Results for node/ACTA

March 10, 2010

PNR agreements with US and Australia on the European Parliament's Agenda

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP: Passagierdatenabkommen mit den USA und Australien auf der Tagesordnung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1758] The European Parliament (EP) has discussed last week the PNR (Passenger Name Records) agreements with the US and Australia. MEP Sophie In’t Veld (ALDE, Netherlands) explained that the Parliament has traditionally been more opposed to PNR […]

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March 25, 2009

Extension of copyright term postponed in the European Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ausweitung der Urheberrechtsfrist vom Europäischen Parlament verschoben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1343] Macedonian: [ЕП го одложи продолжувањето на период.. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1410/4/lang,mk/] As a result of the very large controversy and lack of consensus among MEPs, in a meeting of the presidents of the political groups in the European Parliament on 17 […]

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March 10, 2010

French Constitutional Court: No to police access to private space CCTV

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches Verfassungsgericht: Nein zu Polizeizugriff auf CCTV im privaten Bereich | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1759] On 25 February 2010, the French Constitutional Council gave its decision on the appeal made by a group of more than 60 senators and 60 deputies against the law reinforcing the fight against gang violence and […]

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March 25, 2009

German Police searches the homes of the wikileaks.de domain owner

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsche Polizei durchsucht die Häuser des Inhabers der Wikileaks-Domain | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1344] The German Police searched the homes of Theodor Reppe, the owner of the domain name wikileaks.de, alleging he was under investigation for “distribution of pornographic material” and “discovery of evidence” The seven police officers in Dresden and […]

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March 10, 2010

Article 29: Reduce the storing period of Google Street View's images

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Artikel 29: Reduziert die Lagerzeit der Google Street View-Aufnahmen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1760] Alex Turk, the head of EU Article 29 Working Party (WP) sent a letter on 11 February 2010 asking Google company to warn people about the arrival of its Street View vehicles and to reduce the retention […]

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March 25, 2009

Data sharing legislation pulled by the UK government

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gesetzgebung zur Datenweitergabe von der Britischen Regierung gestoppt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1345] The campaign of Privacy International and of other civil liberties groups against data sharing legislation in UK resulted in the UK Government decision to abandon Clause 152 of the Coroners and Justice Bill. The respective clause was giving […]

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March 10, 2010

Survey on Chip implants in Germany

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gutachten zu Chipimplantaten in Deutschland | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1761] According to a survey carried out by German IT industry lobby group BITKOM, 23% out of 1000 German respondents would accept to have a microchip implanted in their body if that would bring concrete benefits from it. The survey was meant […]

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March 25, 2009

France: Three strikes law debated by the General Assembly

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: 3 Treffer-Gesetz von der Generalversammlung diskutiert | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1346] The debates on the French three strikes law (so called Hadopi law) started on 11 March 2009 in the General Assembly only to be suspended at the end of the second day, to be continued on 31 March. While […]

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March 10, 2010

Declaration on Safer Internet proposed in the Macedonian Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deklaration zu Safer Internet im makedonischen Parlament beantragt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1762] On 24 February 2010, a group of MPs submitted a Draft-Declaration on Safer Internet during the 39th session of the Commission for Transport, Communications and Environment of the Macedonian Parliament. MP Aleksandar Spasenovski is the initiator of the […]

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March 25, 2009

Germany: Data retention is disproportionate

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland: Vorratsdatenspeicherung ist unverhältnismäßig | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1348] Macedonian: [Германија: Задржувањето на податоци е непропорционално | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1412/4/lang,mk/] The German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat) announced that the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden found the blanket recording of the entire population’s traffic data on telephone, mobile phone, e-mail and Internet […]

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March 25, 2009

Irish ISP Association rejects the copyright industry threats

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irische ISP-Vereinigung weist die Drohungen der Copyrightindustrie ab | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1349] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Ирската асоцијација на интернет провајдери ги одбива заканите на индустријата за авторски права | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1418/4/lang,mk/] After several weeks of silence in the the Eircom deal with IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Association), […]

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March 24, 2010

Spanish court rules that links to p2p content are legal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanisches Gericht urteilt: Links zu P2P-Inhalten nicht gesetzeswidrig | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1790] A civil court in Barcelona has recently ruled against SGAE (the Spanish collective society of authors and editors) in a case brought against Jesus Guerra who was administrating a site called elrincondejesus.com with links to P2P content. SGAE […]

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