, 2007

Free file sharing in the copyright law supported by a Norwegian Party

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Norwegian Liberal Party (Venstre) passed a resolution on 14 April 2007 to support changes in the copyright law including free file sharing, free sampling and the banning of DRM systems. The resolution proposed by the Young Liberals and supported by Trine Skei Grande, Vice Chairwoman of […]

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October 22, 2003

First decision against spam in Poland

The Polish agency for Competition and Consumer Protection recently for the first time condoned a spammer. According to the agency, the Firm Edukacyjna Impuls Plus from the city of Grudziadz had violated the Provision of Electronic Services Bill by sending unsolicited commercial mail. The businessman was ordered to stop such actions and to publish a […]

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October 22, 2003

Dutch Big Brother Award for Minister of Justice

The Dutch Big Brother Awards were presented in front of a 300 person audience in Amsterdam on the 11th of October. With the Awards the person, company, governmental institution and initiative are rewarded for damaging the privacy of citizens in 2003 the most. The 4 winners of 2003 are: minister of Justice Piet Hein Donner; […]

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October 5, 2011

Investigative journalism website under scrutiny by the Hungarian police

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ungarische Polizei leitet Untersuchungen gegen investigativen Journalismus ein | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Ungarische_Polizei_leitet_Untersuchungen_gegen_investigativen_Journalismus_ein?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] The Hungarian police has put under investigation Tamás Bodoky, editor-in-chief of the recently launched Atlatszo.hu, a watchdog NGO and online magazine for investigative journalism. The justification of the police investigation was that Bodoky hadn’t revealed its informants, which […]

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July 26, 2017 · Blogs

Oversight Board report: Illegal surveillance of Danish citizens

The annual report from the Danish Intelligence Oversight Board (TET) was published on 7 July 2017. Under Danish law, TET is tasked with overseeing the data collection and data processing practices of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) and the Danish Defence and Intelligence Service (DDIS). Both intelligence services operate mostly outside European Union […]

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