Results for interoperability

December 19, 2007

Creative content online – main topic in new EC documents

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new policy paper drafted by the European Commission (EC) shows its intention to promote new measures to fight against illegal file-sharing, taking as a positive example the French agreement between ISPs and the record industries already presented in EDRI-gram. The policy paper obtained by EurActiv and […]

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January 16, 2008 · Blogs

Inclusive E-government in Western Balkans

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Most of the participants in the workshops on inclusive e-government that took place in the capitals of six Western Balkan countries, considered that their countries have established very few mechanisms for e-inclusion and interoperability, even though the interest in e-Government development is high. The workshops took place […]

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February 13, 2008

Microsoft's actions investigated again by the European Commission

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission has recently extended its formal probes launched on 14 January 2008 against Microsoft in two cases where it has been alleged that the multinational firm had abused its dominant market position. The first case was brought by a complaint from web browser Opera, which […]

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March 26, 2008

European Commission: pro active in using open source software

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission announced it would increase its own use of open source software for ICT projects: “For all new development, where deployment and usage is foreseen by parties outside of the Commission Infrastructure, Open Source Software will be the preferred development and deployment platform.” Valerie Rampie, […]

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August 27, 2008

Secret reports on new five year plan for "European Home Affairs"

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new secret report, made available by Statewatch, drafted by the “Future Group” of Interior and Justice Ministers from six EU member states (Germany, France, Sweden, Portugal, Slovenia, and Czech Republic) suggests a series of proposals to boost EU integration in policing and intelligence-gathering, including the creation […]

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August 12, 2003

EU Commission finishes Microsoft antitrust probe

The EU Commission is preparing the last steps in it’s antitrust probe against Microsoft. The Commission has been investigating Microsoft practices since 2000 following a complaint by Sun Microsystems. Sun accused Microsoft of abusing its dominant position in the market by not releasing crucial information on the communication between computers and servers running MS Windows. […]

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October 8, 2003

EU proposal on biometrics in visa and passports

The European Commission is proposing to integrate biometric identifiers into visas and residence permits for third country nationals. Later this year proposals will follow for biometrics in passports of EU citizens, likely to be similar to the visa proposal. The Commission and member states want to store two types of biometric data into a contactless […]

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April 8, 2009

European Parliament asks for respect of human rights on the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament fordert Respekt für die Menschenrechte im Internet | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1357] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Европскиот парламент бара да се… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1422/56/lang,mk/] On 26 March 2009, the European Parliament voted with a large majority to support Lambrinidis report concerning the protection of individual liberties on […]

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April 8, 2009

ISPs asked to block child porn sites on the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ISPs werden aufgefordert, Kinderpornografieseiten im Internet zu sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1362] In Germany, based on the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), the government has had discussions for several months now on how to block child pornography sites hosted on servers […]

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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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December 2, 2009

Stockholm programme adopted by the European Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament nimmt Stockholmer Programm an| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1610] After six months of preparation, the European Union has almost reached agreement (somewhat behind schedule) on its 5-year plan for policy in the area of “freedom, security and justice”, better known as the “Stockholm Programme”. Discussions on this proposal took place […]

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December 16, 2009

EDPS worries about extended powers of agency running EC databases

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutzbeauftragter sorgt sich um erweiterte Befugnisse der Agentur, die Datenbanken der Kommission betreibt| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1631] Although not opposed to the creation by the European Commission of a security agency that would be in charge of EU visa and asylum databases, EDPS Peter Hustinx issued an opinion on 7 December […]

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