Results for node/retention

October 22, 2008

International Action Day "Freedom not Fear" – 11.10.2008

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first worldwide protests against surveillance measures such as the collection of all telecommunications data, the surveillance of air travellers and the biometric registration of citizens were held on 11 October 2008 under the motto “Freedom not Fear – Stop the surveillance mania!”. In at least 15 […]

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December 17, 2008

ECHR decided against the UK DNA Database

(Article corrected on 18 December 2008 on DNA database figures and the Counter Terrorism Act 2008) (Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 4 December 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) gave its judgement in the Marper case related to the controversial National DNA Database used by the UK Police for […]

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April 24, 2018 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

ePrivacy: Civil society letter calls to ensure privacy and reject data retention

On 23 April 2017, EDRi, together with other civil society organisations, sent a follow up to our previous open letter to the permanent representations of EU Member States in Brussels. The letter highlighted the importance of the ongoing reform of Europe’s ePrivacy legislation for strengthening individuals’ rights to privacy and freedom of expression and for rebuilding […]

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March 1, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Profiling practices

Poland: the government declares no further extension of data retention obligation

Data retention obligation will not be further extended in Polish law on electronic communication. However, the current, unlawful scope of telecommunication data retention remains unchanged.

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February 25, 2009

Romanian data retention law suspendend by the Government

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänisches Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung von der Regierung aufgehoben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1308] In a sudden and unexpected move, the Romanian Government has decided on 25 February 2009 to suspend the application of the data retention law until the end of the year – 31 December 2009. The official reason from […]

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July 1, 2009 · Blogs

ENDitorial: EU Data Protection: state of the play, potential for enhancements

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Datenschutz in der EU: der Stand der Dinge, Raum für Verbesserungen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1457] With the title “Personal data – more use, more protection?” the European Commission organised on 19 and 20 May 2009 a data protection (DP) conference in Brussels. The purpose of the conference was to […]

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May 10, 2006

Three Spanish courts uphold validity of music free licenses

Spanish courts have upheld three times already the validity of music free licenses. In the three cases, the Sociedad General de Autores (SGAE), Spanish music copyright collecting society, sued some open public premises on alleged rights to the music listened therein. In all the three cases, the defences demonstrated that the music played was downloaded […]

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January 27, 2010

The Public Domain Manifesto

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das Public-Domain-Manifest | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1675] A new public manifest called the Public Domain Manifesto was launched on 25 January 2010, as a document developed within COMMUNIA, the European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain, during the last two years. According to the network, The Public Domain ensures that […]

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July 30, 2014 · Blogs

Russia and Austria take action against use of Tor

Russian government is offering 3,9 million roubles (approximately 85 000 Euro) for a way to identify users transmitting data over the anonymous web browsing system Tor. The special technology and communications group of the interior ministry published the tender on the government procurement website in July, offering the reward for “research work, Tor cipher”. The […]

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February 11, 2015 · Blogs

UK court finds secret spying docs made surveillance illegal

Several human rights groups are celebrating a major victory against the Five Eyes, an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US, as the UK surveillance tribunal ruled on 6 February that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) acted unlawfully in accessing millions of private communications collected by the National Security Agency […]

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October 5, 2011

EDRi and 37 NGOs send letter to European Commission on data retention

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Vorratsdaten: Offener Brief von EDRi und 37 NGOs an EU-Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Vorratsdaten_Offener_Brief_von_EDRi_und_37_NGOs_an_EU-Kommission?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] On 26 September 2011, European Digital Rights and 37 other NGOs from 14 countries sent a letter to Commissioners Malmström, Kroes and Reding on the review of the Data Retention Directive. The purpose of the letter […]

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July 19, 2006

Draft Administrative Order on data retention in Denmark

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The long awaited draft administrative order on data retention in Denmark is now public. The draft, which implements the data retention provisions in the anti-terrorism law of June 2002, is currently submitted to a group of telecoms, business associations, NGOs, and public authorities for consultations with deadline […]

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