February 10, 2010

Winner European Civil Society Data Protection Award 2010: FakeFriends.me

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gewinner des Europäischen Datenschutzpreises 2010: FakeFriends.me | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1698] And 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 […]

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February 11, 2009

Big Brother Awards 2009 Ceremony in Bulgaria

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 28 January 2009, Access to Information Programme and EDRi-member Internet Society – Bulgaria organized the fourth Big Brother Awards ceremony in Bulgaria. It was held at the National Press center of the Bulgarian News Agency and was also broadcasted live online. The awardees of the Big […]

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February 10, 2010

The winners of the Big Brother Awards Netherlands 2009

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederlande: Big Brother Awards 2009 | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1705] The winners of the Big Brother Awards Netherlands 2009 were announced on 5 February 2010 in Amsterdam. In the category “Government”, the prize was awarded to the creation of a fingerprint database of all Dutch citizens, to be accessed by the […]

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September 23, 2015 · Blogs

EU Parliament’s “radicalisation” draft report – lost in translation

The European Parliament is currently working on a non-binding Resolution on terrorist “radicalisation”. As is usual with such instruments, little attention is being paid to the initiative, because it is not binding legislation. Nonetheless, it will be a formal position of the European Parliament, and it’s important that the outcome will show adequate concern for […]

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February 25, 2009

Italy to enforce a global censorship legislation?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Steht Italien vor der Einführung eines weltweiten Zensurrechts? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1305] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Италија ќе донесе законодавство за… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1388/4/lang,mk] The Italian Senate approved – and the Camera dei deputati (Italian “Low Chamber”) is ready to finally pass – draft law 733 named Pacchetto […]

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November 15, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Platform regulation

Internet protocol community has a new tool to respect human rights

EDRi member Article 19 welcomes the Internet Research Task Force’s new “Research into Human Rights Considerations” as a much needed tool for the internet protocol community to respect human rights.

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February 23, 2011 · Blogs

German law on Internet blocking challenged in Constitutional Court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Internet-Sperr-Gesetz in Deutschland | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_Verfassungsbeschwerde_gegen_Internet-Sperr-Gesetz] On 22 February 2011 the German Working Group against Internet Blocking and Censorship (AK Zensur) submitted their complaint against the German law on Internet blocking to Germany’s Constitutional Court. The law is directed against online child abuse material and had come […]

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August 27, 2014 · Blogs

Canadian data broker tries to sell hacked online customer data

A Canadian man, Jason Ferguson, is currently under an ongoing investigation after he tried to resell hacked data of 650,000 customers of the Irish bookmaker, Paddy Power, for the price of 7,600 Euro (or a fraction over one cent per person). The hacked files, containing the names, email addresses, emails and birthdates were initially illegally […]

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February 24, 2010

Romania: Moral damages for publishing personal data online

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänien: Schadensersatz aufgrund des Online-Veröffentlichens persönlicher Daten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1729] A Romanian local court has decided to award 10 000 Euro as moral damages to a private person, after his full details were published on the website of the City Hall, including his HIV-related problems. In June 2008, Bucharest […]

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December 13, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

The UK discusses data retention again

Rather bizarrely, the UK appears to be taking a more diligent approach to the application of EU law on data retention than the European Commission. While the Commission sits on its hands as individual Member States adopt increasingly outlandish and illegal data retention proposals – such as a new Italian law that imposes data retention […]

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February 13, 2019 · Highlights | On the ground | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online

BBA Bulgaria: Parliament wins the title of top privacy violator

After a six-year hiatus, leading Bulgarian digital rights organisations have revived their country’s version of the Big Brother Awards. Originated by EDRi member Privacy International in 1998, the concept of Big Brother Awards have been adopted by multiple civil society organisations in Europe and beyond. The event aims to increase awareness about the misuse of […]

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September 24, 2014 · Blogs

France adopts anti-terror law eroding civil liberties

On 18 September 2014, the near empty French National Assembly adopted the “law strengthening the provision relating to the fight against terrorism”. In an atmosphere marked by “apocalyptic” anxiety and speeches on the terrorist threat, particularly within the Internet, minister Bernard Cazeneuve and rapporteur Sébastien Pietrasanta wore down all opposition, blocking any further reflection on […]

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