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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June 17, 2009

Finland: Complaints not allowed for the Police child-porn censorship list

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnland: Beschwerden über die Kinderpornografieliste der Polizei nicht erlaubt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1433] The Helsinki Administrative court decided on 20 May 2009 that complaints lodged in regards to the child-porn censorship list maintained by the Finnish Police are not allowed. The case originates from one Finnish activist’s “battle” against the […]

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February 23, 2011

The US pressures the EU to pass ACTA before the end of 2011

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [USA machen Druck: EU soll ACTA noch vor Jahresende beschließen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_USA_setzt_EU_wegen_ACTA_unter_Druck] The US government has expressed its eagerness to see ACTA passed by the European Parliament this year. The controversial treaty allows governments to “order an online service provider to disclose (…) information sufficient to identify a […]

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January 16, 2013 · Blogs

Irish EU Council Presidency proposes destruction of right to privacy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irische EU-Ratspräsidentschaft empfiehlt Abbau des Rechts auf Privatsphäre | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_Irische_EU-Ratspraesidentschaft_empfiehlt_Abbau_des_Rechts_auf_Privatsphaere?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] The Irish Presidency of the European Council has distributed a “discussion paper” on the protection of citizens’ personal data ahead of this week’s Justice and Home Affairs Council in Dublin. As the first Presidency in this “European Year […]

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May 5, 2010

Dutch enforcement organisation requests blocking The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländische Urheberrechtsorganisation fordert Sperre von The Pirate Bay | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1904] The Dutch copyright enforcement organisation Brein has requested Dutch internet provider Ziggo to block access to The Pirate Bay. The request concerns the blocking of access of Ziggo’s subscribers to the website, which is hosted outside of The […]

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July 16, 2014 · Blogs

Slovenia: Data retention unconstitutional, deletion of data ordered

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia abrogated the data retention provisions of the Act on Electronic Communications (ZEKom-1) in its judgement U-I-65/13-19 of 3 July 2014 following the constitutional request lodged by the Information Commissioner in March 2013 and ECJ judgment of 8 April 2014 in Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12. The Court […]

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March 28, 2007

French draft decree regarding the right to reply on the Internet

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The French Ministry of Culture has forwarded to the European Commission a draft decree for the application of the right to reply legislation introduced by art. 6 IV of the law on Digital Economy of 21 June 2004 (‘Loi pour la confiance dans l’économie numérique’ or LCEN) […]

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March 11, 2009

IRMA tries to block websites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [IRMA will Webseiten sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1326] Macedonian: [ИРМА се обидува да блокира веб-сајтови | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1399/4/lang,mk/] IRMA, the Irish Recorded Music Association, wants to block Irish Internet users’ access to certain websites. In February 2009, after having reached the deal with Eircom, the association sent letters to Irish Internet […]

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October 21, 2009

EDRI Open Letter to the EP on Amendment 138

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRis offener Brief an das Europäische Parlament über Zusatz 138 | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1551] EDRi sent the following open letter to all the members of the European Parliament (EP) on 19 October 2009 asking for a continuos support for the citizens’ rights by not giving up on Amendment 138 in […]

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May 5, 2010

Commissioner Malmström launches censorship arms race

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin Malmström führt Zensur-Wettrüsten ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1901] Commissioner Malmström has been explaining to the European Parliament and to the press that her Internet blocking proposals are “only” about child abuse websites and “only” the kind of blocking that is in place in countries such as Sweden. At the […]

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December 11, 2012 · Blogs

"Voluntary enforcement" vs legal restrictions – what rules apply?

Sometimes, watching the Commission make up its mind on a controversial topic is like watching a sports match. One of these topics is the question of whether it is legal for governments to encourage internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict fundamental rights “voluntarily” or whether they would need a legal basis. The European Home Affairs […]

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