Results for interoperability

March 25, 2015 · Blogs

EDRi joins the Document Freedom Day

Today, we are celebrating the Document Freedom Day to raise awareness for Open Standards. Open Standards allow us to share all kinds of data freely. They ensure availability, transparency and interoperability of software and document formats – and prevent us from being locked in to using a particular software or service. We believe that the […]

April 6, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Fundamental Rights Agency report: The risks from biometrics and EU IT systems

On 27 March 2018, the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) published a report entitled “Under watchful eyes: biometrics, EU IT systems and fundamental rights” . The report analyses the impact of technologies used for immigration and security purposes on the right to privacy and data protection.

December 1, 2021 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Platform regulation

EU Parliament Takes First Step Towards a Fair and Interoperable Market

The EU’s Proposal for a Digital Market Act (DMA) is an attempt to create a fairer and more competitive market for online platforms in the EU. It sets out a standard for very large platforms, which act as gatekeepers between business users and end users. As gatekeepers “have substantial control over the access to, and are entrenched in digital markets,” the DMA sets out a list of dos and don'ts with which platforms will have to comply.

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April 1, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Competition law: what to do against Big Tech’s abuse?

This is the second article in a series dealing with competition law and Big Tech. The aim of the series is to look at what competition law has achieved when it comes to protecting our digital rights, where it has failed to deliver on its promises, and how to remedy this.

October 20, 2021 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Inclusive technologies

Top system and the right to repair

Some questions take thirty years to answer, even if just partially. In the early ’90s of the previous century, the EU legislative process was a battleground of American tech behemoths and some national champions from the EU. The legislative dossier was what was to become the 1991 Software Directive. And it was seen as an opportunity for European tech companies and others to break the hegemony of IBM through interoperability.

March 24, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Trust is a two-way street: the UK’s digital identity framework

Trust is a two-way street, and while the British government’s digital identity trust framework definitely makes steps in the right direction, those efforts need to be accompanied by a commitment to transparency and integrity, says EDRi's member Open Rights Group in response to the government's policy paper on UK’s digital identity and attributes trust framework.

December 15, 2021 · Blogs | Press releases | Open internet and inclusive technology | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Transparency

DMA: European Parliament takes first steps towards limiting gatekeeper power and providing real choices for people

Today, the European Parliament has approved its position on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). While unfortunately, it scales down the DMA scope by limiting who will be considered a gatekeeper, the Parliament position adds a number of notable improvements from a digital rights perspective that help challenge digital gatekeepers’ overwhelming power.

November 21, 2005

P2P, filesharing and digital rights

IPJustice organised another panel on P2P, filesharing and digital rights on 17 November 2005, with Robin Gross as moderator. The first speaker was the Canadian law professor Michael Geist, also editor of the excellent daily newsletter BNA’s Internet Law News. He started by telling that a few months ago IFPI had sued 2.200 people in […]

January 18, 2006

BEUC's Campaign on Consumers' Digital Rights

In November 2005 BEUC (the coalition of all consumers’ organisations in Europe) has launched a Campaign on Consumers’ Digital Rights. The campaign is meant to show consumers what their digital rights are. BEUC is supported by Zusana Roithova, Member of the European Parliament, Czech Republic. The campaign highlights the complex threats for consumers in today’s […]

March 15, 2006

EU public consultation on RFID

During a high-level panel discussion at CeBIT 2006 Mrs. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, announced a new public debate on RFID, organised by the European Commission. Its purpose is to make an inventory of concerns that might necessitate legislative changes. Mrs. Reding said that “These networks and devices will link everyday […]

March 29, 2006

Update on French EUCD Transposition

The DADVSI draft law (French EUCD Transposition) made its first step on 21 March, with 286 votes in favour and 193 votes against. In an unusually crowded National Assembly, 501 out of the 577 Members of the Parliament took part in the vote. All the votes in favour came from representatives of the Conservative government […]