November 7, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech

My Data Done Right launched: check your data!

On 25 October 2018 EDRi member Bits of Freedom launched My Data Done Right – a website that gives you more control over your data. From now on you can easily ask organisations what data they have about you, and ask them to correct, delete or transfer your data.

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November 7, 2018 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

NGOs urge Austrian Council Presidency to finalise e-Privacy reform

EDRi member epicenter.works, together with 20 NGOs, is urging the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union to take action towards ensuring the finalisation of the e-Privacy reform. The group, counting the biggest civil society organisations in Austria such as Amnesty International and two labour unions, demands in an open letter sent on 6 November 2018 an end to the apparently never-ending deliberations between the EU member states.

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February 11, 2004

IFPI sues Belgian ISP over Usenet

The IFPI, the international representative of the recording industry, has instigated legal proceedings against the Belgian ISP Telenet for the unauthorised distribution of music via Usenet (newsgroups). Telenet refuses to block the access to certain newsgroups in its newsservice ‘Bommanews’. The ISP argues that providing Usenet services is a ‘mere conduit’ activity, and under the […]

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June 18, 2014 · Blogs

Belgian Big Brother Awards 2014: This year’s winners are…

On 4 June, EDRi member Liga voor Mensenrechten granted the Belgian Big Brother Awards. The public voted for the former public prosecutor Yves Liégeois for his views on DNA databases for newborn babies. The second prize, the professional jury’s prize, went to the “smartphone”, our ever-present pocket-size spy, and the third prize, the Lifetime Achievement […]

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July 27, 2016 · Blogs

More Copyfails or meaningful improvements?

The EU will soon be reforming its copyright rules. The European Commission is planning to present its proposal on 21 September 2016. To succeed in updating the copyright rules in a way that respects the needs of both the users and creators of cultural goods, we believe both European citizens and policy makers should better […]

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January 28, 2009 · Blogs

Data Protection Day

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 28 January is the European Data Protection Day. For the third time, in 2009, this date marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108, the first legally binding international instrument related to data protection. This issue of the EDRi-gram is dedicated to the European Data […]

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November 21, 2018 · On the ground | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Transparency

#TeleormanLeaks: Privacy vs freedom of expression

The first big General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy case broke out in Romania at the beginning of November 2018 in connection with an article about a corruption scandal involving a politician and his relationship with a company investigated for fraud.

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November 16, 2011

ENDitorial: Copyright combinatronics

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Urheberrechts-Kombinatorik | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.22_ENDitorial_Urheberrechts_Kombinatorik?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111116] Although the creation of the single market has been the primary focus of the European Union for decades, it often seems that for every step forward it takes two back. In that respect it’s often rather interesting to look at the mathematics as they […]

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October 4, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

The privacy movement and dissent: Art

This is the third blogpost of a series, originally published by EDRi member Bits of Freedom, that explains how the activists of a Berlin-based privacy movement operate, organise, and express dissent. The series is inspired by a thesis by Loes Derks van de Ven, which describes the privacy movement as she encountered it from 2013 […]

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July 5, 2006

Dutch Parliament opposes the new EU IPR draft directive

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Dutch Parliament stated on 28 June 2006 that the European Commission has no competence to propose a new directive that is focusing on criminalizing intellectual property offences. The statement refers to a new draft directive – Directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of […]

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January 13, 2010

Hungary introduces mandatory open standards for public institutions

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ungarn führt verbindliche Open Standards für öffentliche Institutionen ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1652] The Hungarian Parliament decided at the end of 2009 to make open standards mandatory for communications between public institutions, utility companies and citizens through the central governmental system. The Parliament amended Act LX of 2009 on electronic […]

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July 2, 2014 · Blogs

Denmark about to implement a nationwide ANPR system

The Danish police is planning to implement a nationwide automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system over the next couple of years. The Danish newspaper Berlingske obtained the project description for the IT system through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, and reported about the ANPR plans. The ANPR system will consist of mobile units […]

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