Results for node/ACTA

May 6, 2009

WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property: Third meeting

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das WIPO-Komitee für Entwicklung und Geistiges Eigentum: das dritte Treffen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1393] The central issues in the third meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) seemed to be the creation of centralized databases to collect traditional cultural expressions, traditional knowledge, […]

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May 5, 2010

Commissioner Malmström launches censorship arms race

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin Malmström führt Zensur-Wettrüsten ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1901] Commissioner Malmström has been explaining to the European Parliament and to the press that her Internet blocking proposals are “only” about child abuse websites and “only” the kind of blocking that is in place in countries such as Sweden. At the […]

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May 20, 2009

France: Three strikes law voted for good

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: 3 Treffer-Gesetz endgültig angenommen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1398] After long debates, on 12 May 2009 the French deputies adopted with 296 votes against 233 the three strikes law, with very few modifications. The following day the Senate also voted the law with 189 against 14 with socialist senators having […]

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May 5, 2010 · Blogs

EuroDIG 2010: where are we going ?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EuroDIG 2010: Wie geht es weiter? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1902] Between the 29-30 April 2010, Madrid was the host of the third European Dialogue of Internet Governance (EuroDIG), an open platform for informal and inclusive discussion and exchange on public policy issues related to Internet Governance between stakeholders from all […]

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May 20, 2009

EP limits data breach notification

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament schränkt Meldungen von Datenverstößen ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1399] The modification of the Privacy and Electronic Communication directive voted by the European Parliament (EP) on 6 May 2009, as part of second reading of the telecom package, limits the data breach notification only to the electronic communications service […]

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May 5, 2010

EDRi and partners launch Copyright for Creativity declaration

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi und Partner veröffentlichen „Copyright for Creativity“-Deklaration | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1903] EDRi, as part of a broad based coalition of European groups, representing consumers, creators, libraries, civil society and technology companies today released Copyright for Creativity, a declaration calling for a European copyright law truly adapted to the Internet age. […]

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May 20, 2009

EU supports RFID with proper protection of consumers' privacy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU unterstützt RFID mit ausreichendem Schutz für die Privatsphäre der Konsumenten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1400] The European Commission issued on 12 May 2009 a recommendation on the use of RFID (radio-frequency identification) after a fifteen-month period of consultations with supplying and using industries, standardisation bodies, consumers’ organisations, civil society groups […]

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May 5, 2010

Dutch enforcement organisation requests blocking The Pirate Bay

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländische Urheberrechtsorganisation fordert Sperre von The Pirate Bay | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1904] The Dutch copyright enforcement organisation Brein has requested Dutch internet provider Ziggo to block access to The Pirate Bay. The request concerns the blocking of access of Ziggo’s subscribers to the website, which is hosted outside of The […]

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May 20, 2009

Goggle's Street View contested in Europe

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europa: Widerstand gegen Googles Street View | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1401] Macedonian: [Гугл Стрит Вју оспорен во Европа | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/mk/vesti/edri/1501-gugl-strit-vju-osporen-vo-evropa] Google continues to face problems with its Street View service. The Greek data protection agency has banned Street View until it receives “additional information” from Google. The agency wishes to know […]

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May 5, 2010

UK and Germany question the data collected by Google Street View

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland und Großbritannien stellen Datensammlung durch Google Street View in Frage | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1905] As Google’s Street View service continue to be a controversial topic especially in Europe, Google has tried to clarify some issues about the data collected by means of its cars and the way it is […]

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May 20, 2009

Lucky win for the Swiss biometric passports

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Glücklicher Sieg für biometrische Pässe in der Schweiz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1402] A referendum that took place in Switzerland on Sunday, 17 May 2009 was in favour of the biometric passports law by a very narrow margin. Thus the official results show that 50.14% of the voters approved the law, […]

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May 5, 2010

EDPS urges the updating of the EU legal framework for data protection

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDPS drängt auf Überarbeitung der EU-Rahmenbedingungen für Datenschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1906] During his speech on 27 April 2010 at the European Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners’ Conference in Prague, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx asked the European Commission to continue its efforts in updating the present […]

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