Results for node/retention

March 14, 2012

German Constitutional Court rules on access to personal data

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutscher Bundesverfassungsgerichtshof entscheidet über Zugriff auf personenbezogene Daten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.5_Deutscher_Bundesverfassungsgerichtshof_entscheidet_ueber_Zugriff_auf_personenbezogene_Daten] According to the decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) on 24 February 2012, the law enforcement authorities must no longer request personal data unless justified by special conditions. The court found that certain provisions in the […]

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November 7, 2007

Government attempts of increased level of surveillance in Czech Republic

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Czech Interior Ministry introduced in October 2007 a new National Action Plan to Combat Terrorism that would increase the access of the police and intelligence authorities to personal data, under the pretext of the protection against terrorism. The Czech Ministry of Interior has introduced a similar […]

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November 21, 2005

Panel on privacy and security

The US digital rights organisation EPIC organised a panel with a preview of their annual privacy and human rights report, with 7 panellists from all continents, from China to Argentina, and from Israel to the Arab Human Rights Watch. Speaker Alberto Escudero-Pascual from Sweden/Spain focussed on the RFID badges given to every participant. Some participants […]

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December 3, 2008

French EDVIGE decree withdrawn

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) It seems the demonstrations that took place on 16 October against the EDVIGE decree have found an echo with the French authorities. The French Government has finally withdrawn the EDVIGE file after a very strong mobilisation of the citizens through the “No to EDVIGE” group that gathered […]

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March 28, 2012

EU-US joint commitments on privacy and protection of personal data

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU – USA: Bekenntnis zu Privatsphäre und Datenschutz | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_EU_USA_Bekenntnis_zu_Privatsphaere_und_Datenschutz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] At the 28 November 2011 EU-US Summit, President Obama and Presidents Van Rompuy and Barroso announced that the US and the EU are determined to finalise negotiations on a comprehensive EU-US data privacy and protection agreement. On 19 […]

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November 21, 2005

P2P, filesharing and digital rights

IPJustice organised another panel on P2P, filesharing and digital rights on 17 November 2005, with Robin Gross as moderator. The first speaker was the Canadian law professor Michael Geist, also editor of the excellent daily newsletter BNA’s Internet Law News. He started by telling that a few months ago IFPI had sued 2.200 people in […]

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November 21, 2007

UK government loses personal data on 25 million citizens

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had had to apologise to Parliament after two computer discs containing the personal data of 25 million citizens were lost in the post. The disks contained the database on child benefit – a welfare payment made to the families of all children […]

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March 28, 2012

France: Biometric ID database found unconstitutional

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Biometrie-Datenbank verfassungswidrig | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_Frankreich_Biometrie-Datenbank_verfassungswidrig?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] The French Constitutional Council found the law proposing the introduction of a new biometric ID for French citizens as unconstitutional. The law was referred to the Constitutional Council on 7 March 2012, by more than 200 members of the French Parliament, a day […]

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March 27, 2013 · Blogs

CryptoParty in Brussels

The protection of personal data is a trending topic – not only on the political scene in Brussels but also as a result of CryptoParties, which have become a decentralised global movement in past months. Protecting our data, information and privacy is of vital importance, particularly on the internet. We always try to ensure adequate […]

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November 22, 2006

FIPR report on children's databases – likely to harm rather than help

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The UK Information Commissioner has just published a report on the UK Government’s plans to link up most of the public-sector databases that contain information on children. The report was written by experts from the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), who conclude that aggregating this data […]

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November 21, 2007

EC announces a larger investigation of the Google-DoubleClick deal

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission (EC) announced on 13 November 2007 that its initial investigation in the deal Google-DoubleClick “indicated that the proposed merger would raise competition concerns in the markets for intermediation and ad serving in online advertising.” Therefore the Commission decided to open an in-depth investigation in […]

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December 3, 2008

UK rejected data breach notification law

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Two reports were published on 24 November 2008 by UK Ministry of Justice related to the data breach notification law, the powers of the Government to share data and the Information Commissioner’s inspection powers and funding arrangements. One of the reports states that the law requiring that […]

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