Results for node/retention

June 13, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality

Civil society calls for protection of communications confidentiality

On 31 May EDRi, Access Now, and Privacy International met attachés to the EU Council (representatives of EU Member States) who work on the ePrivacy Regulation proposal.

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April 22, 2015 · Blogs

Big Brother Awards Germany 2015

On 17 April 2015, EDRi member Digitalcourage held its annual Big Brother Awards gala in Bielefeld, Germany. Just two days earlier, politicians in Berlin had provided a very poignant context when the German Justice Minister Heiko Maas’ “grand coalition” had published “guidelines” for a draft bill to reintroduce telecommunications data retention in Germany. At the […]

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April 9, 2008

PNR Data infringes human rights

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German Working Group on Data Retention expanded its activities beyond the data retention issues, by publishing two applications to the European Court of Justice by the European Parliament contesting the transfer of PNR data to the US. The documents explain why the collection of air passenger […]

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September 26, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

ECtHR gives a half-hearted victory against UK mass surveillance

On 13 September 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its ruling on the case brought by EDRi members Privacy International, Open Rights Group and other NGOs against the United Kingdom. The Court found several violations of the European Convention on Human Rights in three UK mass surveillance programmes. The Court’s judgment is […]

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July 4, 2007

German legislation troubles the big Internet companies

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Yahoo and Google seems to have problems adapting their business to the tough requirements of the German law regarding content harmful to minors and the implementation of the data retention directive, respectively. Yahoo has recently changed the way the content filter setting for its photo-sharing service Flickr […]

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July 18, 2007

Traffic data could be retained for one year in Spain

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Spanish Plenary Congress of Deputies approved on 21 June 2007 the draft law on the retention of traffic data requiring fixed and mobile telephony, but also ISPs to retain data for a period of one year and to make it available to law enforcement or secret […]

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September 8, 2016 · Blogs

European Court Opinion: Canada PNR deal cannot be signed

Today, on 8 September 2016, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave his Opinion confirming that the agreement between EU and Canada to share Passenger Name Records (PNR) data is not fully in compliance with European law. It’s shocking to note that all the EU’s others PNR instruments […]

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January 24, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Transparency

You can’t uphold the law by breaking the law

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) invited EDRi member Bits of Freedom to speak at their annual New Year’s Seminar. Hans De Zwart, Director of Bits of Freedom, talked about how the rule of law can only be defended by the European Union taking an exemplary role including by strictly adhering to […]

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November 24, 2014 · Campaigns

STOP spying on air travellers!

STOP spying on air travellers!

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April 6, 2011 · Blogs

German Internet blocking law to be withdrawn

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutsches Netzsperren-Gesetz wird aufgehoben | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.7_Deutsche_Netzsperren_werden_aufgehoben] On 5 April 2011, Germany’s governing conservative and liberal parties agreed in a coalition committee meeting that the disputed law on Internet blocking of child abuse material (Zugangserschwerungsgesetz, ZugErschwG, “Access Impediment Act”) will be dropped. The law had been enacted by the […]

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April 30, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection

‘ProtectEU’ security strategy: a step further towards a digital dystopian future

The European Commission presented an internal security strategy that would undermine digital rights and even increase security threats. We unpack what ‘ProtectEU’ means for the EU’s future digital policy, including on encryption, data retention, and border surveillance.

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May 24, 2011 · Blogs

Commission plans to present flawed, illegal PNR proposal as "fait accompli"

Last week, DG HOME of the European Commission internally distributed a copy of the upcoming Passenger Name Record(PNR) agreement with the United States. The purpose of the text is to agree terms for sending air traveller data to the USA for the purpose of profiling citizens as a method of fighting crime. DG HOME presented […]

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