April 7, 2010

Confused discussions surrounding IPR enforcement in the EP

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Wirre Diskussionen im EP über die Durchsetzung geistiger Eigentumsrechte | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1833] The probably final set of discussions around the much-debated “Gallo Report” on the enforcement of intellectual property rights was held recently in the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP). In the week prior to the […]

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June 2, 2010

How many websites does Turkey block?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Wie viele Webseiten sperrt die Türkei? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1972] That information hasn’t been updated since May 2009. This is why Prof Yaman Akdeniz, who teaches Internet law at Istanbul’s Bilgi University, has initiated a trial, based on the Turkish law on access to public information. In May 2009, the […]

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May 16, 2018 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

BBA Germany 2018: Spying on employees, refugees, citizens…

The annual German Big Brother Awards gala was held by EDRi member Digitalcourage in Bielefeld on 20 April 2018.

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February 8, 2017 · Blogs

Proposed surveillance package in Austria sparks resistance

The Austrian coalition parties have renegotiated their government programme in January 2017. This new programme contains a so-called “security package” that encompasses the introduction of several new surveillance measures and additional powers for the Austrian security agencies. These changes in the law are to be implemented by June 2017. However, so far no evaluation of already […]

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June 27, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Restoring freedom of expression in Spain: end the “gag law”

Spain has been one of the countries of the European Union that has most shamefully stood out for its government’s attitude against freedom of expression and information.

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February 28, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Digital rights in trade agreements

The European Commission rightly decides to defend citizens’ privacy in trade discussions

On 31 January 2018, the European Commission adopted horizontal clauses on data flows, data protection and privacy in trade deals. On 9 February, these provisions were leaked.

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May 4, 2011

European Commission stumbles in ACTA opinion rebuttal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Komission strauchelt bei Entgegnung auf ACTA-Stellungnahme | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.9_Kommission_strauchelt_bei_Entgegnung_auf_ACTA-Stellungnahme] Last week, the European Commission posted a rebuttal to a widely cited opinion document by prominent European academics on the Anti- Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The Commission however made several factual errors in its rebuttal, according to an analysis by […]

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March 22, 2017 · Blogs

Hakuna Metadata – Exploring the browsing history

Metadata is data about data. In an e-mail, the data is the content of the e-mail and metadata is the information about the e-mail. So, it covers information like who is it from or who sent it, the date and time, the subject, network information etc. When we are browsing the internet, data is represented […]

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March 11, 2009

Nokia Law approved

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Nokia-Gesetz angenommen| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1325] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Усвоен Законот Lex Nokia | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1408/4/lang,mk/] The snooping law, also called Lex Nokia, was approved in the Finnish Parliament two weeks ago. EDRi-member Electronic Frontier Finland has appealed to Tarja Halonen, the President of Finland, to intervene: before […]

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February 24, 2016 · Blogs

Data Protection Lobbyotomy Part 1: Influencing the Dutch government

The new European data protection regulation is the most lobbied piece of legislation in Europe because the subject is very important and touches upon almost every aspect of our daily lives. Therefore, Bits of Freedom used the Dutch freedom of information act to ask the government to publicise all the lobby documents they received on […]

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November 20, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

ePrivacy hangs in the balance, but it’s not over yet…

Unless you have been living under a rock (read: outside the “Brussels bubble”) you will likely be aware of the long and winding road on which the proposed ePrivacy Regulation has been for the last three years. This is not unusual for a piece of European Union (EU) legislation – the 2018 General Data Protection […]

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May 18, 2016 · Blogs

EC wants to add facial recognition to transnational databases

On 4 May 2016, the European Commission (EC) published a proposal to recast the EURODAC Regulation. The European Automated Fingerprint Identification System (EURODAC) was initially introduced in 2003 to establish an EU asylum fingerprint database, and to share this information with national law enforcement authorities and Europol. According to this proposal, if a person applies […]

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