July 16, 2008

New threats for UK file-sharers

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After the letters sent from Virgin Media to its customers on alleged file-sharing activities, British Telecom (BT), the UK’s largest broadband provider, has started a similar activity. The Register has received information from one of the BT subscribers that has received such a letter from the Customer […]

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December 5, 2012

Chisugate: Copyright blackmail in Finland

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Chisugate: Copyright-Erpressung in Finnland | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Chisugate_Copyright-Erpressung_in_Finnland?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] In the spring of 2012, in Finland, the father of a young girl received what amounted to a blackmail letter from a copyright lawyer. The letter demanded the payment of 600 Euros as damages for having distributed copyright-protected music recordings. The letter […]

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July 19, 2006

Austria joins Privacy International's SWIFT campaign

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As previously reported in EDRI-gram the international financial surveillance programme run by the US government and involving the European company SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, based in Belgium) continues to raise discussion in several countries in Europe. According to SWIFT’s Austrian board member, Günther Gall, […]

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December 5, 2012

German government proposes extended tracking of Internet users

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Regierung plant ausufernde Überwachung der Internetuser | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.23_Deutsche_Regierung_plant_ausufernde_Ueberwachung_der_Internetuser?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121205] The German government is proposing an amendment to the Telecommunication Act that would allow law enforcement and intelligence agencies to extensively identify Internet users, without any court order or reasonable suspicion of a crime. The proposed amendment comes as […]

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February 23, 2011

Hungary amends its controversial Media Law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ungarn überarbeitet umstrittenes Mediengesetz | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_Ungarisches_Mediengesetz] As a result of the concern expressed by the European Commission and following the meetings with the Commission’s experts on 7 and 15 February 2011, the Hungarian authorities have decided to amend their new controversial media legislation. The main issues of concern […]

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August 29, 2007

File-sharers' identification refused by German prosecutors

Recent cases in the German Local Court of Offenburg have confirmed the reluctance of the German public prosecutors in determining the identities of P2P users that have allegedly breached the copyright law. The German online publication Heise has revealed that in a recent case in the Offenburg court, the judge decided to reject the music […]

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September 10, 2014 · Blogs

Internet Governance Forum and Internet Ungovernance Forum

The ninth Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2-5 September. EDRi member Alternative Informatics Association (AIA) submitted four proposals to the IGF, but all of them were rejected. As a result, AIA decided to organise a parallel event, the Internet Ungovernance Forum (IUF). The IUF attracted considerable interest among Internet researchers and activists […]

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January 18, 2012

US continue pushing on EU Commission against Data Protection proposals

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [USA macht weiter Druck auf EU-Kommission und gegen die geplante Datenschutzverordnung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_USA_macht_weiter_Druck_auf_EU-Kommission_und_gegen_geplante_Datenschutzverordnung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] The US Department of Commerce has circulated a second informal note with comments on the proposals for a data protection regulation and a directive on data protection in the field of law enforcement. This time, […]

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March 10, 2010

PNR agreements with US and Australia on the European Parliament's Agenda

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP: Passagierdatenabkommen mit den USA und Australien auf der Tagesordnung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1758] The European Parliament (EP) has discussed last week the PNR (Passenger Name Records) agreements with the US and Australia. MEP Sophie In’t Veld (ALDE, Netherlands) explained that the Parliament has traditionally been more opposed to PNR […]

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March 10, 2010

French Constitutional Court: No to police access to private space CCTV

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches Verfassungsgericht: Nein zu Polizeizugriff auf CCTV im privaten Bereich | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1759] On 25 February 2010, the French Constitutional Council gave its decision on the appeal made by a group of more than 60 senators and 60 deputies against the law reinforcing the fight against gang violence and […]

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March 9, 2011

SWIFT agreement implementation not respecting data protection safeguards

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Umsetzung des SWIFT-Abkommens missachtet den Datenschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Implentierung_des_SWIFT-Abkommens] The “top secret” status of the implementation of the SWIFT/TFTP Agreement has irked MEPs such as Dutch member Sophie In’t Veld, who has warned the Commission and Member States that they may block other transatlantic data deals in the future. […]

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March 24, 2010

Spanish anti-piracy law approved by the Government

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanische Regierung bestätigt Anti-Piraterie-Gesetz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1794] The Spanish Council of Ministers approved on 19 March 2010 the draft for the Sustainable Economy Law (LES) that gives legal cover to the closure of sites that links to “illegal” content made available without the the copyright owners’ permission. Despite the […]

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