June 18, 2014 · Blogs

Neelie Kroes’ campaign to kill net neutrality

Two months have passed since the European Parliament adopted amendments to enshrine net neutrality in EU law at the beginning of April 2014. The Telecoms Single Market proposal is now being reviewed by the Council (Member States) of the EU. Rather than sitting back and waiting for the Council to carry out its work, Vice […]

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February 23, 2011 · Blogs

France: Loppsi 2 adopted – Internet filtering without court order

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Loppsi 2 angenommen – Internet-Filter ohne richterliche Anordnung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.4_Frankreich_Loppsi_2_angenommen] The French so-called Loppsi 2 draft law was adopted on 8 February 2011 by the National Assembly as well as by the Senate without modifications, thus allowing for the blocking of Internet access of a site deemed […]

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February 29, 2012

EU standards reform: Carte blanche stifles open formats

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Reform europäischer Normen: Blankovollmacht bremst offene Formate aus | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.4_Reform_europaeischer_Normen_Blankovollmacht_bremst_offene_Formate_aus?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120229] The European standardisation system is being revamped. In the European Parliament, the Consumer Committee (IMCO) under its rapporteur Lara Comi (EPP, Italy) is deliberating a proposal from the European Commission. Parliament members face tricky regulatory decisions on the […]

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November 8, 2006

Privacy Commissioners act together

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the 28th annual Conference of Data Protection and Information Commissioners held on 2-3 November in London, privacy commissioners from ten countries adopted common policies related to the international issue of increased citizen surveillance. The document adopted by the commissioners, titled “Communicating Data Protection and Making It […]

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March 14, 2012

Spanish DPA asks ECJ on right to be forgotten

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Recht auf Vergessen: Spanische Datenschutzbehörde wendet sich an EuGH | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Recht_auf_Vergessen_Spanische_Datenschutzbehoerde_wendet_sich_an_EuGH] While Spain’s National Court, Audiencia Nacional de Espana (AN) has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to clarify jurisdiction issues in cases involving individual privacy complaints against Google and search engines in general, Spain’s Data Protection […]

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October 23, 2013 · Blogs

After 3 Years: French Authority Hadopi Keeps Proving Its Uselessness

After three years of existence, Hadopi French authority in charge with the infamous three-strikes gradual response system, has succeeded in proving nothing but a large waste of public money. To mark its 3-year anniversary, Hadopi has issued its activity report which shows that, to the day, it has succeeded in ordering 1 sole Internet disconnection […]

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February 8, 2017 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Fake news about fake news being news

We have heard a lot about fake news over recent months. We have heard urgent calls for action from politicians to deal with this new problem – governments should regulate truth, Facebook should regulate truth, new ministries of truth should regulate the truth. The political world is clear – somebody should do something, quickly! In […]

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January 14, 2015 · Blogs

Googling your brain: latest “data protection” proposals from Council

When the European Commission proposed its Data Protection Directive in 1995, it made the decision not to give the EU Member States the option to opt out of its profiling (“automated decision-making”) provisions. Even in the days before “big data” and rampant mass surveillance, the dangers of using personal data to make decisions based on […]

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July 27, 2011 · Blogs

Draft Council conclusions on Net Neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Rat: Entwurf des Ratsbeschlusses zur Netzneutralität | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_Entwurf_des_Ratsbeschlusses_zur_Netzneutralitaet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] On 15 July 2011, the Council (of the EU Member States) published Draft “Conclusions” (a policy statement) on Net Neutrality. In the document, the Council underlined the need to preserve the open and neutral character of the Internet and established […]

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June 13, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Digital rights in trade agreements | Platform regulation

EU – Japan trade agreement undermines algorithmic transparency

The EU trade agreement with Japan undermines algorithmic transparency, Dutch EDRi member Vrijschrift wrote in a letter to the Dutch Parliament.

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September 7, 2011

Sweden argues that transposing data retention directive is unnecessary

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schweden hält Umsetzung der VDS-Richtlinie für überflüssig | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.17_Schweden_haelt_Umsetzung_der_VDS_Richtlinie_fuer_ueberfluessig?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110907] On 5 September 2011, the Swedish government responded to the European Court of Justice after the Commission referred Sweden to the Court for failing to transpose the Directive on Data Retention (2006/24/EC). Sweden’s main argument is that it is […]

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December 2, 2015 · Blogs

FOIA request confirms data protection is not a barrier to trade

As the EU works to reform its data protection rules, it is concurrently negotiating various high-profile trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). One of the most trending topics in both the EU data protection reform and the trade agenda are so-called “data flows”.

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