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June 16, 2010

ENDitorial: New coalition's U-turn on privacy in UK

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Kehrtwende der neuen britischen Koalition | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2006] The coalition Government plans to keep the Summary Care Record, despite pre-election pledges by both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to rip up the system – which is not compliant with the I v Finland judgement of the European […]

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March 6, 2017 · Blogs

Are net neutrality and privacy Europe’s brilliant way of trumping destructionism?

For the online economy to work, trust and competition are needed. Trust to drive take-up of services and competition to drive down prices and drive up innovation. Privacy The 2016 Eurobarometer (pdf) survey found that nearly 60% of individuals in the EU had avoided certain websites for privacy reasons, while 82% were in favour of […]

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May 9, 2012

UK High Court orders ISPs to block The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britischer High Court entscheidet, ISPs müssen The Pirate Bay sperren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.9_Britischer_High_Court_entscheidet_ISPs_muessen_The_Pirate_Bay_sperren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120509] The UK High Court has recently decided that The Pirate Bay (TPB) must be blocked by 5 UK internet service providers. No technical details were given in the ruling as, according to Mr Justice Arnold, the […]

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March 9, 2016 · Blogs

The lobby-tomy 2: What was the lobbying about?

What do companies really think about privacy protection? Publicly everybody thinks privacy is important, but do they think the same thing behind closed doors? What were the hot issues during the lobby and did everybody treat privacy protection well? The new European data protection regulation is the most lobbied piece of legislation so far because […]

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September 9, 2024

BigBrotherAwards Germany 2024

Watch as the worst offenders on privacy and surveillance are being slammed at the German BBA gala. The BigBrotherAwards are presented to companies, institutions and persons who act in a prominent and sustained way to invade people’s privacy, sell personal data or use it beyond the permitted purpose. Starting in 2000, the German BigBrotherAwards are organised by EDRi member Digitalcourage.

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May 7, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Cross border access to data | Digital rights in trade agreements | Surveillance and data retention

Digital trade: the new frontline in the fight for our rights

The EU is signing digital trade deals that could undermine fundamental rights and block oversight of software systems shaping our lives. From data protection to algorithmic accountability, these agreements risk empowering opaque systems - used by both companies and governments - at the expense of the people most affected by them.

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July 15, 2009

The big record companies are after Irish ISPs

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die großen Plattenfirmen haben es auf die irischen ISPs abegesehen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1469] The big music record companies, EMI Records (Ireland), Sony Music Entertainment Ireland, Universal Music Ireland, Warner Music Ireland and WEA International Incorporated, are after the Irish ISPs trying to force them to adopt a three strikes […]

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June 30, 2010

Same privacy concerns for the new SWIFT treaty

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neues SWIFT-Abkommen: wieder die selben Privatsphäre-Bedenken | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2032] The agreement between the EU and USA on the transfer of bank data through SWIFT was signed on 28 June 2010 after the Spanish Presidency of the Council of Ministers has accepted some of the changes on the text proposed […]

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July 15, 2009

Sweden obliged by EU to implement data retention directive

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU zwingt Schweden, die Richtlinie zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung umzusetzen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1470] The European Commission has decided to take the Swedish Government to the European court of Justice for failing to implement the data retention directive in a reasonable time frame. The Swedish Data Retention Directive implementation was supported by […]

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June 1, 2011

Internet FoE: How should Europe battle online censorship?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Redefreiheit: Wie die EU Onlinezensur bekämpfen soll | http://bit.ly/m59pVW] On 23 May 2011, there was an event in the International Press Centre in Brussels, hosted by ECIPE. Participants in the event were Erika Mann (Executive Vice President, CCIA; Board Member, ICANN), William Echikson (Head of Free Expression, EMEA, […]

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March 8, 2017 · Blogs

Denmark: Our data retention law is illegal, but we keep it for now

On 2 March 2017, the Danish Minister of Justice appeared before the Legal Affairs Committee of the Danish Parliament to answer questions about the implications of the Tele2 data retention ruling (joined cases C-203/15 and C-698/15) from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In his statement to the committee, the Minister started […]

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June 30, 2010

EP calls for a clear legal framework for the Internet of Things

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europa-Parlament für klaren gesetzlichen Rahmen für das Internet der Dinge | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2034] In a resolution on the Internet of Things, adopted on 15 June 2010, the European Parliament (EP) welcomes the communication of the Commission on the topic and in principle endorses the broad outlines of the action […]

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