Results for node/ACTA

August 26, 2009

People convicted in UK for refusing to surrender cryptographic keys

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verurteilungen in Großbritannien für die Weigerung, Entschlüsselungen herauszugeben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1497] According to the Annual Report of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner Sir Christopher Rose to the UK Prime Minister and Scottish Ministers, people were sentenced between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009 for not having given their passwords […]

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August 26, 2009

Google's Street View contested in France and Switzerland

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Googles Street View in Frankreich und der Schweiz angefochten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1498] After being criticised and contested in several countries in Europe, such as UK, Germany and Greece and even outside Europe like in Japan, it is the turn of France and Switzerland to complain against Google’s service Street […]

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August 26, 2009

UK: p2p three strikes clamp down despite civil liberties concerns

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB: das p2p drei Treffer-Schema greift trotz Bedenken über Bürgerrechte durch | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1499] A new proposal shows that the UK Government has given in to the pressure of right holders who have complained that the measures proposed by the ‘Digital Britain’ report were not powerful enough “to have […]

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August 26, 2009

Belgium: Minister of Justice wants 2 years of data retention

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Justizminister will zweijährige Vorratsdatenspeicherung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1500] Belgium is starting again to discuss the implementation of the data retention directive, suggesting a 2-year retention period for electronic communication traffic data, according with the Flemish newspaper De Tijd. The initial discussion in 2008 did not passed the criticism received […]

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August 26, 2009

Creative Commons licensed works available on Google Books

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Unter Creative Commons lizenzierte Werke auf Google Books erhältlich | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1501] Google Books announced on 13 August 2009 the launching of an initiative allowing writers, artists and publishers to specify their works as Creative Commons (CC) works, being able to choose between the six CC version 3 licenses, […]

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August 26, 2009

ENDitorial: Dutch NGO Bits of Freedom resumes its activities

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Niederländische NGO Bits of Freedom nimmt Aktivitäten wieder auf | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1502] When EDRi was established, its founders recognized that co-operation between European digital rights organisations was essential for the effective protection of digital civil rights in the years ahead. EDRi would in the subsequent years indeed come […]

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September 9, 2009

European Commission hearing on Google Books Settlement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Anhörung der Europäische Kommission über die Google Books-Einigung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1509] The EU Google Books hearing highlighted some very serious concerns with the settlement, but mainly from a rights holder point of view. The hearing itself addressed two quite distinct sets of issues; firstly concerns of EU rights holders […]

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September 9, 2009

Google News investigated for alleged discrimination in Italy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ermittlungen gegen Google News in Italien wegen angeblicher Diskriminierung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1512] The Italian Competition Authority opened an investigation on 27 August 2009 in relation to Google News after the Italian Editors Association (FIEG) claimed Google was discriminating those publishers choosing not to appear on the Italian version of […]

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September 9, 2009

Telecom Package – All sides poised for the final battles

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Telekompaket: alle Seiten bereiten sich auf die letzte Schlacht vor | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1513] Preparations are being made in the EU institutions for the expected third reading of the Telecom Package. The timescale for the remainder of the legislative process will be determined by the official communication of the Council […]

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September 9, 2009 · Blogs

Consultation on how to operate EU's digital library

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Beratungen darüber, wie die digitale Bibliothek der EU geführt werden soll | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1514] The European Commission launched a consultation on 28 August 2009 on EU’s digital library project Europeana, set up in November 2008, in order to find the best way to make the project work. Differently from […]

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September 9, 2009

ICO takes action against personal data losses in UK

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ICO geht gegen Verluste persönlicher Daten in Großbritannien vor | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1515] After UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Wigan schools in breach of the Data Protection Act following a theft of a laptop with personal information on about 43 000 children and young people, the Wigan council […]

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September 23, 2009

Macedonia: Activities for citizen education about their privacy rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mazedonien: Veranstaltungen zur Weiterbildung der Bürger in Bezug auf ihre Rechte auf Privatsphäre | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1526] Macedonian: [Македонија: „Слобода наместо страв“: едукација на граѓаните за нивните права | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/aktivnosti/sloboda-namesto-strav-2009-edukacija-na-graganite-za-nivnite-prava.html] Due to the low level of public awareness on privacy issues, the activities of the international action “Freedom Not Fear” […]

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