February 27, 2004

EU Commission proposal for biometrics in passports

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Council Regulation that will set legally binding minimum standards for harmonised security features, including biometric identifiers, in all EU passports. The Commission chooses facial images as a mandatory biometric identifier for passports. Fingerprints can be added as an option at the discretion of Member States. The […]

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September 9, 2015 · Blogs

Portugal: Privatised copyright law enforcement agreement now public

On 12 August 2015, EDRi-gram reported about a Portuguese “self-regulatory” agreement against alleged online infringements of copyright and related rights. The agreement has already entered into force and is now public, thanks to a Portuguese citizen who made a freedom of information request and successfully appealed its initial rejection before the Portuguese Commission on Access […]

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December 19, 2012 · Blogs

EC decided: no need for more databases for law enforcement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission: Keine weiteren EU-weiten Datenbanken für Strafverfolger | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Europaeische_Kommission_Keine_weiteren_EU-weiten_Datenbanken_fuer_Strafverfolger?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] On 7 December 2012, the European Commission issued a communication regarding information exchanges within EU, concluding that no new law enforcement databases were needed presently. This communication comes as a result of the Stockholm Programme invitation for the […]

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April 18, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology

Decolonising the digital rights field in Europe: Call for feedback on our first draft programme

EDRi and the Digital Freedom Fund (DFF) are looking for your input on a draft programme for an initial decolonising process for the digital rights field in Europe. We want to hear from you!

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December 6, 2006

EU Commission wants to push fight against spam

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission has criticized the member countries, considering that they should better implement the present legal framework and fight against spam, but also take more seriously into consideration the spyware and malicious software issues. According to the recent figures made public by Sophos, approx. 32% of […]

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April 24, 2013 · Blogs

Commission promises better monitoring of “self-regulation” projects

In February 2013, EDRi wrote to European Commission President José-Manuel Barroso to highlight problems with the very divergent and contradictory approaches being taken by the Commission regarding the role of intermediaries in dealing with allegedly illegal content and to support the evidence-based approach of Commissioner Barnier and DG Internal Market. The letter was motivated by […]

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April 22, 2015 · Blogs

Non-US Twitter accounts now subject to EU Data Protection rules

On 17 April 2015, Twitter revised its privacy policy, explaining that it will change the location of processing of the account information of users outside the United States. On its website Twitter announced that the services for non-US users are now provided by its subsidiary based in Dublin, Ireland. Therefore, these accounts will no more […]

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July 1, 2015 · Blogs

Google admits it was wrong on “right to be forgotten”

In the widely publicised “Google/Spain” ruling of the European Court of Justice (CJEU), it was decided that the results of Google searches sometimes infringe the rights of individuals. In such circumstances, individuals can complain – to Google in the first instance – and ask for searches involving their name to be de-linked from the unfair […]

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January 13, 2016 · Blogs

India: Free Basics violates principles of a neutral Internet

India is Facebook’s second largest market after the US, and the social media giant has rolled out Free Basics, a new, “free” service which they claim has the ability to connect millions of people who have never connected to the Internet. In doing so, it is showcasing a new, aggressive corporate strategy. Both regulators and […]

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October 6, 2010

ENDitorial: Council of Europe: Bad news as it happens

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Reichlich schlechte Nachrichten vom Europarat | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2251] The third Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of experts on new media (MC-NM), held on 27-28 September 2010 in Strasbourg, is likely to dampen enthusiasm. To start with, the current vice-chair Michael Truppe is leaving the group to hold another […]

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October 9, 2013 · Blogs

Agenda

14-18 October 2013, Athens, Greece RIPE67 Meeting https://ripe67.ripe.net/ 21-27 October 2013, Worldwide Open Access week http://www.openaccessweek.org/events 22-25 October 2013, Bali, Indonesia Internet Governance Forum 2013 http://igf2013.or.id/ 24 October 2013, Ljubljana, Slovenia The LAPSI 2.0 Conference: “The new PSI directive: What’s next?” http://www.lapsi-project.eu/lapsi-20-conferences 25-27 October 2013, Siegen, Germany Cyberpeace – FIfF Annual Meeting 2013 http://www.fiff.de/ 19-20 […]

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July 10, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Policing by design: the latest EU surveillance plan

The EU should reintroduce mass telecommunications surveillance and create backdoors to encrypted data, a new plan drafted in secret by police and security officials says. To do so, close coordination between the state and industry would be required, to ensure what the plan calls “lawful access by design.” The plan repeats demands made many times over the years by officials, and may find a warm reception from the incoming European Commission.

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