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November 5, 2009

Free as in Free Culture

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frei wie in freie Kultur | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1566] Free Culture Forum (FCF), organized by the Spanish NGO Exgae together with Networked Politics and the Free Knowledge Institute turned Barcelona in the capital of free culture for 3 days. Of course, Free as in Free Speech. The official Introduction of […]

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October 6, 2010

ENDitorial: Council of Europe: Bad news as it happens

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Reichlich schlechte Nachrichten vom Europarat | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2251] The third Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of experts on new media (MC-NM), held on 27-28 September 2010 in Strasbourg, is likely to dampen enthusiasm. To start with, the current vice-chair Michael Truppe is leaving the group to hold another […]

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November 5, 2009 · Blogs

We're on Twitter !

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi nun auf Twitter! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1564] If 2 weeks is too much for you to wait to the fresh info, we have good news: EDRi is on Twitter ! Just follow @edri_org and expect news & updates on European Internet policy and civil liberties. And the random odd […]

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November 5, 2009 · Blogs

Compromise on Amendment 138. Telecom Package finalised

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kompromiss hinsichtlich Zusatz 138. Telekom-Paket zum Abschluss gebracht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1565] The European Parliament (EP) and the Council were set in reaching an agreement when they started the negotiation activities on 4 November 2009 at 7 PM. After hot debates, an agreement was reached on the 5 November, a […]

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October 20, 2010

Guidelines for more rigorous respect of the Fundamental Rights Charter

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Leitlinien für die Einhaltung der EU-Grundrechtecharta | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2274] The European Commission has adopted a strategy which is aimed at ensuring that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is respected at every stage of the EU legislative process. At the initiative of Commissioner Reding, the intention is to create […]

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October 20, 2010

Facebook applications raise new privacy concerns again

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neuerliche Datenschutzprobleme bei Facebook Apps | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2275] Facebook continues to raise concerns related to the privacy of its users’ personal data. According to an investigation made by Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Facebook applications such as FarmVille have been supplying identifying information of its users to several online advertising […]

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November 18, 2009

UK Home Office steps back in the project to intercept communications

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britisches Innenministerium tritt vom Projekt zur Abhörung von Anschlüssen zurück | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1585] The Home Office’s plan (known as the Interception Modernisation Programme) to put under surveillance everyone’s email, mobile phone, text and Internet communications has been put on hold, following the outcomes of a consultation launched in April […]

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October 20, 2010

French DNS management must respect constitutional freedoms

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische DNS-Verwaltung muss verfassungsmäßige Freiheiten respektieren | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2276] In a ruling issued on 6 October 2010, the French Constitutional Council affirmed the constitutional value of domain names. According to this decision, which applies to the whole French DNS, a domain name attribution, renewal, transfer or cancellation process must […]

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November 18, 2009

Spain will not apply a three strikes law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien wird kein Drei-Treffer-Gesetz anwenden | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1586] As a ray of sunshine in a European environment favouring the disconnection of Internet users downloading allegdly copyrighted material, Spain (that will hold the EU Presidency from 1 January 2010) and Germany have decided not to join France and UK in […]

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October 20, 2010

Danish tax authorities want to mirror hard disks of private companies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Dänische Steuerbehörde will Festplatten privater Unternehmen spiegeln | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2277] A new proposed law would allow the Danish tax authorities to simply mirror entire hard disks of companies without a court order and before they have a reason to suspect the company has engaged in unlawful activities. The proposal […]

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November 18, 2009

Commission Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Workshop der Kommission über datenschutzfreundliche Technologien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1587] The European Commission held a workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) on 12 November 2009. The event was supposed to be on the interim report from London Economics on the economic impact of PETs but ended up by being considerably […]

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October 20, 2010 · Blogs

Informal discussion in European Parliament on net neutrality

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Informelle Diskussion zur Netzneutralität im Europäischen Parlament | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2278] For possibly the first time since the adoption of the “telecoms package”, an informal discussion on the issue of “net neutrality” took place at a breakfast meeting hosted by Catherine Trautmann MEP. This happened ahead of upcoming the net […]

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