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June 30, 2010

Same privacy concerns for the new SWIFT treaty

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neues SWIFT-Abkommen: wieder die selben Privatsphäre-Bedenken | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2032] The agreement between the EU and USA on the transfer of bank data through SWIFT was signed on 28 June 2010 after the Spanish Presidency of the Council of Ministers has accepted some of the changes on the text proposed […]

January 30, 2008

Key privacy concerns in Romania 2007

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Privacy and data protection seems not to be a hot topic for the Romanian society. The media is generally ignoring the topic, unless something related to an important public figure is making the subject out of the ordinary. The Romanian Data Protection Authority has failed in becoming […]

May 3, 2017 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: epicenter.works

epicenter.works is a non-profit organisation from Austria committed to the preservation of fundamental rights in the digital age and a pluralistic society.

March 15, 2006

German Constitutional Court ruling on seizure of emails

On 2 March 2006, the German Constitutional Court has ruled that emails and mobile phone text messages that have already been transmitted and are still stored on the recipient’s device do not fall under the special constitutional protections for telecommunication privacy. The decision was made after a German judge had her computer seized by law […]

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April 25, 2007

Privacy bodies investigate Google's data protection standards

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Even though Google recently announced the reduction to 18 – 24 months of the retention time for data related to users and their searches, its privacy practices are discussed by the Article 29 Working Group and could be investigated by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The […]

July 2, 2008

German Protests in over 30 cities against surveillance

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 31 May 2008, privacy activists organized new rallies in more than 30 cities across Germany. Following the November 2007 protests under the motto “Freedom not Fear”(“Freiheit statt Angst”), thousands of citizens participated in this year street actions. Numerous demonstrations, rallies, information events, as well as workshops […]

January 28, 2009

Austria: Some EU data protection policy developments in 2008

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In Austria the international data protection day on 28 January will pass by widely unrecognised. This year, as already in 2008, the Data Protection Commission (DSK; the Austrian Data Protection Authority) and the Data Protection Council (DSR; a political advisory board) will together organise a meeting for […]

February 16, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

CJEU Advocate General states that PNR Directive does not violate fundamental rights despite mass surveillance concerns from civil society

On 27 January, despite concerns from civil society and the CJEU having decided that the EU-Canada PNR agreement was incompatible in 2017, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union stated that the EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive was compatible with fundamental rights.

January 29, 2018 · Blogs

EDRi-gram – 15 years of digital rights news (and counting)

15 years ago this day, on 29 January 2003, we published our very first EDRi-gram. To celebrate this occasion, we are looking back at the articles in this first newsletter.

April 4, 2018 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

IT Pol: Activism made it to the museum

In 2005, Danish EDRi member IT-Political Association of Denmark (IT-Pol) successfully advocated for a resolution (B-103) for open standards in IT systems used by the government, which the Parliament adopted unanimously.

January 26, 2011

European Commission concerned over illegal eavesdropping in Bulgaria

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission besorgt über illegale Abhöraktionen in Bulgarien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2552] Based on a request for access to public information, Dnevnik daily newspaper has been able to access and publish information showing that a third of the wiretaps in Bulgaria have no proper legal coverage, being performed without an […]