October 10, 2012

Azeri opposition blogger arrested

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aserbaidschan: Oppositioneller Blogger verhaftet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.19_%20Aserbaidschan_Oppositioneller_Blogger_verhaftet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121010] A new arrest made by the Azeri authorities raise concerns over the freedom of speech in Azerbaijan ahead of the next year’s general elections. The well-known blogger and opposition activist Zaur Gurbanli was arrested from his home on 29 September 2012 by […]

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November 21, 2005

Petition closed: 58.000 signatures

The EDRI and XS4ALL petition against data retention has been closed. It has been offered to Jean Marie Cavada, the chairman of the Europarliament committee on civil liberties and Alexander Alvaro, Europarl rapporteur on data retention. The petition has attracted over 58.000 signatures, of which over 21.000 from the Netherlands (where the campaign was launched), […]

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April 19, 2010

Translations of Delete, don’t block – published in The Guardian

The article Delete, don’t block published in The Guardian on 30 March 2010 by Joe McNamee, EDRi’s Advocacy Coordinator has been translated also in several languages – Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Spanish Original Article in English http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/220161-delete-don-t-block Czech http://www.presseurop.eu/cs/content/article/220451-neblokovat-mazat Dutch http://www.presseurop.eu/nl/content/article/220601-blokkeren-van-websites-heeft-geen-enkele-zin French http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/220501-bloquer-les-sites-pedophiles-une-tache-insensee German http://www.presseurop.eu/de/content/article/220691-loeschen-nicht-sperren Italian http://www.presseurop.eu/it/content/article/220641-bloccare-i-siti-pedofili-una-fatica-inutile Polish http://www.presseurop.eu/pl/content/article/220701-usuwac-nie-blokowac Romanian http://www.presseurop.eu/ro/content/article/220411-sterge-nu-bloca […]

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March 29, 2006

New anti-terror bill proposed in Denmark

As a follow up to the latest anti-terror plan of action (49 proposals) of November 2005, the Danish government is now proposing new anti-terror legislation. In the current round of public hearing, massive criticism has been raised by NGOs, legal experts, Danish industry, telecom providers, and from a number of political parties, including the Liberal […]

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December 22, 2010 · Blogs

Recommended Action: Support EDRi!

Do you believe in Internet freedom? In digital civil rights? In human rights in the Internet environment? Then we need your support! Not only because we believe in the same ideas, but because we actively look to promote and respect them. See how we did it in the past 2 years in our report. http://www.edri.org/files/EDRi-yearly-reports-2009-2010.pdf […]

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October 19, 2016 · Blogs

Shadow regulations – unfair and undemocratic

Shadow Regulations are voluntary agreements between companies (sometimes described as codes, principles, standards, or guidelines) to regulate your use of the internet, often without your knowledge.

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October 24, 2012 · Blogs

A week with EDRi Brussels

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Eine Woche in EDRis Brüssel-Büro | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Eine_Woche_in_EDRis_Bruessel-Buero?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] Now that EDRi has taken up home in its new office in Brussels, we thought that it might be interesting to share a brief insight into what a typical week looks like for us. The truth is that there is no […]

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September 7, 2016 · Blogs

What digital rights are at imminent risk? All of them.

Our civil rights in the digital environment are based on our rights to protect our personal security and data, our right to communicate freely, and our right for any restrictions to be necessary, predictable and proportionate. Every one of these rights is now under imminent threat.

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July 31, 2013 · Blogs

UK: Vehicle plate recognition video system ruled illegal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB: Automatische Kennzeichenerfassung illegal | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_GB_Automatische_Kennzeichenerfassung_illegal?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731] The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), UK’s data protection authority, issued on 24 July 2013, an Enforcement Notice asking the Hertfordshire police to stop using a vehicle plate tracking system that it considered as unlawful. The ICO notice is a result of a […]

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November 3, 2010 · Blogs

EC refers Austria to ECJ for lack of independence of DPA

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommission verklagt Österreich wegen unzureichender Unabhängigkeit seiner Datenschutzbehörde | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2325] Since a complaint was filed by the data protection association Arge Daten back in October 2003, the lack of adequate independence of the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSK – Datenschutzkommission) has been on the European Commission’s (EC) agenda. […]

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January 28, 2009

France: Who have they forgotten to control today?

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The CNIL, the French Data Protection Authority, has published on 20 January 2009 a report on a massive control operation it conducted on the STIC (“Système de traitement des infractions constatées” or “Recorded offences treatment system”), a huge police database. The report reveals that the STIC is […]

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July 5, 2006

IPRED Directive Implementation in Italy

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) By Legislative Decree no.140 of 16 March 2006, with more than one month before the deadline, Italy implemented Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED) by amending law no.633/1941, which has already been the subject of so many modifications since its inception that several […]

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