November 3, 2005

European Data Protection Supervisor newsletter

The European Data Protection Supervisor has started an e-mail newsletter to inform a general public about his activities such as opinions, policy papers and publications. The October newsletter contains brief information and links to the EDPS’s involvement in PNR and the Visa Information System. The newsletter also mentions a policy paper on the conflict between […]

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November 5, 2008

Big Brother Awards Finland 2008

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) EFFi (Electronic Frontier Finland) gave out Big Brother Awards for the fifth time in a ceremony held at Helsinki Book Fair on 25 October 2008. This year, Big Brother Awards were given to companies and public servants who had done the most to promote an Orwellian surveillance […]

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February 21, 2018 · On the ground | Information democracy | Equal access to the internet

T-Mobile treats everyone equally unequally

The Dutch national regulatory authority, Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM), has again decided that the mobile operator T-Mobile does in fact respect European net neutrality rules. EDRi-member Bits of Freedom believes the decision of ACM is short-sighted. On 8 February 2018, the regulatory authority published its decision on our objection to its decision on […]

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October 24, 2007

"Oscars for Data Leeches" – German Big Brother Awards 2007

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The 2007 Ceremony for the German Big Brother Awards called “Oscars for Data Leeches” took place on 12 October in Bielefeld when the jury had the difficult task of choosing from more than 500 nominations. The negative Big Brother Awards Germany, which have started in 2000, are […]

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October 24, 2007

COMMUNIA: public domain and alternative licensing for knowledge-sharing

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Today’s digital networks offer extraordinary new opportunities for sharing and building upon our global, public pool of knowledge. Shedding light on the scientific, educational, economical, ethical and political importance of the digital public domain has, therefore, become crucial for the future of our knowledge-based societies. This is […]

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January 11, 2017 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Happiness – owning nothing and having no privacy?

In November 2016, Danish social-liberal parliamentarian Ida Auken wrote a chilling, dystopian article that was published on the website of the World Economic Forum. It looked forward to a hypothetical society in the year 2030, where nobody owned anything, not even their own personal space, not their own secrets, not their own life. In an […]

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January 13, 2016 · Blogs

Dutch government says no to weakening encryption

The Dutch government will, “at this time”, “not adopt restrictive legislative measures against the development, availability and use of encryption within the Netherlands.” This statement was posted by the Dutch government in a letter to the Dutch parliament on 4 January 2016. This is clearly position to be applauded. In the letter, the government recognises […]

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March 19, 2013 · Blogs

Parliament Legal Affairs Committee adopts improved position on privacy legislation

The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) has adopted its Opinion on the Data Protection Regulation. Even though the adopted text has fatal flaws, it represents a significant improvement compared with the Opinions adopted in other committees. Despite the avalanche of lobbying by a section of industry, business associations, “SME associations” funded by big business, […]

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March 14, 2012

ENDitorial: About copyright reform

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Zur Urheberrechtsreform | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_ENDitorial_Zur_Urheberrechtsreform] EDRi presentation to ALDE Group Meeting on 7 March 2012 In this short presentation, I will briefly address two points. Firstly, the need to soberly assess the very difficult position we currently find ourselves in and, secondly, the dangers of failing to learn […]

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January 24, 2017 · Blogs

Despite large opposition, CETA limps forward in the European Parliament

On 24 January 2017, the European Parliament Committee on International Trade (INTA) voted in favour of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), despite the concerns about fundamental rights and the right to regulate. We regret that the international trade committee appears to be motivated by short-term political objectives, rather than what is actually written in […]

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November 21, 2005 · Blogs

Panel on WIPO and intellectual property

On 16 November IPJustice organised a panel on intellectual property and WIPO, chaired by Robin Gross. Philip Petit of WIPO spoke about the history of WIPO, its relation to other organisations like WTO and its role in various treaties. He also welcomed NGOs participation in WIPO. According to him WIPO’s mission is promoting IPR in […]

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November 22, 2006

Swiss Big Brother Awards 2006

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 16 November 2006, Sudhaus cultural centre of Bâle hosted the Swiss Big Brother Awards ceremony of 2006 organised by Archives de l’Etat Fouineur Swiss and the EDRI-member Swiss Internet User Group SIUG. The jury deciding on the winners included 11 people from various institutions and organizations […]

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