Results for node/ACTA

October 6, 2010

YouTube won a case against copyright infringement accusations in Spain

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [YouTube in Spanien vom Vorwurf der Urheberrechtsverletzung freigesprochen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2249] Google has won a battle against Spanish broadcaster Telecinco which brought the company to court in June 2008 claiming that the company’s service YouTube was liable for the copyrighted material posted by its users. Spanish Commercial Court no.7 […]

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October 6, 2010

Phorm case sends the UK to the European Court of Justice

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ Vereinigtes Königreich kommt wegen Phorm vor den Europäischen Gerichtshof | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2250] The European Commission announced that it has referred the UK to the European Court of Justice for an improper implementation of EU data protection rules, following several complaints in the Phorm case. The Commission received complaints […]

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October 6, 2010

ENDitorial: Council of Europe: Bad news as it happens

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Reichlich schlechte Nachrichten vom Europarat | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2251] The third Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of experts on new media (MC-NM), held on 27-28 September 2010 in Strasbourg, is likely to dampen enthusiasm. To start with, the current vice-chair Michael Truppe is leaving the group to hold another […]

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October 20, 2010

Guidelines for more rigorous respect of the Fundamental Rights Charter

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Leitlinien für die Einhaltung der EU-Grundrechtecharta | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2274] The European Commission has adopted a strategy which is aimed at ensuring that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is respected at every stage of the EU legislative process. At the initiative of Commissioner Reding, the intention is to create […]

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October 20, 2010

Facebook applications raise new privacy concerns again

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neuerliche Datenschutzprobleme bei Facebook Apps | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2275] Facebook continues to raise concerns related to the privacy of its users’ personal data. According to an investigation made by Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Facebook applications such as FarmVille have been supplying identifying information of its users to several online advertising […]

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October 20, 2010

French DNS management must respect constitutional freedoms

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische DNS-Verwaltung muss verfassungsmäßige Freiheiten respektieren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2276] In a ruling issued on 6 October 2010, the French Constitutional Council affirmed the constitutional value of domain names. According to this decision, which applies to the whole French DNS, a domain name attribution, renewal, transfer or cancellation process must […]

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October 20, 2010

Danish tax authorities want to mirror hard disks of private companies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänische Steuerbehörde will Festplatten privater Unternehmen spiegeln | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2277] A new proposed law would allow the Danish tax authorities to simply mirror entire hard disks of companies without a court order and before they have a reason to suspect the company has engaged in unlawful activities. The proposal […]

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October 20, 2010 · Blogs

Informal discussion in European Parliament on net neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Informelle Diskussion zur Netzneutralität im Europäischen Parlament | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2278] For possibly the first time since the adoption of the “telecoms package”, an informal discussion on the issue of “net neutrality” took place at a breakfast meeting hosted by Catherine Trautmann MEP. This happened ahead of upcoming the net […]

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October 20, 2010

Lives put at risk by communications data retention

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Vorratsdatenspeicherung gefährdet Menschenleben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2279] A report published on 8 October 2010 by German civil liberties activists reveals that human lives are put at risk by the retention of all telecommunication data. According to the report, the data retention policy has endangered scientific research, caused unemployment, encouraged corruption, […]

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October 20, 2010

European Commission high-level discussions on data protection

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission: Datenschutz-Diskussion auf höchster Ebene | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2280] Commissioner Reding recently invited a wide variety of representatives from industry, civil society, academia and law enforcement bodies to a high-level meeting in the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. The dossier is clearly a major priority for Ms Reding, who […]

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October 20, 2010

UK Government will introduce an open data licence

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung will Open Data Lizenz einführen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2281] A perpetual, royalty-free licence called Open Government Licence (OGL) allowing the re-use of Governmental and public information will be introduced by the UK Government. “The Government grants a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual and non-exclusive licence under the conditions laid out […]

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October 20, 2010

Spanish DPA opens infringement procedures for Google Streetview

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanische Datenschutzbehörde leitet Verfahren gegen Google Street View ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2282] The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has opened an infringement proceeding against Google after completing the preliminary inspection activities which started in May on the collection and storage without consent of Wi-Fi networks location data and traffic […]

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