July 2, 2014 · Blogs

Flawed Dutch government study on ISDS

On 25 July the Dutch government published a study “The Impact of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the TTIP“, requested by the Dutch Parliament. The study is flawed. A first reading reveals the following problems: It does not mention that it is nearly impossible to withdraw from trade agreements. Any mistake in the ISDS procedure […]

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December 11, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

The EU Council’s general approach on Terrorist Content Online proposal: A step towards pre-emptive censorship

On 6 December 2018, the EU Council published its general approach on the proposed Terrorist Content Online Regulation. The Council’s position poses serious risks to violate inviduals’ fundamental rights. The approach follows a pattern of rushing into introducing new measures without an appropriate evaluation of their efficiency or consequences to fundamental rights such as privacy […]

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December 19, 2018 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Denmark prepares for passenger data exchange with the EU

In 2016, the European Union adopted the Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive which obliges Member States to collect PNR data on all flights to third countries and exchange this information with other Member States through the Passenger Information Units (PIUs).

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February 12, 2020 · Highlights | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

PI and Liberty submit a new legal challenge against MI5

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June 2, 2004

Belgian consumer group will appeal in copy protection case

On 27 May 2004 the Belgian court of Brussels rejected the complaint made by the consumer organisation Test-Achats (Test Aankoop) against four record companies in Belgium (EMI, Sony, Universal and BMG) about their use of technical copy protection measures. Test-Achats collected 200 complaints from individual members and demanded that the companies would stop using technical […]

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January 29, 2010 · Blogs

AEDH-EDRI EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY DATA PROTECTION AWARD 2010: THE WINNER IS PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English)

AEDH (European Association for the Defense of Human rights) and EDRI (European Digital Rights) are pleased to announce that the winner of the first edition of the European Civil Society Data Protection Award (ECSDPA) is PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English). Launched in July 2009, Per.sonn.es (in French) / Fakefriends.me (in English), is an […]

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December 14, 2011

Russian Government's new attempts to censor the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die neuesten Versuche der russischen Regierung das Internet zu zensieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Die_neuesten_Versuche_der_russischen_Regierung_das_Internet_zu_zensieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] Especially during the period before and immediately after the Russian parliamentary elections of 4 December 2011, government censorship attacked not only traditional media, but also the Internet, which plays now a very important role in the […]

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September 7, 2016 · Blogs

ENDitorial: “When crypto is outlawed, only outlaws will have crypto”

Fortunately, all terrorists are law-abiding citizens. That must have been what the interior ministers of France and Germany were thinking when they asked on 23 August the European Commission to draft a new law that would require services such as Telegram to cooperate with the decryption of encrypted communications. In their joint press statement, the […]

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December 19, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

EU Council’s general approach on “e-evidence”: From bad to worse

On 7 December 2018, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) adopted its general approach – a political agreement before entering into negotiations with the European Parliament – on the proposal for a Regulation on European Production and Preservation Orders in criminal matters. The initial proposals of the European Commission already raised concerns in terms […]

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February 19, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Data protection standards | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation

The impact of competition law on your digital rights

This is the first article in a series dealing with competition law and Big Tech. The aim of the series is to look at what competition law has achieved when it comes to protecting our digital rights, where it has failed to deliver on its promises, and how to remedy this. This series will first […]

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July 19, 2006

"Free cultures – Free Internet"

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) This was the motto of a Swiss symposium on Internet Governance held on 7 July at ETH Zurich. Inspired by the international efforts of convening an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) the symposium in Zurich was co-organized by ETH Zurich, a leading Swiss technical university and SWITCH, a […]

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October 31, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Transparency

The European Parliament calls for protection of whistleblowers

On 24 October, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Commission to propose legislation protecting whistleblowers in the European Union (EU). The institution made a clear statement recognising the essential role that whistleblowers play in our society, as well as the need to protect them. Whistleblowers fight for transparency, democracy and the […]

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