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November 4, 2009

ISPs Meeting sparks debate over Dutch Data Retention obligations

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Treffen der ISPs heizt Debatte über niederländische Vorratsdatenspeicherung an | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1569] Dutch government agencies held a meeting on 14 October 2009 with internet service providers, looking for ways to clarify the data retention obligations under the country’s new Data Retention Act. After the meeting, ISPs still face uncertainty […]

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October 6, 2010

Private data exposed on UK Law firm website

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Webseite einer britischen Anwaltskanzlei enthüllt private Daten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2248] On 24 September 2010, the website of the UK Law Firm ACS:Law suffered a massive breach of security apparently under a Denial of Service attack initiated by a group entitled Anonymous within the Operation Payback, which led to the […]

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November 5, 2009 · Blogs

Petition against data retention in Belgium

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Petition gegen Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Belgien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1568] Macedonian: [Петиција против задржување на податоци во Белгија | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/edri/peticija-protiv-zadrzhuvanje-na-podatoci-vo-belgija-2.html] A number of Belgian NGOs representing Internet users, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and others on 26 October 2009 started a petition against the Belgian transposition of the EU Data Retention […]

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October 6, 2010

YouTube won a case against copyright infringement accusations in Spain

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [YouTube in Spanien vom Vorwurf der Urheberrechtsverletzung freigesprochen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2249] Google has won a battle against Spanish broadcaster Telecinco which brought the company to court in June 2008 claiming that the company’s service YouTube was liable for the copyrighted material posted by its users. Spanish Commercial Court no.7 […]

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November 5, 2009

Declaration on Global Privacy Standards

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deklaration über globale Datenschutzstandards | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1567] The public voice coalition, where EDRi is also a member, gathered almost two hundred privacy experts, advocates, and governments officials from around the world for a civil society event in Madrid with the title “Global privacy standards for a Global world”. Held […]

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October 6, 2010

Phorm case sends the UK to the European Court of Justice

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ Vereinigtes Königreich kommt wegen Phorm vor den Europäischen Gerichtshof | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2250] The European Commission announced that it has referred the UK to the European Court of Justice for an improper implementation of EU data protection rules, following several complaints in the Phorm case. The Commission received complaints […]

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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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