Results for node/retention

August 25, 2004

New US demands on European postal services

According to a publication in the Austrian e-zine Futurezone the USA have demanded extensive advance information from European postal services about packages before they are being shipped to the United States. The US border control system US-VISIT is already being fed with data about airline passengers before they enter the territory, but must now be […]

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September 26, 2007

Recommanded Reading

Data Protection Framework Decision: EDPS concerned about dilution of Data Protection standards http://edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/EDPS/PressNews/Press/2007/EDPS-2007-10-EN_DPFD.pdf Nuffield Council on Bioethics : The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues. This Report considers whether current police powers in the UK to take and retain bioinformation are justified by the need to fight crime. Executive Summary http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/The_forensic_use_of_bioinformation_-_Executive_Summary.pdf Full Report http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/The_forensic_use_of_bioinformation_-_ethical_issues.pdf

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October 8, 2008

Social Networks – on the European Commission's Agenda

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, gave her first public speech on social networks at the Safer Internet Forum on 26 September 2008, which confirms the interest of the EU bodies on this topic. The commissioner emphasized the growth of the social networks in Europe: […]

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

US privacy groups believe US officials lobby to weaken EU privacy

A coalition of 18 US privacy groups sent a letter on 30 January 2013 to US politicians such as the Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of State John Kerry and the Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank, asking for assurances that US policy makers in Europe “advance the aim of privacy” and do not hinder […]

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October 8, 2008

Third Phorm trials started, but privacy concerns remained

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following a complaint placed in July 2008 by campaigners against the British companies BT and Phorm for their allegedly illegal secret ISP-level adware trials, the London Police decided not to investigate the case arguing there had been implied consent of their customers. BT started its third trial […]

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March 23, 2011

French DPA fines Google for its Street View case with 100k Euro

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische Datenschutzbehörde straft Google Street View ab | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Frankreich_Geldstrafe_f%C3%BCr_Google_Street_View] CNIL (the French DPA – Data Protection Authority) has recently performed a series of inspections related to the conformity with the French legislation of Google’s gathering data from Wi-Fi networks for its Google Maps, Street View and Latitude services […]

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August 25, 2004

UK Information commissioner criticises ID-card

In an interview with The Times newspaper on 16 August, the UK Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, has warned against the danger of ‘sleepwalking into a surveillance society’, as a result of ID cards and other plans. Mr Thomas said he was also uneasy about plans for a population register and a database of every child. […]

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August 25, 2004

Call for nominations Swiss Big Brother Awards

On 31 August the deadline closes for nominations for the Swiss Big Brother Awards. The organising committee has already received over 100 nominations and will publish a selection at the end of September 2004. The 5th annual Swiss ceremony of the Big Brother Awards will take place on 16 October in the city of Emmen. […]

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

Human rights orgs ask OECD to investigate surveillance companies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Überwachungsfirmen: Menschenrechtsorganisationen fordern OECD-Untersuchung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Ueberwachungsfirmen_Menschenrechtsorganisationen_fordern_OECD-Untersuchung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] In the beginning of February 2013 several human rights organisations, including Privacy International, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Bahrain Watch and Reporters without Borders, filed formal complaints against surveillance software firms Gamma International […]

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October 11, 2006

ENDitorial : PNR & Institutional Mechanisms of Privacy Protection

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A small detail on the EU-US agreement over the transfer of air passenger name records (PNR), and a non-related statement by US president George W. Bush, taken together give a nice highlight on the institutional mechanisms of privacy protection. EU Commissioner Frattini told the press on 6 […]

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February 15, 2012

UK: 3 million checks on criminal records in 2011

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Großbritannien: 3 Millionen Datensätze aus Polizeidatenbank abgefragt | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.3_Grossbritannien_3_Millionen_Datensaetze_aus_Polizeidatenbank_abgefragt?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120221] UK Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has recently revealed that almost 3 million Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks were carried out in England and Wales in 2011 by almost 4000 registered bodies. The figures basically say that 1 […]

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October 10, 2007

The days of the Austrian DPA are numbered

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The lack of adequate independence of the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzkommission) is an issue the European Commission deals with since a complaint was filed by the data protection association Arge Daten back in October 2003. In July 2005 the Commission started infringement procedures against Austria for […]

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