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May 4, 2011

Privatised enforcement series D: Anatomy of a self-regulation proposal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Serie: Privatisierung der Online-Strafverfolgung – Teil D | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.9_Privatisierung_der_Online_Strafverfolgung_Teil_D] How does it happen that an industry or a sector of industry signs up “voluntarily” to arbitrarily punish their consumers and to restrict freedom of speech? One of the most interesting and telling examples is the ongoing “public/private dialogue […]

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June 2, 2010

Article 29 WP asks more data protection from search engine operators

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Artikel 29-Gruppe fordert mehr Datenschutz von Suchmaschinenbetreibern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1967] In a letter addressed to the three big IT companies Google, Yahoo and Microsoft on 26 May 2010, the EU independent group of privacy regulators Article 29 Working Party (WP29) shows concerns related to data protection issues and urges […]

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December 17, 2008

Snooping law, "Lex Nokia", proceeding slowly but surely in Finland

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Earlier this year, in April, the Government of Finland presented a bill to the Parliament for an amendment to the Act on Data Protection of Electronic Communications. Raison d’être for the bill officially is that it would allow employers to investigate the log data of employees’ e-mails, […]

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December 5, 2005

Launch of Digital Rights Ireland

Digital Rights Ireland will formally launch at a press conference in the Conference Room in Pearse Street Library, at 11-am on Tuesday 6 December. The group has been formed to defend civil, human and legal rights in a digital age. Digital Rights Ireland will be discussing its mission, and current developments in relation to Data […]

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December 5, 2007

New agreement between the French ISPs and record industries

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Under the patronage of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, an agreement was signed on 23 November 2007 between some French ISPs and the music and movie representatives in order to act directly against the big illegal file-sharers. These could be warned in the first stage and then […]

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June 2, 2010

Graduated Response in Ireland and UK

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Three Strikes in Irland und Großbritannien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1969] Irish Service Provider Eircom announced on 24 May 2010 its decision to introduce a voluntary graduate response procedure that would end up in shutting down broadband Internet connections of its clients who are considered to illegally download music. The decision […]

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December 4, 2013 · Blogs

Paris court orders search engines and ISPs to block websites

In a case dating back from December 2011, brought to court by the French Association of Cinema Producers, a group representing more than 120 companies including Paramount and Sony, together with other film industry organisations, the High Court of Paris has decided, on 28 November 2013, to order Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to completely de-list […]

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February 4, 2016 · Blogs

EDRi co-hosts the Privacy Camp, 26 January 2016

In the run up to CPDP conference in Brussels, civil society groups met at the fifth annual Privacy Camp to exchange views and develop new strategies. This year’s conference took place under the title “The Multiple Ways of (De/Self)-Regulation: What is at stake for Human Rights?” and included various panels and speakers from around the […]

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June 5, 2019 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Czech Constitutional Court rejects complaint on data retention

Czech EDRi member Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe) has fought for 14 years against Czech implementation of the controversial EU data retention Directive which was declared invalid by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). After years of campaigning and many hard legislative battles, the fight has finally come to an end: on 22 May […]

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December 5, 2005

Results e-society conference in Macedonia

The international conference “e-Society.Mk” took place in Macedonia in October and November 2005, with the goal of raising awareness and sharing knowledge of decision makers about important information society issues with the general public. It was organised by Foundation Metamorphosis and supported by OSCE Mission in Skopje and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the […]

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March 5, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Apple and the long secret arm of the UK Government

Apple disabled their 'advanced data protection' service for UK customers following a secret UK Government order demanding access to global user data. EDRi member Privacy International criticises this weakening of security standards for users in the United Kingdom.

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May 18, 2011

Ireland adopts innovation agenda on intellectual property

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irland: Innovationen zu geistigem Eigentum | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_Irland_Innovationen_zu_geistigem_Eigentum] Richard Bruton, the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, said that he was determined that the Irish government should make whatever changes were necessary to allow innovative digital companies to reach their full potential in Ireland. He said that some […]

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