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December 2, 2009

Civil liberties groups ask EU to repeal data retention directive

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bürgerrechtsgruppen fordern die Widerrufung der Richtlinie zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung von der EU| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1606] Civil liberties groups European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat) are calling on the European Union to repeal the 2006 directive on the data retention of electronic communications. In […]

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November 3, 2010

Free Culture 2010 in Barcelona

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [‘Free Culture’ 2010 in Barcelona | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2327] Barcelona was the capital of free culture at the end of October 2010, with two events – Oxcars and then the Free Culture Forum (FCF) – organized by Exgae for awarding and promoting free culture concepts across Europe and beyond. The […]

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December 2, 2009

Romanian Constitutional Court decision against data retention

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urteil des rumänischen Verfassungsgerichts gegen Vorratsdatenspeicherung| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1607] The decision of the Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) against the data retention law was finally published in the Official Monitor on 23 November 2009. The motivation of the court, which was made public only with a few days before its publication […]

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November 3, 2010

Continuing the battle against data retention

This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Продолжува битката против задржување.. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/prodolzhuva-bitkata-protiv-zadrzhuvanjeto-na-podatoci.html] Deutsch: [Fortsetzung im Kampf gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2328] During the 32nd Annual Conference of the Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners “Privacy: Generations” that took place on 27 and 28 October 2010, EDRi-member Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called for the abolition of […]

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December 2, 2009

Spain warned by Commissioner Reding for cutting off Internet access

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin Reding verwarnt Spanien vor der Unterbindung von Internetzugängen| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1608] On 23 November 2009, at the Spanish Telecom Regulatory Authority (CMT) international meeting, Viviane Reding warned that the European Commission could take action against Spain if the government decided to cut the Internet access of file-sharers. “Repression alone […]

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November 3, 2010

Belgian Court upholds Creative Commons licence

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgischer Gerichtshof bestätigt Creative Commons Lizenz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2329] A local court in Nivelles, Belgium upheld in a case decided 26 October 2010 on the validity of the Creative Commons licence in a copyright infringement case when a music group published its music under CC BY-NC-SA. In this case […]

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December 2, 2009

Austria: BIM delivers draft act on implementing Data Retention Directive

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Österreich: BIM liefert Gesetzesentwurf zur Implementierung der Vorratsdatenspeicherungs-Richtlinie| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1609] In April 2009 – after the EU Commission decided to bring an action against Austria because of non-transposition of the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC (DRD) – the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) was assigned by the Austrian […]

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December 2, 2009

Legal Complaints and Petition Against Second French "Horror Database"

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rechtliche Klagen und Petition gegen zweite französische „Horror-Datenbank“| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1611] The French coalition of groups, associations, trade unions and political parties from the opposition is making it clear after its first successful ‘No to EDVIGE’ in 2008 led to the withdrawal of the EDVIGE intelligence database by the French […]

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November 17, 2010

E-Commerce directive: ensure freedom of expression and due process of law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [E-Commerce-Richtlinie: Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung und ordentliches Verfahren sichern | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2355] EDRi has responded to the public consultation of the European Commission on Electronic Commerce Directive (2000/31/EC) asking for the revision of the European regime of intermediaries liability, in view of better guaranteeing the respect for fundamental rights […]

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June 17, 2015 · Blogs

UK: Report of the investigatory powers review

A key report reviewing the UK’s legal framework governing surveillance commissioned by the Government and written by David Anderson QC, was released on 11 June 2015. The thrust of the report is a resounding call for wholesale reform of Britain’s surveillance legislation with it concluding that “This state of affairs is undemocratic, unnecessary and – […]

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December 2, 2009

Czech Big Brother Awards 2009

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Tschechische Big Brother Awards 2009| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1612] The results of the fifth annual Big Brother Awards were announced at a festive evening in Prague’s Theatre Na Pradle on 12 November 2009. A jury of experts chose from almost 80 nominations entered by the public. Among those awarded are the […]

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November 17, 2010

Data retention regime in discussion all over Europe

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Diskussion der Vorratsdatenspeicherung quer durch Europa | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2357] While in Germany the Minister of Justice rejects the current data retention regime, Sweden is preparing to implement it. In the meantime, the European Commission is organizing a public debate on the review of the directive, but has delayed its […]

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