Results for node/retention

January 16, 2013 · Blogs

Major data leak at the Belgium railway company

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schwere Datenpanne bei der belgischen Bahn | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_Schwere_Datenpanne_bei_der_belgischen_Bahn?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] At the end of December 2012, the personal data of more than one million customers of the Belgian train company SNCB Europe were available on-line, at a simple query in a search engine. The data contained in the SNCB database […]

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July 15, 2004

Nominations Big Brother Awards UK / Austria

On 28 July, Privacy International will celebrate the 6th annual UK Big Brother Awards ceremony. From about 300 nominees a ‘Dirty Dozen’ was selected for the shortlist. Award categories for this year are as they have been in past years: Worst Public Servant; Most Invasive Company; Most Appalling Project; Most Heinous Government Organisation and Lifetime […]

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July 15, 2004

Court attacks Dutch internet anonymity

By verdict of 24 June 2004 the Appeals Court of Amsterdam in the Netherlands has to a large extent limited the freedom of internet users to express their opinion anonimously. The main issue in this principal case was whether internet provider Lycos was required to hand over the personal data of one of its subscribers […]

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January 16, 2013 · Blogs

State German DPA threatens to fine Facebook for opposing anonymity

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ULD geht gegen Facebook vor | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_ULD_geht_gegen_Facebook_vor?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] Germany’s ULD (Data Protection Authority – DPA in the German state Schleswig-Holstein) issued in December 2012 orders threatening Facebook Inc. USA and Facebook Ltd. Ireland with a 20 000 Euro fine for their refusal to accept anonymous user accounts. Thilo Weichert, […]

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September 10, 2008

UK Watchdog asks the European Commission to adopt security breach law

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) UK consumer watchdog, the National Consumer Council (NCC), together with other consumer groups want the European Commission to force companies to publicly admit when they lose customer data. A data breach notification law would make companies keep data more securely. “What we’re asking for is when the […]

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January 18, 2012

US continue pushing on EU Commission against Data Protection proposals

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [USA macht weiter Druck auf EU-Kommission und gegen die geplante Datenschutzverordnung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_USA_macht_weiter_Druck_auf_EU-Kommission_und_gegen_geplante_Datenschutzverordnung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] The US Department of Commerce has circulated a second informal note with comments on the proposals for a data protection regulation and a directive on data protection in the field of law enforcement. This time, […]

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January 16, 2013 · Blogs

Is the Commission’s report on Swift agreement biased?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [SWIFT: Ist der Bericht der Kommission inkorrekt? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_SWIFT_Ist_der_Bericht_der_Kommission_inkorrekt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] The very controversial TFTF (Terrorist financing tracking programme or Swift Agreement) through which the European and US law enforcement authorities are exchanging financial personal information of suspected terrorists, is covered by two review boards (one American and another one […]

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September 13, 2006

Online services under investigation for breaching UK Data Protection Act

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) E-Bay auction site is investigated by UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), as Privacy International has considered the site has infringed the Data Protection Act. The Data Protection Act obliges companies to allow people to delete their personal information. Privacy International claims that although not impossible, deleting accounts […]

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September 12, 2007

The European Court of Human Rights could influence the UK DNA database

Sir Stephen Sedley has recently proposed the enlargement of the DNA database in UK to cover the entire population and visitors that stay in UK even for a week, under the argument of creating a fairer system and eliminating the ethnical unbalance in the present database. But a case brought by 2 English people to […]

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January 18, 2012

Researchers say smart meter technology is privacy intrusive

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Smart Metering: Forscher sehen Verletzung der Privatsphäre | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_Smart_Metering_Forscher_sehen_Verletzung_der_Privatsphaere?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] Two German researchers presented a talk entitled “Smart Hacking for Privacy” at the 28th Chaos Computing Congress that took place between 27 and 30 December 2011, on the privacy implications of “smart” electricity meters. These devices, installed in homes, […]

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June 30, 2004

EDRI signs TACD resolution against PNR-transfer

On his last day as President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox finally decided to give in to the demands from the Legal Affairs committee and the majority of political group leaders. The European Parliament has now asked the European Court of Justice to annul the recently signed EU-U.S. agreement on transfer of airline Passenger […]

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January 17, 2013 · Blogs

US lobbying against the data protection reform intensifies

The United States authorities have produced another lobbying document to influence the European Union’s decision making on European citizens’ fundamental right to privacy and data protection. Strangely, the document itself is not on headed paper and contains no authorship information. All of the lobbying documents produced so far have been in support of the positions […]

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