Results for node/retention

February 29, 2012

UK: Home Office spy plan

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Überwachungspläne des britischen Innenministeriums | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.4_Ueberwachungsplaene_des_britischen_Innenministeriums?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120229] The UK Government plans to store details on all phone calls or online communications for a year in databases that will be available to security services, under the pretext of anti-terrorism fight. Landline and mobile phone companies and broadband providers will be […]

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February 29, 2012

European data protection authorities: Google violates privacy rules

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [WP 29: Google verstößt gegen den Datenschutz| https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.4_Google_verstoesst_gegen_den_Datenschutz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120229] A few days in advance of Google’s revision of its privacy policies, European data protection authorities (DPAs) find that Google’s new privacy policy would infringe European data protection rules. The lead DPA, the French CNIL, points out that the policy […]

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October 24, 2007

Online Police searches adopted also in Austria

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Austrian authorities have announced that the police will start from 2008 to use online searches as an investigation tool in order to keep up with the use of new technologies for terrorist and serious crimes. Austria is joining in this way Germany and Switzerland that are working […]

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November 5, 2008

The European Parliament says no to airport body scanners

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) MEPs will not support the European Commission plans to include body scanning procedures within the airport security systems. The new system planned by the European Union to be introduced in airports allows security personnel to see an outline of passengers’ bodies beneath their clothes, in order to […]

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November 8, 2006

IGF Outcome : Dynamic Coalition on Privacy

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) a diverse group of stakeholders has agreed to launch a Dynamic Coalition on Privacy, which will address emerging issues of internet privacy protection such as digital identities, the link between privacy and development, and the importance of privacy and anonymity for […]

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November 5, 2008

US visa waiver program questioned by the Hungarian President

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 20 October 2008, Hungarian President László Sólyom sent back to the Parliament for reconsideration the adopted law on sharing criminal data that was to be the final agreement between the United States and Hungary on the US visa-waiver program. Concerned with data protection issues, the President […]

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November 3, 2005

French minister: copyright above privacy

After the French data protection authority CNIL published a strong rejection of the systematic collection of IP-addresses by the music and film industry, the French minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, said he would look at the current implementation of the Copyright Directive to override these privacy-hurdles. The proposal for implementation will be discussed […]

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November 3, 2005

Citizens' Summit on the Information Society

A broad coalition of human rights organisations has announced they will organise a Citizens’ Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, from 16 to 18 November 2005, to coincide with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Citizens groups, civil society organisations, national, regional and international institutions, government delegations and all other interested parties […]

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November 8, 2006

UK DNA Database under scrutiny

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) United Kingdom has today the largest DNA database in the world, with over 3,5 million DNA samples. These days the Nuffield Council on Bioethics announced starting a public consultation about the new legislation regarding the storage of the DNA samples. The DNA database was initiated in 1996 […]

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November 5, 2008

First PrivacyOS Conference: different privacy approaches in synergy

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first Open Space conference of the PrivacyOS project was held in Strasbourg on 13-15 October 2008, in the European Parliament premises. PrivacyOS is a project funded under the European Commission’s ICT Policy Support Programme, started on 1 June 2008 for a total duration of 24 months. […]

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March 5, 2012

The plans to bring ACTA back to life

Dieser Artikel auf Deutsch Cet article en français Introduction Following the initial discussions in the European Parliament and the overwhelmingly negative workshop that was held on 1 March, ACTA is close to dead in Europe. What are the strategies for bringing it back to life and how will this impact on other similar initiatives? How […]

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November 3, 2005

European Data Protection Supervisor newsletter

The European Data Protection Supervisor has started an e-mail newsletter to inform a general public about his activities such as opinions, policy papers and publications. The October newsletter contains brief information and links to the EDPS’s involvement in PNR and the Visa Information System. The newsletter also mentions a policy paper on the conflict between […]

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