April 11, 2012

Poland: Almost 2 million accesses to electronic communication data

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Polen: Fast 2 Millionen Zugriffe auf elektronische Kommunikationsdaten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_Polen_Fast_2_Millionen_Zugriffe_auf_elektronische_Kommunikationsdaten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] EDRi-member Panoptykon Foundation (Poland) published last week the latest data received from the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE). During 2011, the courts, public prosecutor’s office, the police and other authorities used data concerning Polish citizens’ electronic communication exactly […]

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May 12, 2011 · Blogs

Virtual Schengen documents released by EU Council

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neues zur “Virtuellen Schengen Grenze” | http://www.unwatched.org/20110513_Neues_zur_Virtuellen_Schengen_Grenze] The Council of the European Union has released the controversial presentation on a “virtual Schengen border” – the proposal to create a “Chinese wall” around the Internet in Europe. The proposal was discussed by the Council in February. The documents were […]

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November 20, 2013 · Blogs

Mapping The Public Domain – A Priority For France

On 7 November 2013, during the closing session of the “Transmission of culture during the digital era” event, Aurélie Filippetti, the French Minister of Culture and Communication, announced a R&D partnership between her ministry and the Open Knowledge Foundation France meant to create a French public domain calculator. The project will thus develop a tool […]

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April 11, 2012

Hungary: freedom of information restricted by new draft law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ungarn: Neuer Gesetzesentwurf zur Einschränkung der Informationsfreiheit | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_Ungarn_Neuer_Gesetzesentwurf_zur_Einschraenkung_der_Informationsfreiheit?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] Hungarian authorities are considering adopting legislation regarding access to public sector information that watchdogs say is unconstitutional and would create legal uncertainty. This comes on the heels of infringement proceedings initiated by the European Commission (over the independence of […]

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December 5, 2005

Launch of Digital Rights Ireland

Digital Rights Ireland will formally launch at a press conference in the Conference Room in Pearse Street Library, at 11-am on Tuesday 6 December. The group has been formed to defend civil, human and legal rights in a digital age. Digital Rights Ireland will be discussing its mission, and current developments in relation to Data […]

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December 17, 2008 · Blogs

German Federal Archives provides Wikipedia with 100 000 images

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German Federal Archives has donated almost 100 000 images to the Wikimedia Commons, as part of a cooperation between Wikimedia Germany and the Federal Archive. These images are mostly related to the history of Germany (including the Weimar Republic, the German colonial era, the Third Reich […]

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April 11, 2012

New CoE recommendations for human rights in Internet services

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Empfehlungen des Europarats zur Wahrung der Menschenrechte im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_Neue_Empfehlungen_des_Europarats_zur_Wahrung_der_Menschenrechte_im_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] On 4 April 2012, the Council of Europe adopted two recommendations made by the Committee of Ministers related to the protection of human rights, particularly the freedom of expression, freedom of association, access to information and […]

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December 4, 2013 · Blogs

European Parliament Will Rule On Net Neutrality

EDRi has waited for years for concrete proposals to enshrine the net neutrality principle in the European Union law. Since 2010, there has also been an increasing number of calls from the European Parliament to guarantee net neutrality. Finally, in September 2013, the European Commission has proposed a draft Regulation which aims at protecting the […]

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June 5, 2019 · Highlights | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Facebook fails to avoid CJEU judgment on NSA case

On 31 May 2019, the Irish Supreme Court decided over an unprecedented application by Facebook. The decision is part of an ongoing procedure on Facebook’s involvement with the United States Nationa Security Agency (NSA) under the so-called “PRISM” surveillance program before the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the Irish High Court.

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December 5, 2005

NL supreme court ruling on internet anonymity

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on 25 November 2005 in a landmark case against the freedom of internet users to express their opinion anonymously. The Supreme Court upheld a previous court verdict in which internetportal Lycos was forced to hand over the personal data of one of its subscribers to the Dutch stamp […]

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April 12, 2012 · Blogs

Is the G8 already working on a new ACTA?

Czech language version A leaked G8 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK and USA) document gives the strongest indication yet that the leading countries behind ACTA are working on the basis that the Agreement is now in serious trouble and needs to be fundamentally re-thought and re-worked – and in its current form […]

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February 15, 2017 · Blogs

Citizens’ rights undermined by flawed CETA deal

On 15 February 2017, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA). This concludes the process at the EU level. The EU Member States will now have to ratify the agreement, without having a right to make changes to the text. CETA creates significant risks for citizens’ fundamental rights, especially […]

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