Results for node/retention

January 12, 2011

EU Commissioner criticises US for the data protection negotiations

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verhandlungen zum Datenschutz: EU-Kommissarin kritisiert USA | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2502] Following a meeting she had in December 2010 with US attorney general Eric Holder and Interior Minister Janet Napolitano, the EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding expressed her concern on what she believed to be a lack of interest of the […]

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January 27, 2010

Bank data deal under heavy fire from EU Parliamentarians

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bankdatenabkommen unter schwerem Beschuss der EU-Abgeordneten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1677] The debate on the bank data (“SWIFT”) agreement in the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs yesterday and today showed a clear conflict between parliamentarians on the one side and the EU Council as well as […]

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January 26, 2011

EDRi responds to data protection consultation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi Stellungnahme zum Konsultationsverfahren zur Datenschutz-Richtlinie | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2549] Building on the analysis produced for the European Commission’s initial data protection consultation in 2009, European Digital Rights has submitted its second round of comments on the review of the 1995 Data Protection Directive. One of EDRi’s primary concerns with […]

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January 27, 2010

Award Ceremony of the European Civil Society Data Protection Award

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Preisverleihung des European Civil Society Data Protection Award | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1682] WHERE: The award ceremony will take place on 28 January 2010 at the Kaaitheater (20 square Sainctelette 1000 Bruxelles) WHEN: during a Pecha Kucha (a series of 13 presentations that each last 6 minutes). The Pecha Kucha event […]

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February 10, 2010

European Parliament needs to reject the SWIFT deal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europa-Parlament muss SWIFT ablehnen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1697] After the Civil Liberties committee in the European Parliament (EP) rejected on 5 February 2010 the interim nine-month SWIFT deal between the EU and US, now it will be up to the plenary of the EP to confirm the decision on 11 […]

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January 26, 2011

Spain: Right to be forgotten and Google

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien: Recht auf Vergessen und Google | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2554] The Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) has recently been focusing on a privacy-related campaign against major Internet intermediaries, accusing them to “have crossed the red line” in regard to protection of personal data on the Internet. Facebook, Google or Myspace […]

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February 10, 2010

Winner European Civil Society Data Protection Award 2010: FakeFriends.me

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Gewinner des Europäischen Datenschutzpreises 2010: FakeFriends.me | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1698] And the winner is… PER.SONN.ES (in French) / FAKEFRIENDS.ME (in English) AEDH (European Association for the Defense of Human rights) and EDRi (European Digital Rights) are pleased to announce that the winner of the first edition of the European Civil […]

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February 10, 2010

UK introduced full-body screening in Heathrow airport

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [UK führt Ganzkörperscanner am Flughafen Heathrow ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1700] As announced in January 2010, UK has begun developing a programme of introducing full-body scanners in airports, starting with Terminal 4 of Heathrow airport and Manchester airport. BAA, the biggest UK airport operator, said its staff had been trained […]

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February 10, 2010

Bits of Freedom starts campaign for data breach notification law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bits of Freedom startet Kampagne für Benachrichtigungspflicht bei Datenschutzverletzungen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1701] The Dutch digital rights organisation Bits of Freedom started a campaign for the introduction of a data breach notification law in The Netherlands. A data breach notification obligation on telecom providers is already to be implemented on […]

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February 25, 2009

Lex Nokia storms into the Finnish Parliament

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Lex Nokias Einzug ins Finnische Parlament | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1304] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Лекс Нокиа влегува во финскиот парла… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1392/4/lang,mk/] Government bill dubbed as Lex Nokia, also known as the snooping law, entered the Parliament for debate on 24 February 2009. The bill has been […]

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February 25, 2009

Italy to enforce a global censorship legislation?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Steht Italien vor der Einführung eines weltweiten Zensurrechts? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1305] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Италија ќе донесе законодавство за… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1388/4/lang,mk] The Italian Senate approved – and the Camera dei deputati (Italian “Low Chamber”) is ready to finally pass – draft law 733 named Pacchetto […]

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February 25, 2009

Norwegian group joins Sweden-based Justice Center against Swedish FRA law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Norwegische Gruppen schließen sich dem Justizzentrum gegen das schwedische FRA-Gesetz an | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1306] The Norwegian organisation of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has filed a petition, known as a Third Party Intervention, in support of the case brought to the European Court of Human Rights challenging the […]

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