September 27, 2006

Online campaign against data retention started in Germany

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 25 September, the German Working Group against Data Retention (Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung) started an online campaign against the mandatory storage of all communications data. Through a special web portal, concerned citizens can send electronic open letters to all 448 parliamentarians of the ruling grand coalition and raise […]

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September 27, 2006 · Blogs

The draft Audiovisual Media Service Directive considered unnecessary

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Office of Communications (Ofcom), the UK communications regulator, commissioned a research report on the draft Audiovisual Media Service (AVMS) directive proposed by the European Commission in December 2005, as an extension to the Television Without Frontiers (TWF) Directive. The AVMS directive was proposed as a new […]

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September 24, 2008

European Competition Commissioner: We investigate Google-Yahoo deal

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Google announced in June that it had struck a deal with Yahoo, so it would sell ads on Yahoo website in return for a share of the profits. The EU anti-competition authorities confirms that they are investigating the deal between the two majors in the online advertising. […]

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March 9, 2011

Four strikes law returns to Belgium

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Four-Strikes kommen zurück | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Four_Strikes_Gesetz_in_Belgien] After the proposition of a Belgian version of the French three strikes law was left aside due to the withdrawal from the political life of the deputy that proposed it in 2010, a new proposal was tabled on 27 January 2011 by […]

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October 22, 2014 · Blogs

Macedonian investigative magazine fined in defamation case

On 27 September, 2014, the Skopje Court of Appeals, Macedonia, confirmed the decision of a lower court, and ordered a critical independent magazine “Fokus” to pay a nearly ten thousand euro fine to a high government official for defamation. The ruling was another setback to country’s media freedom. Sasho Mijalkov, the Director of the Security […]

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October 11, 2006

SWIFT found in breach of Belgian laws

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A report issued by the Belgian Government on the very discussed SWIFT case of transfer of financial transaction data to the U.S. Government, concluded that SWIFT breached the Belgian law. The Belgian Commission responsible with the first report on the case stated: “The Commission is of the […]

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March 23, 2011

The Privacy Platform Meeting: Reding outlines the way forward

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Privacy Platform Meeting: Kommissarin Reding skizziert den Weg | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Privacy_Platform_Meeting] On 16 March 2011, Sophie In’t Veld’s Privacy Platform met in the European Parliament to discuss the state of play for the review of the data protection directive. The cross-party meeting was co-chaired by EU Parliament members from […]

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December 2, 2015 · Blogs

EDRi represented at the AU-EU Civil Society Seminar on Human Rights

On 21-22 November 2015, EDRi participated in the African Union-European Union Civil Society Seminar on AU-EU Human Rights Dialogue in Kigali, Rwanda. Civil society representatives had the task of making recommendations on freedom of expression to the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU).

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October 22, 2014 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Malmström – Always there to protect US

Now that Commissioner Cecilia Malmström will be taking over as the EU’s Trade Commissioner, and as the Commissioner in charge of negotiating the controversial TTIP trade deal with the USA, it is a useful time to cast our minds back to her achievements as Commissioner with responsibility for Home Affairs in the European Union. Commissioner […]

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January 29, 2003 · Blogs

New patent law on software threatens innovation

Current European patent law does not allow for patents on software, much to the dismay of large IT-companies like IBM, Intel and Cisco. In February 2002, The European Commission published a draft patent law directive that will be dealt with in a co-decision procedure with the European Parliament. The proposed text clearly reflects the strong […]

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October 20, 2005

Ombudsman demands transparency from EU Councils

The European Ombudsman (Mr Diamandouros) has come out in support of those calling for EU ministers to legislate in a more transparent manner. His report follows a call from a group of influential British MEPs on the UK to push for more openness, according to an article in EU Observer. “They pointed out that the […]

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April 22, 2009

Creative Commons licences launched in Czech Republic

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Creative Commons in der Tschechischen Republik eingeführt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1378] Macedonian: [Лиценците Криејтив комонс во Република Чешка | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1432/4/lang,mk/] The localized version of the Creative Commons licences was launched on 15 April in the Czech Republic, which has become the fifty-second jurisdiction worldwide to offer localized Creative Commons licenses. […]

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