Results for node/ACTA

November 7, 2012

Privacy rights as a global challenge

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutz als globale Herausforderung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Datenschutz_als_globale_Herausforderung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] With more than 100 on-site participants and almost 4000 remote attendees through the live webcast, the 2012 Public Voice Conference was, this year again, a full success. The 2012 edition was held on 22 October 2012 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in […]

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November 21, 2012

CleanIT looking for the question that it was seeking an answer to

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [CleanIT oder Wie war noch mal die Frage? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_CleanIT_oder_Wie_war_noch_mal_die_Frage?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Few people know that CleanIT was born from another failed project – the European Commission-led “dialogue on illegal online content”. In that “dialogue”, the European Commission (DG HOME) sought to persuade Internet hosting companies to delete websites containing […]

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December 19, 2012 · Blogs

The European Parliament supports net neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament setzt sich Netzneutralität ein | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.24_Europaeisches_Parlament_setzt_sich_fuer_Netzneutralitaet_ein?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121219] On 11 December 2012, The European Parliament (EP) issued, in a large majority, two non-legislative resolutions asking that net neutrality should be enshrined in the European Union law. In one of the resolutions, “Completing the Digital Single Market”, the EP […]

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January 30, 2013 · Blogs

Kroes ignoring the problems on net neutrality?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzneutralität: Ignoriert Kommissarin Kroes alle Gefahren? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.2_Netzneutralitaet_Ignoriert_Kommissarin_Kroes_die_Gefahren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130207] Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Internet-related policies, recently published an article in the French newspaper Liberation stating that while she was in favour of an open Internet and maximum choice that must be protected, and she believed that “consumers […]

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Licences for Europe and fight club… only one rule

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Europäische Lizenzen und der Fight Club … es gibt nur eine Regel | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_ENDitorial_Europaeische_Lizenzen_und_der_Fight_Club?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] There was a moment in November 2012 when even the most cynical observers of the European Commission were hopeful of an effective reform of copyright. Commissioner Barnier gave a speech where he demonstrated […]

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February 27, 2013 · Blogs

EDRi's guide on how to answer the IPRED consultation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi Leitfaden zur Konsultation zum Urheberrecht | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.4_EDRi_Leitfaden_zur_Konsultation_zum_Urheberrecht?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130304] This is just a quick warning that you have until 30 March 2013 if you want to answer to the public consultation on the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED). The directive has been in force since 2004 and requires […]

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March 7, 2013 · Blogs

European Parliament considers a ban on “all pornography”, policed by private companies

The ridiculous efforts of certain companies to censor the Internet are already a serious cause for concern. This trend becomes even more worrying when such privatised censorship gets political support. Next week, the European Parliament votes on a non-binding resolution supporting a ban on “all forms of pornography” (paragraph 17), with online policing being done […]

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June 13, 2013 · Blogs

Data protection in TTIP/TAFTA – how to make a bad situation worse

Data protection in TTIP/TAFTA – how to make a bad situation worse The Financial Times and Washington Post reported on 13 June that the European Commission – before the full scope of PRISM became known – watered down its proposed Data Protection Regulation to weaken rules for transferring data to law enforcement authorities outside the […]

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February 26, 2014 · Blogs | Publications

Booklet: Human rights and privatised law enforcement

Our latest booklet is now online! The document looks at the extent to which “voluntary” law enforcement measures by online companies are serving to undermine long-established fundamental rights principles and much of the democratic value of the internet. Unquestionably, the successful campaigns against SOPA and ACTA demonstrate the democratic potential of the internet. Sharing of […]

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March 12, 2014 · Blogs

US wants to undermine privacy in TTIP negotiations

In the EU-US trade negotiations (TTIP/TAFTA) the US tabled a proposal that would prohibit to require local data storage. If the EU accepts this proposal, the EU would give away an instrument essential to protect privacy. On 5 March 2014 the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament organised a meeting on the complex relationship between […]

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May 7, 2014 · Blogs

ISDS threatens privacy and reform of copyright and patent law

On 3 December 2013, the Dutch Parliament requested the government to investigate the potential social and environmental risks and the consequences of investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) and the consequences of ISDS for the Netherlands as well as the financial risks for the Dutch government. On 17 April 2014 companies and civil society organisations met at […]

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May 21, 2014 · Blogs

Legal analysis of the Data Retention ruling of the European Court

The legal service of the Council of the European Union has produced an analysis of the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the data retention Directive. While these documents are normally confidential, this text has been leaked and provides interesting insights into the ruling – making one wonder what justification […]

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