July 2, 2008 · Blogs

Recommanded Reading

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Article 29 Working Party – Opinion 2/2007 on information to passengers about the transfer of PNR data to US authorities, Adopted on 15 February 2007 and revised and updated on 24 June 2008 http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2008/wp151_en.pdf Kieran Poynter’s Review of information security at HM Revenue and Customs http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/0/1/poynter_review250608.pdf Independent […]

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August 1, 2007

EDRI's contributions to the RFID Expert Group

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The RFID Expert Group created by the European Commission in order to assist in drafting the future RFID strategy had several meetings until now. European Digital Rights Initiative (EDRI) submitted two papers to this group on RFID Privacy and Security in order to stress that the reliable […]

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September 26, 2007

Human Rights in the Information Society – rediscover the proportionality

On 13-14 September 2007 the French Commission for UNESCO, UNESCO and the Council of Europe organised the conference “Ethics and Human Rights in the Information Society” in Strasbourg, to which EDRi was invited to contribute. This conference was the third in a cycle of regional conferences on the ethical dimensions of the information society, which […]

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February 15, 2012

European Commission discusses tactical, partial retreat on ACTA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission erwägt taktischen Teilrückzug aus ACTA | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.3_Europaeische_Kommission_erwaegt_taktischen_Teilrueckzug_aus_ACTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120221] At the meeting of the heads of cabinet of the European Commission on Monday of this week, Commissioner De Gucht’s representative announced that a referral of ACTA to the Court of Justice of the European Union is currently being […]

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April 6, 2011

RFID Privacy Impact Assessment Framework formally adopted

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [RFID – Neue Datenschutzregeln formell verabschiedet | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.7_PIA_fuer_RFID-Anwendungen_verabschiedet] The Privacy Impact Assessment Framework for RFID applications (RFID PIA) was officially signed by European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes, representatives of the RFID industry, the chairman of the Article 29 Working Party, Jacob Kohnstamm, and the Executive Director of […]

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September 23, 2009

UK music industry shows divided opinions on cutting off p2p users

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Musikindustrie ist bei der Verbindungstrennung für p2p-Users geteilter Meinung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1525] UK Secretary of State Lord Mandelson’s proposal to use technical measures to cut off connections of illegal file-sharers met different reactions within UK music industry. A coalition including the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), the British Academy […]

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May 19, 2010

Irish Court allows Data Retention Law to be challenged in ECJ

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irisches Gericht lässt Vorratsdatenspeicherung vom EuGH prüfen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1929] Recently, the Irish High Court ruled in favour of EDRi-member Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) allowing the civil liberties campaign group to challenge the EU Data Retention Directive at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). This is the result of […]

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July 15, 2009

Hadopi 2 adopted very fast by the French Senate

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Hadopi 2 vom französischen Senat sehr schnell angenommen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1467] On 8 July 2009, in a very rapid session, the French Senate adopted the new three strikes draft law, so called Hadopi 2. The only difference between the first version of the law and Hadopi 2 is that […]

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June 30, 2010

Iceland – first steps for a new media haven

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Island: Erste Schritte zu einem neuen Medienhafen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2037] Iceland’s Parliament has recently accepted a proposal by Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI) asking the Icelandic Government to find “ways to strengthen freedoms of expression and information freedom in Iceland, (and provide) strong protections for sources and whistleblowers.” The […]

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December 2, 2009

ENDitorial: Keeping the "self" in self-regulation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Das „Selbst“ in Selbstregulierung wahren| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1616] Businesses, particularly in the Internet environment, fear (and often have good reason to fear) government regulation. Traditionally, therefore, Internet Service Providers have pushed for “self-regulatory” solutions to issues surrounding the management and operation of their own networks – as in the […]

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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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May 5, 2021 · Blogs | Press mentions | Information democracy | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

EU’s new artificial intelligence law risks enabling Orwellian surveillance states

When analysing how AI systems might impact people of colour, migrants and other marginalised groups, context matters. Whilst AI developers may be able to predict and prevent some negative biases, for the most part, such systems will inevitably exacerbate injustice. This is because AI systems are deployed in a wider context of systematic discrimination and violence, particularly in the field of policing and migration.

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