October 5, 2011

German politician caught in its own two-strike model trap

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutscher Politiker tappt in eigene 2-Strikes-Falle | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Deutscher_Politiker_tappt_in_eigene_2-Strikes-Falle?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] Siegfried Kauder, Chairman of the Legal Committee of the German Parliament, who has recently announced a plan to introduce a two strike model for persistent allegedly illegal downloaders, was found himself to infringe copyright. The system proposed by Kauder includes […]

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July 2, 2008

France promotes the three-strike scheme in Europe

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) With France taking over the presidency of the European Union on 1 July 2008, the French Minister of Culture, Christine Albanel, wants to get a consensus in the fight against p2p downloading by translating the French model to the entire Europe. Christine Albane presented on 19 June […]

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April 21, 2010

Italian minister in favour of file-sharing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Italienischer Minister als File-Sharer | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1872] The Italian Minister of Internal Affairs Roberto Maroni has recently expressed his disapproval of three-striles solutions for file-sharers and admitted he was one of the people that downloaded music from the Internet, free of charge. He had already made a similar statement […]

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November 22, 2006

UK biometric passports project set back by simple cloning possibilities

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) UK Government faces now a big problem related to the introduction of the new biometric passports as recently it has been proven these passports can be easily and very cheaply copied by means of a microchip reader that can be legally bought on the Internet. As a […]

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August 5, 2015 · Blogs

Launch of the EU Internet Forum – behind closed doors and without civil society

The European Commission has confirmed to EDRi that it is preparing to partner with US online companies in order to plan the arbitrary monitoring and censorship of European citizens and, contrary to previous assurances, will exclude civil society from these discussions. More disturbingly, this is happening at the same time as the US is preparing […]

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November 26, 2013 · Blogs

European Parliament to decide on the future of the open Internet (Update)

The Internet has changed our society, enhanced our freedoms and our economy. One of the main reasons for this is the openness of the Internet – anyone has the potential to communicate with anyone, without permission and without discrimination. This is the essence of the neutral, open Internet. This is net neutrality. This openness is […]

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August 25, 2010

Some European ISPs ordered by courts to block access to gambling

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische ISPs sollen Zugang zu Glücksspiel-Seiten sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2126] As a result of a case introduced by Arjel (the new French online gambling regulating authority) against Gibraltar-based site stanjames.com which had not responded to the authority’s formal request to stop its services to French users, on 6 August […]

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April 21, 2015 · Blogs

Citizens’ groups from around the world call on EC to defend privacy

The institutions of the European Union are completing a reform of Europe’s Data Protection framework. Recognising the huge significance of the reform, the European Commission made an unequivocal promise when it launched the process. As an “absolute red line”, the level of protection of individuals’ data would not fall below existing levels. However, leaks show […]

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March 27, 2018 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

ePrivacy reform: Open letter to EU member states

Today, 27 March 2018, EDRi, together with other civil society organisations, sent an open letter to all attachés working on the ePrivacy reform for the permanent representation of EU Member States in Brussels. Open letter to European member states on the ePrivacy reform 27 March 2018 Dear Minister, Dear Member of the WP TELE, We, […]

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October 5, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Dear MEPs: We need you to protect our privacy online!

They’re hip, they’re slick and they follow you everywhere. They know you like new shoes, playing tennis and tweeting at odd hours of the morning. Do you know what that says about your health, your relationships and your spending power? No? Well, the online companies do. They follow you everywhere you go online, they have […]

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October 17, 2016 · Blogs | Publications

Booklet: Your guide to the Digital Defenders

Today, we are publishing a booklet "Your guide to Digital Defenders vs. Data Intruders - Privacy for kids!", to help young people between 10-14 years to protect their privacy.

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September 23, 2009

A human rights commissioner in the European Commission ?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ein Menschenrechtskommissar für die Europäische Kommission? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1527] On 16 September 2009 the European Parliament re-elected Jose Manuel Barroso for a second five-year term as president of the European Commission by a clear majority. During his campaign, Barroso presented his proposals for commissioner posts. At a meeting on […]

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