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February 2, 2006

German Wikipedia back on the Internet

The German version of the worldwide encyclopaedia Wikipedia was offline for three days, after a legal complaint filed by the parents of a hacker who’s real name was mentioned online. Tron was a German hacker and phreaker who found a controversial death in 1998. Amongst other things, Tron broke the security of the German phonecard […]

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May 23, 2012

Concerns over the proposed Communication Bill in UK

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Geplantes britisches Telekommunikationsgesetz wirft Fragen auf | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Geplantes_britisches_Telekommunikationsgesetz_wirft_Fragen_auf?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] Some of the bills presented on 9 May 2012 in the Queen’s Speech, in which the Queen reads the government’s legislative agenda for the next parliamentary period in front of both Houses of Parliament, raise freedom of expression concerns. HM […]

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March 9, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Press releases | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Targeted Online: How Big Tech’s business model sells your deepest secrets for profit

Surveillance-based advertising which is currently the business model used by Google, Facebook and many others is harmful to people and to society as a whole because it encourages the spread of disinformation. It's also bad for the media who lose control of their ad space and suffer from decreasing revenue as a result.

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January 30, 2008

ECJ decision on handing traffic information in civil cases

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided on 29 January 2008 in the case of Productores de Música de España Promusicae vs. Telefónica de España considering that the European law “does not require member states to lay down an obligation to disclose personal data in the […]

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May 23, 2012

Electronic identities all over the EU?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Elektronische Identitäten für alle EU-Bürger? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.10_Elektronische_Identitaeten_fuer_alle_EU-Buerger?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120523] The European Commission (EC) plans to have harmonised e-signatures, e-identities and electronic authentication services (eIAS) across EU member states. On 2 May 2012, the EC published a strategy document for the setting up of children online protection systems, which also mentions […]

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