January 12, 2011

EU Commissioner criticises US for the data protection negotiations

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verhandlungen zum Datenschutz: EU-Kommissarin kritisiert USA | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2502] Following a meeting she had in December 2010 with US attorney general Eric Holder and Interior Minister Janet Napolitano, the EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding expressed her concern on what she believed to be a lack of interest of the […]

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November 21, 2012

EDPS Opinion on EC communication on cloud computing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDSB-Stellungnahme zu Cloud Computing | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_EDSB-Stelungnahme_zu_Cloud_Computing?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] On 16 November 2012, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published his opinion on the European Commission’s communication on “Unleashing the potential of Cloud Computing in Europe” issued on 27 September 2012, in which the Commission proposes key actions and policy steps […]

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February 9, 2011

Commission's proposal for PNR Directive fails to impress MEPs

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissionsvorschlag zu Passagierdaten kann Europaabgeordnete nicht beeindrucken | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.3_Kommissionsvorschlag_zu_PNR_Richtlinie] On 2 February 2011, the European Commission released its proposal for a directive on the use of Passenger Name Records. This would require airlines flying into and out of the EU to give travellers’ personal information to national authorities […]

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July 30, 2008

EC wants to provide freedom for the authors from collecting societies

Against the high pressure from rights managers, the European Commission decided to ban certain copyright handling practices, mainly the obligation of an author not to move from a collective society to another. On 16 July 2007, Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes asked 24 European collecting societies managing copyright on behalf of music authors to eliminate the […]

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February 23, 2011 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Internet blocking – EP opts for leadership over populism

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Internetsperren – EP für Leadership statt Populismus | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_ENDitorial_Internetsperren] On 14 February 2011, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament (EP) voted on the European Commission’s proposal on web blocking. The European Commission had proposed mandatory EU-wide blocking and limited safeguards. The approach is populist, simplistic […]

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September 10, 2014 · Blogs

Finnish copyright initiative: Unbalanced expert hearings

In its meeting on 9 September, the Education and Culture Committee of the Finnish parliament decided to continue the expert hearings for the citizens’ initiative on an update to the copyright legislation, “Common Sense For Copyright”. The decision was somewhat unexpected and a positive surprise, as the original agenda of the meeting stated that the […]

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October 21, 2015 · Blogs

UN withdraws the report on cyber violence against women

On 24 September, United Nations (UN) Broadband Commission published a report that urged governments and industry to work more effectively together to better protect women and girls who are victims of “cyber violence”. The report claimed that 73% of women have suffered cyberviolence and that ”cyber violence” is as bad as real violence. Only a […]

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November 7, 2016 · Blogs

#4 Freedom not to be manipulated: How to fight weapons of math destruction*

This is the fourth blogpost of our series dedicated to privacy, security and freedoms. In the next weeks, we will explain how your freedoms are under threat, and what you can do to fight back.

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October 25, 2006

Belgium newspaper group continues its actions against search engines

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After the decision against Google obtained on 5 September 2006, the Belgium newspaper group Copiepresse has planned new actions against MSN and Yahoo, alleging that they are infringing its copyright by showing excerpts of articles and images from newspapers on their Belgian portals without paying. Copiepresse sent […]

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October 10, 2007

UK fails to properly implement the EU data protection directive

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission (EC) is concerned about the way the UK has implemented the provisions for protecting personal data, according to information revealed by out-law.com following freedom of information requests. An investigation has been initiated by the EC three years ago regarding the way the UK legislation […]

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October 22, 2008

British court: people are bound to reveal computer encryption key

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Two persons were denied by the court the right to silence in relation to the encryption key they were asked to reveal to the police. The men had brought as argument to the court that handing over the encrypted key for the data in their computers would […]

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October 23, 2013 · Blogs

France is demanding explanations from the US over NSA surveillance

On 21 October 2013, the French government summoned Charles Rivkin, the US ambassador in France, demanding urgent explanation regarding the revelations by Le Monde that, according to the documents released by Edward Snowden, NSA has intercepted French citizens’ phone and internet communications, at a massive scale. Le Monde revealed on that day that, during a […]

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