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December 15, 2010

Sweden's high court sends IP-data protection conflict to the ECJ

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Oberster Schwedischer Gerichtshof verweist Streit um Schutz von IP-Adressen an den EuGH | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2444] The Swedish ISP TeliaSonera has recently received a decision at the Swedish Supreme Court that questions a 2009 court decision forcing it to hand over the identity of SweTorrents BitTorrent site operator. In 2009, […]

March 11, 2009

EP wants a better balance between Internet security and privacy rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP will ein besseres Gleichgewicht zwischen Internetsicherheit und den Rechten auf Privatsphäre | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1329] On 5 March 2009, during a hearing of the Civil Liberties and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee focused on the strengths and weaknesses of the current framework on security and privacy on the Internet, Members […]

April 8, 2009

EP needs to protect users' rights in the Telecom Package!

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EP hat die Rechte der Nutzer im Telekompaket zu schützen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1355] The new developments on the Telecom Package over the last two weeks, with the approval of a new text in the IMCO (Internal Market Committee) of the European Parliament (EP) and the initiation of the trialogue […]

September 26, 2007

Human Rights in the Information Society – rediscover the proportionality

On 13-14 September 2007 the French Commission for UNESCO, UNESCO and the Council of Europe organised the conference “Ethics and Human Rights in the Information Society” in Strasbourg, to which EDRi was invited to contribute. This conference was the third in a cycle of regional conferences on the ethical dimensions of the information society, which […]

April 8, 2009

Second PrivacyOS Conference

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Zweite PrivacyOS Konferenz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1360] Meetings between researchers from universities with representatives from industry, data protection authorities, standardizers from W3C and ISO and NGOs to discuss privacy challenges and develop privacy infrastructures represent the idea behind the European Privacy Open Space. The second PrivacyOS event was held in […]

May 5, 2010

List of actions for the implementation of Stockholm Programme

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aktionsplan für die Umsetzung des Stockholm-Programms | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1908] The European Commission published on 20 April 2010 its plan of actions for the implementation of the Stockholm Programme, the framework for EU actions on citizenship, justice, security, asylum and immigration policies for the period 2010-2014, which includes 170 initiatives. […]

May 19, 2010

UK: Dismantling the database state

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB: Abbau des Datenbankstaates | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1937] The new UK government’s coalition agreement includes a list of measures in order “to reverse the substantial erosion of civil liberties under the Labour Government and roll back state intrusion.” This includes the following: – The scrapping of ID card scheme, the […]

July 1, 2009

Article 29 Working Party on online social networking

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Der Arbeitskreis Artikel 29 äußert sich zu Social Networking| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1449] Article 29 Working Party issued on 22 June 2009 an opinion on how European privacy laws affect social networking sites such as Facebook or Myspace. The opinion states the social networking sites should be responsible for the compliance […]

July 29, 2009

France: CNIL's opinion on LOPPSI draft law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: CNILs Stellungnahme zum LOPPSI-Gesetzesentwurf | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1485] The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has now made public its opinion of 16 April 2009 on seven articles belonging to LOPPSI, the French draft law on orientation and programming for the performance of the domestic security that may give the […]

July 14, 2010

SWIFT agreement adopted by the European Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament stimmt SWIFT-Abkommen zu | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2059] The European Parliament has adopted the so-called SWIFT agreement on 8 July 2010 allowing sharing EU citizens’ bank data with the US authorities, but failing to stick to its initial position on privacy safeguards from February 2010. The text was adopted […]

July 10, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Policing by design: the latest EU surveillance plan

The EU should reintroduce mass telecommunications surveillance and create backdoors to encrypted data, a new plan drafted in secret by police and security officials says. To do so, close coordination between the state and industry would be required, to ensure what the plan calls “lawful access by design.” The plan repeats demands made many times over the years by officials, and may find a warm reception from the incoming European Commission.

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