March 9, 2011

Portuguese Government uses "honeypots" to deter copyright infringers

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Portugiesische Regierung nutzt “Honeypots” zur Abschreckung von Urheberrechtsverletzern | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Portugiesische_Regierung_nutzt_Honeypots] In an attempt to scare alleged illegal downloaders, the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, through the General Inspection of Cultural Activities (IGAC), in collaboration with the Portuguese Phonographic Association (AFP), has decided to start using a so-called “honeypot”. “Honeypots” […]

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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 […]

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July 19, 2006

Critical report on Irish e-voting system released

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 4 July 2006, the Commission on Electronic Voting released its second report on the secrecy and accuracy of the e-voting system purchased by the Irish Government. The summary remarks at the beginning of the 200 page report say: “The Commission concludes that it can recommend the […]

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August 30, 2006

German Minister of Justice wants limits to the anonymiser service

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German anonymization program An.On, developed by the University of Dresden and the regional data protection authority of Schleswig Holstein (ULD), is enabling its users to surf anonymously via a Java-webproxy. The program has been heavily criticized by the Minister of Justice of the German federal state […]

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January 29, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Stalked by your digital doppelganger?

In this fourth installment of EDRi’s facial recognition and fundamental rights series, we explore what could happen if facial recognition collides with data-hungry business models and 24/7 surveillance.

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July 2, 2014 · Blogs

Google and the right to be forgotten – the truth is out there

After all of the noise surrounding the Google/Spain case, the “deletion” of search results, the paedophiles whose crimes would be washed away and the end of history, the reality of the case is slowly drifting into the media. We were told by the Wall Street Journal three weeks ago that any search results that were […]

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April 6, 2016 · Blogs

Commission launches consultations on ancillary copyright and panorama

It is time for new courses in the EU copyright reform menu: How about a neighbouring right for publishers and an EU-wide panorama exception? In December, Commissioner Oettinger presented the what could only be described as the “appetiser”: Citizens should be able to access subscribed streaming services when going on holiday in the EU (imagine, […]

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January 15, 2020 · Open letters | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Transparency

Copyright: Open letter asking for transparency in implementing guidelines

Today, on 15 January 2020, EDRi joined 41 other human rights and users’ rights organisations to demand increased transparency during the implementation of the EU copyright Directive. Specifically, the open letter asks the European Commission to publish any draft guidelines when available and to include concerns raised by the signing organisations during the stakeholder dialogues […]

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January 29, 2019 · Open letters | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Copyright: Open Letter calling for the deletion of Articles 11 and 13

On 29 January 2019, EDRi, along with a large stakeholder coalition consisting of 87 organisations, sent a letter to the Council’s Working Party on Intellectual Property, European Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip and the European Parliament trilogue negotiators to ask for a deletion of the controversial Articles 11 and 13 in the Copyright Directive proposal. The […]

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September 9, 2009

Telecom Package – All sides poised for the final battles

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Telekompaket: alle Seiten bereiten sich auf die letzte Schlacht vor | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1513] Preparations are being made in the EU institutions for the expected third reading of the Telecom Package. The timescale for the remainder of the legislative process will be determined by the official communication of the Council […]

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September 26, 2007

Largest anti-surveillance street protest in Germany for 20 years

On Saturday, 22 September 2007, more than 15,000 took to the streets of Berlin under the slogan “Liberty instead of Fear – stop the Surveillance Mania!”. Several Civil Liberty organisations, affiliated in the “Working Group Data Retention” (Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung), organised the march. 55 groups called for participation, among them the “Young Liberals” (Junge Liberale, Youth […]

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March 9, 2011

Final call for petition on government use of citizens' biometrics

This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Последен повик за петиција за владина.. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/mk/vesti/edri/1894-posleden-povik-za-peticija-za-vladinata-upotreba-na-biometriski-podatoci-na-gragjanite] Deutsch: [Petition gegen die Nutzung biometrischer Daten durch den Staat | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Petition_gegen_Nutzung_biometrischer_Daten] By means of a petition, the international Alliance ‘Hands off biometrics’ will urge the Council of Europe to start an investigation on the collection and storage of biometric […]

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