Results for node/retention

February 24, 2010

Leaked ACTA text confirms suspicions

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Durchgesickerter ACTA-Text bestätigt Verdacht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1720] The text of the digital chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was published on 21 February 2010, following news articles from IDG News Service issued a few days before. The text of the draft digital chapter confirms that there are several problems […]

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February 24, 2010

First decision in the Italian criminal case against Google executives

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Erstes Urteil im italienischen Strafverfahren gegen Google-Führungskräfte | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1721] Today, 24 February 2010, the Court of Milan made public the decision in the criminal trial against four Google executives, charged of defamation and illegal personal data handling in relationship to the publication on the video sharing platform of […]

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August 1, 2007

Prague will anonymise RFID city cards

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Prague Deputy Mayor announced that following the presure of EDRI-member Iuridicum Remedium and the interpellation of the member of city parliament Petra Kolinska (Green Party) the city authorities decided that RFID chips in newly issued city cards will no longer contain personal data. This move is a […]

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February 25, 2009

HADOPI law close of creating a dangerous precedent

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [HADOPI-Gesetz schafft beinahe einen gefährlichen Präzedenzfall | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1309] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Законот HADOPI близу до креирање на опасен преседан | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1395/4/lang,mk/] On 18 February 2009, Christine Albanel, French Minister of Culture, presented to the Chamber of Deputies the controversial Création et Internet draft law […]

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February 24, 2010

France's Parliament pursues its goal to censor the Internet

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreichs Parlament verfolgt weiterhin sein Ziel das Internet zu zensurieren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1722] On 16 February, the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, passed the first draft of the so-called Loppsi 2 bill allowing the authorities to control the Internet under the pretext of improving the […]

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February 24, 2010

Germany's President signs an Internet bill against his own government

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschlands Bundespräsident unterzeichnet Internetgesetz gegen seine eigene Regierung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1723] Despite the fact that the German Government had decided not to apply the internet censorship law (Zugangserschwerungsgesetz) proposed by the former Government in April 2009, the new bill was signed on 17 February 2010 by German President Horst […]

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February 25, 2009 · Blogs

EDRi participates in European project on raising privacy awareness

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi nimmt am Europäischen Projekt zur Steigerung des Problembewusstseins zur Privatsphäre teil | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1311] Macedonian: [ЕДРИ учествува во европски проект за подигнување на свеста за приватноста | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1384/4/lang,mk/] EDRi is one of the partners in a new European project initiated by the French Human Rights League (LDH), which […]

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February 24, 2010

Spanish Fiscal Council criticizes the new draft law on IPR enforcement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanischer Finanzrat kritisiert neuen Gesetzesentwurf zur Durchsetzung des geistigen Eigentumsrechts | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1724] In a non-binding report issued on 12 February 2010, the Spanish Fiscal Council criticised the draft law proposed by the Government known as the Sustainable Economy Law (la Ley de Economía Sostenible – LES) that foresees […]

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February 24, 2010

EP: Draft reports on IPR enforcement published

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament: Vorläufige Berichte zur Durchsetzung des geistigen Eigentumsrechts veröffentlicht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1725] The European Parliament (EP) is working on a position in regards with the European Commission’s Green Paper on enhancing the enforcement of intellectual property rights on the internal market. Three EP committees are involved in this […]

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February 24, 2010 · Blogs

French Court says an IP address is not enough for a user's identification

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französisches Gericht: IP-Adressen reichen für die Identifikation eines Users nicht aus| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1726] The Paris Appeal Court has recently ruled that an IP address does not allow the identification of an Internet user and therefore needs no prior authorization from CNIL (National Commission for Information Technologies and Civil Liberties) […]

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February 24, 2010

Chip and PIN system proven to be flawed

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Chip- und PIN-System bewiesenermaßen fehlerhaft | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1727] According to a research performed by a group of experts from the Computer Laboratory, of Cambridge University, the Chip and PIN system is flawed, allowing criminals to use stolen credit and debit cards, without knowing the correct PIN. The thieves can […]

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March 11, 2009

IRMA tries to block websites

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [IRMA will Webseiten sperren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1326] Macedonian: [ИРМА се обидува да блокира веб-сајтови | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1399/4/lang,mk/] IRMA, the Irish Recorded Music Association, wants to block Irish Internet users’ access to certain websites. In February 2009, after having reached the deal with Eircom, the association sent letters to Irish Internet […]

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