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November 29, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Is anti-plagiarism software legal under EU Copyright legislation?

Are anti-plagiarism technologies compatible with copyright law? Surprisingly, this might not be the case. Anti-plagiarism technology involves machine comparison of works such as diploma theses with pre-existing publications. This activity constitutes a use that is covered by copyright. Since no explicit limitation or exception of authors’ and publishers’ exclusive rights authorises providers and users of […]

January 29, 2019 · Open letters | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Copyright: Open Letter calling for the deletion of Articles 11 and 13

On 29 January 2019, EDRi, along with a large stakeholder coalition consisting of 87 organisations, sent a letter to the Council’s Working Party on Intellectual Property, European Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip and the European Parliament trilogue negotiators to ask for a deletion of the controversial Articles 11 and 13 in the Copyright Directive proposal. The […]

July 2, 2025 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

#PrivacyCamp25: Call for Sessions open

Our rights and freedoms – online and offline – are facing unprecedented threats. Recognising this as a collective struggle, we want to explore the theme Resilience and Resistance in Times of Deregulation and Authoritarianism for this edition of Privacy Camp. The 13th edition of Privacy Camp is set to take place on 30 September 2025.

November 29, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

EU Member States plan to ignore EU Court data retention rulings

Documents made publicly available through EDRi member Statewatch reveal that EU Member States are exploring all possible options to keep, and in fact expand, their current data retention regimes. The general plan is based on a new concept of ”restricted data retention”, which is really blanket data retention with a new name, along with amendments […]

January 15, 2020 · Highlights | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

ECtHR demands explanations on Polish intelligence agency surveillance

July 15, 2004

Nominations Big Brother Awards UK / Austria

On 28 July, Privacy International will celebrate the 6th annual UK Big Brother Awards ceremony. From about 300 nominees a ‘Dirty Dozen’ was selected for the shortlist. Award categories for this year are as they have been in past years: Worst Public Servant; Most Invasive Company; Most Appalling Project; Most Heinous Government Organisation and Lifetime […]

March 11, 2009 · Blogs

Biometric passports law – upheld by the Romanian authorities

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gesetz zu biometrischen Pässen – von den Rumänischen Behörden bestätigt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1332] Macedonian: [Законот за биометриски пасоши поддржан од романските власти | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1401/4/lang,mk/] The Emergency Government Ordinance introducing biometric passports in Romania remains applicable as the Legal Commission of the Senate advised it favourably on 3 March 2009 […]

March 10, 2010

German Federal Constitutional Court rejects data retention law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsches Bundesverfassungsgericht weist Vorratsdatenspeicherungsgesetz zurück | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1754] The German Federal Constitutional Court rejected on 2 March 2010 the legislation requiring electronic communications traffic data retention for a period of 6 months. The legislation on data retention, implementing the similar EU Directive, was passed by the Bundestag on 9 […]

January 18, 2012 · Blogs

Finnish ISP started blocking The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Finnischer ISP sperrt The Pirate Bay | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_Finnischer_ISP_sperrt_The_Pirate_Bay?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] On 9 January 2012, the Helsinki Enforcement authority obligated Finnish ISP Elisa to execute the court ruling that it had to block access to The Pirate Bay from its network. This is the latest phase in an ongoing legal fight […]

January 16, 2013 · Blogs

State German DPA threatens to fine Facebook for opposing anonymity

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ULD geht gegen Facebook vor | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_ULD_geht_gegen_Facebook_vor?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] Germany’s ULD (Data Protection Authority – DPA in the German state Schleswig-Holstein) issued in December 2012 orders threatening Facebook Inc. USA and Facebook Ltd. Ireland with a 20 000 Euro fine for their refusal to accept anonymous user accounts. Thilo Weichert, […]

October 21, 2015 · Blogs

EP Committee adopts short-sighted anti-”radicalisation” report

On 19 October 2015, after months of discussion, the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) adopted an extremely incoherent and short-sighted anti-“radicalisation” report. The text is very-wide ranging, covering everything from prisons and schools to the Internet. Regarding the measures related to the Internet, there is a complete lack of […]

February 13, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

EDPB confirms: Privacy Shield is still a shame

On 22 January 2019, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a Report on the Second Annual Review of the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is a framework arrangement between the United States and the European Union to enable the transmission of personal data from the territory of the EU to the US. It […]