Results for node/retention

July 25, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

EU Council considers undermining ePrivacy

On 19 October 2017, the European Parliament’s LIBE Committee adopted its report on the ePrivacy Regulation.

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July 26, 2017 · Blogs

PNR: EU Court rules that draft EU/Canada air passenger data deal is unacceptable

Today, on 26 July 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that the EU/Canada deal on collection of air travellers’ data and sharing it breaches European law. This is the third time that the European Court has ruled against arrangements for mandatory storage of personal data. This is good news for […]

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July 2, 2014 · Blogs

Denmark about to implement a nationwide ANPR system

The Danish police is planning to implement a nationwide automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system over the next couple of years. The Danish newspaper Berlingske obtained the project description for the IT system through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, and reported about the ANPR plans. The ANPR system will consist of mobile units […]

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September 26, 2005 · Blogs

PI and EDRI letter against data retention

London/Amsterdam, 26 September 2005 Privacy International, supported by European Digital Rights, has prepared an urgent letter to the members of the LIBE committee of the European Parliament. On 27 September they will have a renewed vote about data retention. PI and EDRI urge all parties to reconfirm their initial rejection of the principle of systematic […]

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October 8, 2014 · Blogs

Summary of the Commissioners-designate hearings

Between 29 September and 7 October the hearings of the Commissioners-designate in the European Parliament took place. This is a brief summary of the six hearings when the Commissioners-designate were answering to the MEPs’ questions regarding digital rights, privacy issues and trade agreements. Guenther Oettinger (Germany) is the nominee for the Digital Economy and Society […]

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November 27, 2015 · Blogs

EDRi’s press review 2015

JANUARY 21/01 Some French want a Patriot Act, but they have something even tougher (globalpost) 21/01 Eurovision tellybods: Yes, you heard right – net neutrality (The Register) 21/01 EBU urges European net neutrality (Digital TV Europe) 21/01 Some French want a Patriot Act, but they have something even tougher (globalpost) 22/01 Calls for European ISPs […]

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December 9, 2015 · Blogs

FAQ: Passenger Name Records (PNR)

The European Union will adopt soon a Directive on the long-term storage and use of “Passenger Name Records” (PNR) for the purpose of profiling individuals as possible serious criminals or terrorists.

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March 23, 2016 · Blogs

Danish government postpones plans to re-introduce session logging

When the EU data retention Directive was transposed into national law after its adoption in 2006, Denmark implemented one of the most excessive transpositions into national law. Danish Internet service providers (ISPs) were required to retain session information (source and destination IP addresses, port numbers, session type e.g. TCP or UDP, and timestamp) for every […]

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October 21, 2009

France pushes the introduction of EDVIGE project through the back door

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich verwirft die Einführung des EDVIGE-Projekts | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1553] The French Government produced two new decrees published in the Official Journal on 18 October 2009 which actually resurrect the rejected EDVIGE plan to create an intelligence database with personal data. By-passing the French Parliament, the Minister of Interior Brice […]

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February 25, 2009

Data protection authorities support civil society on the Telecom Package

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutzbehörden unterstützen die Zivilgesellschaft beim Thema Telekompaket | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1302] Macedonian: [Органите за заштита на лични податоци го поддржуваат граѓанското општество | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1382/4/lang,mk/] The Article 29 Working Group and the European Data Protection Supervisor have issued public statement supporting some of the arguments of the civil society, including EDRi, […]

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March 10, 2010

Article 29: Reduce the storing period of Google Street View's images

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Artikel 29: Reduziert die Lagerzeit der Google Street View-Aufnahmen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1760] Alex Turk, the head of EU Article 29 Working Party (WP) sent a letter on 11 February 2010 asking Google company to warn people about the arrival of its Street View vehicles and to reduce the retention […]

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April 22, 2009

Are anonymous electronic services to be prohibited by the EC?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Sollen anonyme elektronische Dienste von der Europäischen Kommission verboten werden? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1379] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Европската комисија ќе ги забрани… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1434/4/lang,mk/] Having in view the data retention law requirements and the fact that data retention can be avoided by the use of anonymous […]

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