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November 18, 2009

Set backs for Danish and Norwagian anti-piracy groups

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rückschlag für dänische und norwegische Anti-Piraterie-Gruppen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1593] The Danish Antipiratgruppen representing the movie and music industries has recently announced it gives up attempts to sue alleged copyright infringers following several defeats in court. “It requires very strong and concrete evidence to have these people convicted. We simply […]

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November 3, 2010

ECJ decides private copying levies are not allowed for business use

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [‘Abgabe für Privatkopien’ laut EuGH auf gewerbliche Nutzer nicht anwendbar | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2324] On 21 October 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that private copying levies on blank CDs, MP3 players and other digital media are allowed under EU copyright law only when charged on goods sold […]

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June 3, 2015 · Blogs

Startups for Net Neutrality

The future of our open Internet is at risk. Current EU developments creating the risk of allowing large Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to make the internet less open and less free. “Startups for Net Neutrality” believes that the beauty of the Internet is that everybody with a laptop and an Internet connection can change the […]

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November 30, 2022 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Reclaim Your Face movement gathered in Brussels

Between 6 and 9 November 2022, more than 20 activists from across Europe gathered in Brussels to celebrate the successes of the Reclaim You Face movement. We got to meet each other in real life after months of online organising, reflected on our wide range off decentralised actions, and learned from each other how to couple grassroots organising with EU advocacy aimed at specific events and EU institutions. Read on to see what we did.

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November 3, 2010 · Blogs

EC refers Austria to ECJ for lack of independence of DPA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommission verklagt Österreich wegen unzureichender Unabhängigkeit seiner Datenschutzbehörde | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2325] Since a complaint was filed by the data protection association Arge Daten back in October 2003, the lack of adequate independence of the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSK – Datenschutzkommission) has been on the European Commission’s (EC) agenda. […]

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August 29, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

ENDitorial: The European Commission is talking “tough on terror”. Again.

The European Commission plans to issue a Regulation on 12 September 2018 that will get tough on internet companies in the fight against terrorism.

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April 25, 2007

Complaints on lack of access to European Commission documents

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Statewatch has made two complaints to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission, one for having failed to keep a proper public record of documents and the other for having failed in 2006 to issue its annual report on access to documents for 2005. The group considers […]

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December 2, 2009

Civil liberties groups ask EU to repeal data retention directive

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bürgerrechtsgruppen fordern die Widerrufung der Richtlinie zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung von der EU| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1606] Civil liberties groups European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat) are calling on the European Union to repeal the 2006 directive on the data retention of electronic communications. In […]

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November 26, 2004

An Open Letter to the European Parliament on Biometric Registration of all EU Citizens and Residents

!!To the Members of the European Parliament, We the undersigned are calling on you to reject the ‘Draft Council Regulation on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States’. This is an unnecessary and rushed policy that will have hazardous effects on Europeans’ right to privacy. This policy […]

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December 2, 2009

Spain warned by Commissioner Reding for cutting off Internet access

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin Reding verwarnt Spanien vor der Unterbindung von Internetzugängen| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1608] On 23 November 2009, at the Spanish Telecom Regulatory Authority (CMT) international meeting, Viviane Reding warned that the European Commission could take action against Spain if the government decided to cut the Internet access of file-sharers. “Repression alone […]

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April 15, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Digital sustainability | Surveillance and data retention

Locating climate justice in digital rights work at the EU level

A new study commissioned by EDRi acknowledges the complexities and environmental impacts of technological solutions, emphasising the need to bridge climate justice and digital rights. This is particularly relevant as the European Union views sustainability and digitalisation as twin and interconnected pillars.

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May 7, 2008

All Italian tax payers' data made public online by the Italian Government

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) To the unpleasant surprise of many Italians, for a few hours on 30 April 2008, the Italian government, through its Agenzia delle Entrate, published on the agency website, agenziaentrate.gov.it, the financial information filed by all Italian taxpayers. Although operational only for a few hours, many people had […]

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