October 20, 2005

EFF research into hidden codes colour prints

The US based digital rights organisation EFF has started extensive research into the hidden codes some laser colour printers and photo copiers add to every page they print or copy. In 2004 printer-manufacturer Canon was awarded a Big Brother Award in Germany for secretly adding a unique code to every print-out. Soon after, it turned […]

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November 30, 2016 · Blogs

Dutch BBA 2016: Facial recognition, medical data and safe messaging

An anonymous country singer, the watchdog-walking service and the I-have-nothing-to-hide musical. These were just a few elements thrown in by theatre producers and performers Oscar Kocken and Daan Windhorst. Just add a crash course “Lying with charts”, a few tasteful awards, and you have an awards ceremony – simultaneously funny and serious – about privacy. […]

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February 27, 2013 · Blogs

Simplistic draft EP “Written Declaration” on online child abuse

Efforts led by British Conservative Parliamentarian Emma McClarkin are under way to solve the problem of online child abuse, in a manner that would have been more appropriate in 2005. She has circulated a draft “Written Declaration” to her colleagues. Such a “Written Declaration” becomes a European Parliament Resolution if it attracts the signatures of […]

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February 27, 2013 · Blogs

UK court: Google liable for comments posted on its Blogger platform

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales decided on 14 February 2013 that Google could be considered liable for comments posted on its Blogger platform unless it reacts promptly to a complaint. Reversing a previous ruling in March 2012 of the High Court which considered that Google, in its platform provider role, should not […]

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October 24, 2007

Sign up EDRi Statement on CoE Recommendation – Campaign update

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 31 international and national organisations from different countries have already signed EDRI statement on a new Recommendation from the Council of Europe (CoE) failing to uphold freedom of expression in the online environment. As other related instruments are currently in preparation by the CoE, EDRI calls for […]

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December 14, 2016 · Blogs

Council debates encryption and other closed-door matters

In July 2016, Justice Ministers in the European Union met to discuss the “issue” of encryption in the context of the fight against crime and terrorism. In August, Bernard Cazeneuve and Thomas de Maiziere, the French and German ministers of interior, announced that because more people are using encryption, governments must develop a coordinated response. […]

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November 5, 2008

First PrivacyOS Conference: different privacy approaches in synergy

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first Open Space conference of the PrivacyOS project was held in Strasbourg on 13-15 October 2008, in the European Parliament premises. PrivacyOS is a project funded under the European Commission’s ICT Policy Support Programme, started on 1 June 2008 for a total duration of 24 months. […]

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May 5, 2010

EDRi and partners launch copyright declaration

EDRi, as part of a broad based coalition of European groups, representing consumers, creators, libraries, civil society and technology companies today released Copyright for Creativity, a declaration calling for a European copyright law truly adapted to the Internet age. Copyright for Creativity calls for a copyright regime fostering digital creativity, innovation, education, and access to […]

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October 24, 2007

Fingerprints in passports: the German population in a risky experiment

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 1 November 2007, registration offices throughout Germany will begin collecting fingerprints from all citizens wishing to travel. Two years after the storage of a facial image on an RFID chip has been introduced, the project of full biometric registration of the whole population continues. Germany’s Chaos […]

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November 8, 2006

ENDitorial : IGF – UN innovation or just another conference ?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) From 30 October to 2 November approximately 1500 people gathered in Athens, Greece for the first global internet governance forum (IGF). The IGF is one of the outcomes of the Tunis Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005, with the aim of creating a new global […]

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March 13, 2013 · Blogs

Ukrainian online editor beaten up for critical articles

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ukraine: Online-Redakteur wegen kritischer Artikel angegriffen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.5_Ukraine_Online-Redakteur_wegen_kritischer_Artikel_angegriffen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130319] On 5 March 2013, Taras Chornoivan, chief editor for the Ukrainian news website Tarasova Pravd, ended up in hospital with serious injuries after having been attacked and beaten by three unidentified men. According to Chornoivan’s declarations, the attack was probably […]

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October 9, 2013 · Blogs

UK surveillance activities have been challenged at the ECtHR

Following Edward Snowden’s revelations, EDRi-member Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch and English PEN, together with German internet "hacktivist" and academic Constanze Kurz, have launched a legal challenge to the UK’s internet surveillance activities before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), on behalf in all Internet users in UK and US. The challengers consider […]

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