September 11, 2019 · On the ground | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

The Netherlands, aim for a more ambitious copyright implementation!

All EU Member States are obliged to implement the newly adopted EU Copyright Directive, including its controversial Article 17. But how to interpret it, is up to them. In the Netherlands, there is currently a draft bill, which is unfortunately very disappointing. The government really needs to try much harder to protect the interests of […]

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February 13, 2008

Finnish e-voting system must not stay a trade secret

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A member of Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi), a Finnish association for promoting digital rights and member of EDRi, has recently sent a request of information to the Finnish Ministry of Justice regarding their planned e-voting system. The system will be piloted in the municipal elections during October […]

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November 6, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Greece: The new data protection law raises concerns

On 29 August 2019, the much awaited new Greek data protection law came into force. Τhis law (4624/2019), implements both the provisions of the EU Law Enforcement Directive (LED, 2016/680) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into national level. However, since the first days after the law was adopted, a lot of criticism was […]

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March 12, 2008

European Parliament criticized for not using open standards

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A public petition was initiated by OpenForum Europe, The European Software Market Association, and the Free Software Foundation Europe asking the European Parliament (EP) to change its ICT system in order to allow the adoption of open standards. The petition specifically points to the fact that the […]

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November 5, 2009 · Blogs

Petition against data retention in Belgium

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Petition gegen Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Belgien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1568] Macedonian: [Петиција против задржување на податоци во Белгија | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/edri/peticija-protiv-zadrzhuvanje-na-podatoci-vo-belgija-2.html] A number of Belgian NGOs representing Internet users, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and others on 26 October 2009 started a petition against the Belgian transposition of the EU Data Retention […]

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June 20, 2007

ENDitorial: The 2001 CoE Cybercrime Conv. more dangerous than ever

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Council of Europe (CoE) has definitely highly prioritised the broad ratification, all over the world, of its Convention on Cybercrime, opened to signatures since November 2001 and entered into force on 1 July 2004. As part of its efforts to achieve this goal, a conference on […]

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February 11, 2009

An error margin of 2% in municipal elections ruled acceptable in Finland

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Earlier last year, EDRi-member Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi) reported of the Finnish e-voting pilot which took place in three Finnish municipalities on 26 October 2008. 232 votes were lost due to various usability and apparent performance issues. Additionally, there is risk of a breach of the anonymity […]

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December 19, 2012 · Blogs

UK government said no to default filtering for online pornography

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung sagt Nein zur automatischen Filterung pornografischer Inhalte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Britische_Regierung_sagt_Nein_zur_automatischen_Filterung_pornografischer_Inhalte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] The UK government announced on 14 December 2012 that it rejected a proposal to force Internet providers to block online pornography. The government’s response to the strong campaigns led by Claire Perry MP and the Daily Mail […]

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April 8, 2009

Behavioural targeting at the European Consumer Summit

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Behavioural Targeting am Europäischen Verbrauchergipfel | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1359] The European Commission Directorate – General for Health & Consumers organized the European Consumer Summit on “Consumer Trust in the Digital Market Place” held in Brussels on 1 and 2 April, 2009. The agenda featured policy workshops on ‘Consumer challenges and […]

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July 1, 2009 · Blogs

ENDitorial: EU Data Protection: state of the play, potential for enhancements

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Datenschutz in der EU: der Stand der Dinge, Raum für Verbesserungen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1457] With the title “Personal data – more use, more protection?” the European Commission organised on 19 and 20 May 2009 a data protection (DP) conference in Brussels. The purpose of the conference was to […]

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June 1, 2011

MEPs approve body scanners on airports on a voluntarily basis

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Abgeordnete befürworten Nacktscanner-Einsatz auf freiwilliger Basis | http://bit.ly/ja0anz] As the European Commission plans new rules to add body scanners to the list of EU-authorised methods for passenger screening, the European Parliament, which has the right to veto, made its position known on 24 May 2011, by approving a […]

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October 7, 2009

France wants to filter online gambling sites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich will online-Glücksspielseiten filtern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1539] From 7 till 9 October 2009, the French National Assembly will discuss a draft law on opening the competition and regulation of online gambling sector. The text foresees the creation of a similar authority to that of HADOPI, called ARJEL that would […]

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