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May 8, 2013 · Blogs

Launch of Nakedcitizens.eu

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Privatsphäre-Kampagne Nakedcitizens.eu | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.9_Privatsphaere-Kampagne_Nakedcitizens?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130508] On 25 April 2013, a coalition of international digital human rights groups launched a campaign to warn that current European Parliament proposals could strip citizens of their privacy rights. Unprecedented lobbying efforts, mainly led by corporations, have contributed to these developments. The final vote […]

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January 18, 2006

UK ID card scheme – defeated in the House of Lords

On 17 January 2006, a full House of Lords debated at length the purposes, costs, and details of the proposed identity cards scheme. And in three votes serious obstacles were raised against the Government. The Government contends that the card is essential for combating crime, illegal immigration, and identity theft, and can be achieved for […]

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January 17, 2007

Millions of credit cards scrutinized in Germany

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During an operation carried out by the German police, prosecuting authorities and State Office of Criminal Investigation (LKA) of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt millions of credit card transactions were scrutinized in September 2006. A spokesman from LKA stated that indeed a large amount of credit cards […]

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January 16, 2008

European Data Protection Supervisor's opinion on RFID

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In the context of increasing debates in the European Union over the RFID policy, Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supevisor (EDPS), published on 20 December 2007 his opinion on the growing use of RFID chips in consumer products and other new applications affecting individuals. EDPS published […]

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June 1, 2011

MEPs approve body scanners on airports on a voluntarily basis

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-Abgeordnete befürworten Nacktscanner-Einsatz auf freiwilliger Basis | http://bit.ly/ja0anz] As the European Commission plans new rules to add body scanners to the list of EU-authorised methods for passenger screening, the European Parliament, which has the right to veto, made its position known on 24 May 2011, by approving a […]

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January 16, 2008

New data protection rules asked by UK MPs

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Justice Committee of the UK House of Commons issued on 3 January 2008 a report on public data protection summarising the status and development of the topic, especially since the November 2007 Chancellor’s announcement to the Parliament related to the loss of confidential data records of […]

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October 31, 2004

EDRI answer to consultation on EU copyright legislation

In October 2004 the European Commission organised a consultation on the review of EU legislation on copyright and related rights. EDRI sent in an evaluation, together with FIPR (UK) and VOSN (NL). The paper is available at: http://www.edri.org/docs/edri_copyright_consultation.pdf In the paper, EDRI argues for higher standards of user rights. The response was endorsed by twenty […]

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May 21, 2003

Outsider recommended as new EU Data Protection Supervisor

In their vote yesterday on the future EU Data Protection Supervisor, the Committee of the European Parliament on Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) produced a very surprising result. Out of 8 possible candidates, a majority of the MEPs voted for the only candidate who has no record of dealing with privacy, data protection or even […]

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May 8, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Last Call for the W3C Do Not Track process

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Letzte Chance für die Do-Not-Track-Initiative des W3C | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.9_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130508] As we write this the W3C DNT working group is convening in Sunnyvale, California. This working group has been trying to come up with a mechanism to allow users to express their preferences regarding cross-context tracking of their […]

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May 13, 2013 · Blogs

Protecting the “right” of businesses to secretly make money out of your data

The European Union’s data protection package is supposed to achieve two key goals – the protection of citizens’ fundamental right to data protection and privacy and to avoid barriers to trade in the European single market. Reading some amendments proposed in the European Parliament, one might be forgiven for thinking that the purpose of the […]

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June 15, 2011

Irish "three strikes" system investigated by Data Protection Commissioner

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutzbehörde prüft irisches “Three-Strikes”-System | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.12_Datenschutzbehoerde_prueft_irisches_Three_Strikes_System?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110623] The Irish Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the Eircom / music industry three strikes system, a report in the Sunday Times has revealed. According to the story by Mark Tighe, predictions that Eircom would end up falsely accusing innocent users have now […]

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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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