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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

Recommended Action: support your privacy rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mitmachen: Setz Dich für Deine Rechte ein! | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Mitmachen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] EDRi together with other civil rights and data protection organisations launched on 5 February 2013 the European campaign portal Privacycampaign.eu in support of better protection for European citizens’ rights to privacy and data protection. “This is our one opportunity […]

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October 20, 2005

International jurists on human rights and (counter-)terrorism

Today the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has launched a new 18 month panel on terrorism, counter-terrorism and human rights. “The legal community worldwide must now take a leadership role in articulating how the rule of law can be respected in addressing terrorism in its many complex global and local forms.” The ICJ has formulated […]

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October 25, 2006

EU study on RFID tags shows major privacy concerns

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar.) After a 6-month consultation period, an EU study initiated after Cebit trade show in March 2006 shows concerns related to the use of RFID (radio frequency ID) tags and reveals the necessity to assure the public that these tags will not lead to a large-scale surveillance system. […]

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February 15, 2012

Irish ISP puts its customers' personal data at risk

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irischer ISP setzt die persönlichen Daten seiner Kunden aufs Spiel | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.3_Irischer_ISP_setzt_die_persoenlichen_Daten_seiner_Kunden_aufs_Spiel?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120221] Personal data of more than 6 800 current and former customers of Eircom’s (biggest Irish ISP) mobile divisions may be at risk after three unencrypted laptops have been stolen, two from the company offices in Parkwest […]

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October 22, 2008

Freedom not Fear Prague: Do It Yourself Carnival burst in the city center

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 11 October 2008 Prague hosted the DIY Carnival which marched through the city centre in the name of the worldwide initiative “Freedom not Fear”. Starting with a concert of several music groups on the river island Stvanice, more than 1000 people wearing masks outnumbered crowds of […]

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February 15, 2012

ENDitorial: EU DP Regulation Proposal: The French CNIL defends its turf

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: EU-Entwurf zur Datenschutzverordnung – Französische Datenschutzbehörde CNIL verteidigt ihr Revier | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.3_ENDitorial_EU-Entwurf_zur_Datenschutzverordnung_Franzoesische_Datenschutzbehoerde_CNIL_verteidigt_ihr_Revier?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120221] The French CNIL was one of the first national Data Protection Authority (DPA) to react to the publication, by the European Commission, of its Data Protection Framework Proposal on 25 January 2012. In a very […]

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October 20, 2005

EFF research into hidden codes colour prints

The US based digital rights organisation EFF has started extensive research into the hidden codes some laser colour printers and photo copiers add to every page they print or copy. In 2004 printer-manufacturer Canon was awarded a Big Brother Award in Germany for secretly adding a unique code to every print-out. Soon after, it turned […]

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October 10, 2007

German DP Commissioner against Google-Doubleclick deal

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Data Protection Commissioner of the German state of Shleswig-Holstein Thilo Weichert publicly opposed the Google’s acquisition of Doubleclick in a letter to EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes. Mr. Weichert declared that: “At present we have to assume that in the event of a takeover of DoubleClick […]

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February 16, 2012

SABAM vs Netlog – another important ruling for fundamental rights

SABAM (Société Belge des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs), the Belgian collecting society for music royalties, is in the spotlight again. A few months after the Scarlet/SABAM case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has released a new decision on the legality of filtering systems on the Internet, this time with regard to […]

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October 20, 2005

Swedish DPA: music industry may collect IP addresses

According to the Swedish e-zine The Local, the Swedish Data Inspection Board now allows the Swedish anti-piracy group Antipiratbyrån and the record industry group IFPI to collect the IP addresses of file-sharers. In an earlier ruling EDRI-gram reported about, the Swedish Data Protection Authority said APB and IFPI broke privacy laws, because they were collecting […]

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October 22, 2008

Protests in France against the Edvige file on St. Edwige day

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As previously announced in EDRi-gram, St. Edwige day in France was a day of protests against the file project called Edvige, a file that would gather information on any person, including minors, considered by the police as a “suspect” capable of disrupting the public order. On 16 […]

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February 23, 2012

FAQ on referral of ACTA to European Court of Justice

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Häufig gestellte Fragen zur Vorlage des ACTA-Abkommens beim Europäischen Gerichtshof| https://www.unwatched.org/20120224_FAQ_zu_ACTA?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120224] Following the recent decision of the European Commission to refer the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to the European Court of Justice, Access and EDRi have prepared this short FAQ to explain this process. 1 – How […]

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