Results for node/net neutrality

April 6, 2017 · Blogs

The European Parliament adopts another resolution critical of the Privacy Shield

On 6 April 2017, the European Parliament (EP) voted a motion for a resolution on the adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-US Privacy Shield. The scheme gives the United States a unique arrangement for the transfer of personal data from the European Union to the United States. The Privacy Shield replaced the Safe […]

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June 29, 2011

No anonymous Internet usage in Denmark?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aus für die Anonymität im dänischen Internet? | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Aus_fuer_die_Anonymitaet_im_daenischen_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] A working group at the Danish Ministry of Justice is debating on a recommendation to the Parliament. The current text suggests that people using open wireless internet connections, e.g. at libraries, cafes, and private companies identify themselves with a […]

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March 12, 2015 · Blogs

Dutch data retention law struck down – for now

Published originally by EDRi-member Bits of Freedom  And then everything went BANG: from our Twitter-timeline to the champagne bottle at our office. This morning the court annulled the data retention law. Effective immediately. But what exactly did the judge say and what will happen now? The data-retention law requires telecom providers to save communication- and […]

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February 13, 2008

Microsoft's actions investigated again by the European Commission

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission has recently extended its formal probes launched on 14 January 2008 against Microsoft in two cases where it has been alleged that the multinational firm had abused its dominant market position. The first case was brought by a complaint from web browser Opera, which […]

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February 12, 2014 · Blogs

11 February 2014 – The Day We Fought Back Mass Surveillance

Yesterday, on 11 February 2014, digital rights organizations, civil-society groups, authors, and Internet users across six continents were protesting to demand an end to mass surveillance, in an event initiated and coordinated by EDRi member Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) – USA. Over 6 000 websites committed to stand with the organizers in this global day […]

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April 20, 2016 · Blogs

The biggest data breach in Turkish history

About 50 million personal records of Turkish citizens have been made publicly available in a searchable database on the internet. Ironically, although the site that holds the database is open to the entire world, it is one of the 110,000 sites blocked by Turkish government and can only be accessed from Turkey via a virtual […]

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July 19, 2003

French consumer unions fight CD copy protection

In a first result of legal procedures against record companies instituted by two French consumer unions, EMI Music France is condemned for deception. Within a month, they must print the following warning on copy protected CD’s: ‘Attention, this CD cannot be read by all players or car-radio’s.’ Late in May, the 2 unions started legal […]

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February 26, 2014 · Blogs

Remember: Giancarlo Livraghi

Giancarlo Livraghi, the first president and founding member of EDRi member ALCEI Italy, passed away last Saturday. An active advocate of net freedom and culture, Giancarlo was also contributor to EDRi-gram on various ENDitorials trying to explain for our readership the Italian intricacies of Internet politics. His texts and thoughts are accurate even today, several […]

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June 20, 2012

Culture: Global changes in production and consumption

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kultur: Globaler Wandel in Produktion und Konsum | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.12_Kultur_Globaler_Wandel_in_Produktion_und_Konsum?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120620] The Green MEPs Eva Lichtenberger, Sandrine Bélier and Helga Trüpel hosted an event on 7 June 2012 in the European Parliament on the global changes in production and consumption of cultural goods. The first speaker at the event was […]

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February 26, 2014 · Blogs

Linking content does not infringe copyright says ECJ

On 21 February 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that a website could not be found to have infringed copyright for merely linking to content hosted elsewhere. The advice was given for the Svea hovrätt (Svea Court of Appeal, Sweden), in a case involving local journalists and aggregation Swedish company Retriever Sverige, a […]

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March 1, 2006

New biometric passports in Slovenia

Slovenia is joining the list of Visa Waiver Program countries whose citizens will be able to acquire new biometric passports before October 2006, as required by the United States. Currently there are 27 countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program, including Slovenia, whose citizens can enter the territory of the United States without Visa. The […]

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July 30, 2003

French IP commission promotes internet-surveillance

On 26 June a special copyright advisory board within the French Ministry of Culture published a report supporting government plans to increase surveillance of Internet users as part of a wider bid to stop the online copying of protected works. The Superior Council for Artistic and Literary Intellectual Property (Conseil Supérieur de la Propriété Littéraire […]

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