September 13, 2006

ENDitorial : Fighting Mass Surveillance

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Digital Rights Ireland was established last year to further civil rights in the Digital Age. We are challenging the European Institutions and the Irish government through the courts to stop their program of mass surveillance of citizens. Our litigation will have an impact on digital rights across […]

Read more

February 1, 2012

Belgian Big Brother Awards 2012

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Big Brother Awards 2012 | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.2_Belgien_Big_Brother_Awards_2012] Big Brother is everywhere! Numerous institutions, individuals and organizations do not comply with privacy rules and regulations. The Flemish “Liga voor Mensenrechten”, an EDRi member and the Wallonian “Ligue des droits de l’hommes” joined forces in their fight against today’s “Big […]

Read more

February 27, 2019 · On the ground | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

Czech BBA: Facebook and iROBOT the worst privacy intruders of 2018

The 14th Czech Big Brother Awards – anti-awards for those who have done the most to threaten personal privacy in 2018 – were announced on 14 February 2019. A jury of nine technology experts, lawyers and journalists chose the worst privacy intruders based on suggestions made by the general public. The Awards in four different […]

Read more

 

September 27, 2006

Global Freedom of Information Survey

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Privacy International released on 20 September 2006 a comprehensive review of Freedom of Information (FOI) Laws and practices in nearly 70 countries around the world, including almost 40 countries from Europe Titled “Freedom of Information Around the World 2006 Global Survey of Access to Government Information Laws”, […]

Read more

October 8, 2014 · Blogs

Italy: Administrative copyright enforcement unconstitutional?

Leggi l’articolo in italiano qui: https://edri.org/italia-procedimento-amministrativo-incostituzionale-sul-diritto-d-autore On 26 September 2014, an Italian regional administrative tribunal referred a question regarding the constitutionality of the administrative enforcement procedures foreseen by a new regulation on online copyright infringement to the Italian Constitutional Court. The Regulation on Online Copyright Infringement entered into force on 1 April 2014. It allows […]

Read more

 

October 5, 2005

FIPR campaign against new copyright directive

EDRI-member FIPR (the Foundation for Information Policy Research) has published a strong analysis of the proposed new EU intellectual property enforcement directive. According to FIPR, the proposed new directive is pushed by the UK Presidency, but will undermine basic freedoms. It will force all EU member states to criminalise incitement to infringe patents or copyrights. […]

Read more

October 8, 2014 · Blogs

Italia: procedimento amministrativo incostituzionale sul diritto d’autore?

Read this article in English here: https://edri.org/italy-admin-copyright-enforcement-unconstitutional Il 26 Settembre 2014, un tribunale amministrativo italiano ha rinviato la questione relativa alla costituzionalità del procedimento amministrativo previsto dal nuovo Regolamento sulla violazione del diritto d’autore online alla Corte Costituzionale Italiana. Il Regolamento sulla Violazione del Diritto d’Autore Online é entrato in vigore il 1° aprile 2014. Questo […]

Read more

 

August 25, 2004

UK Information commissioner criticises ID-card

In an interview with The Times newspaper on 16 August, the UK Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, has warned against the danger of ‘sleepwalking into a surveillance society’, as a result of ID cards and other plans. Mr Thomas said he was also uneasy about plans for a population register and a database of every child. […]

Read more

October 22, 2014 · Blogs

EU Parliament promises a better document register

In 2011 the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) discovered that some European Parliament decisions regarding the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) were not recorded in any known document. A hidden class of documents (“coordinators’ minutes”) seemed to exist, but the Parliament denied their existence. The FFII filed a complaint with the […]

Read more

 

March 23, 2011 · Blogs

Net Neutrality debate kicks off in UK as ISPs propose transparency code

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzneutralität: Britische ISPs empfehlen Transparenzkodex | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Netzneutralitaetsdebatte_im_Vereinigten_K%C3%B6nigreich] Minister Ed Vaizey met with Internet service providers, Internet platforms and citizen groups including the EDRi-member Open Rights Group on 16 March 2011 to discuss network discrimination. The positive outcome is that Tim Berners-Lee, who was at the meeting, will work […]

Read more

November 5, 2014 · Blogs

Finland: Web service to request verifying of secret registry data

EDRi-member Effi ry has launched a web service for citizens to request the data protection authorities to verify that any records in various law enforcement and secret services registries are filed according to the relevant regulations. Previously, this kind of request required detailed knowledge of relevant registers, leaving the process practically unavailable for the majority […]

Read more

 

January 29, 2018 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – 15 years of digital rights news (and counting)

15 years ago this day, on 29 January 2003, we published our very first EDRi-gram. To celebrate this occasion, we are looking back at the articles in this first newsletter.

Read more