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January 13, 2010

EDRi position on data protection

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRis Standpunkt zum Datenschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1645] EDRi submitted a response to the consultation on the legal framework for the fundamental right to protection of personal data. The response, which was sent on 23 December, sets out the challenges to the existing data protection framework and offers recommendations to […]

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December 20, 2010 · Blogs

Stop(ped) web blocking

Earlier versions of this article are also available in: Deutsch: [Stoppt Internetsperren! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2509] Français: [Non au filtrage du Net! | http://vasistas.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/appel-contre-le-filtrage-du-net-en-europe/] Nederlands: [Help mee en stop het Europese internetfilter! | https://www.bof.nl/2011/02/10/laatste-loodjes-help-mee-en-stop-het-europese-internetfilter/] ————- On Monday evening, 14 February 2011, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament held its first crucial vote on whether mandatory […]

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January 13, 2010

EU considers full body screening in airports

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die EU denkt über Ganzkörperscanner an Flughäfen nach | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1646] On 7 January 2010, a discussion tool place in Brussels on the necessity of introducing full-body scanners in European airports. Some of the European countries such as Italy, UK and The Netherlands had already announced their intention to […]

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January 13, 2010

Protests in Bulgaria against eavesdropping and data retention law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Proteste gegen Abhöraktionen und das Vorratsdatenspeicherungsgesetz in Bulgarien | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1647] A protest will take place in Bulgaria on 14 January 2010 in front of the Parliament against the data retention law that the Bulgarian Interior Ministry keeps on pushing ahead with obstinacy. On 10 December 2009, the Parliamentary […]

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December 22, 2010 · Blogs

Intro

This issue of EDRi-gram is also available in: German http://www.unwatched.org/node/2461 French http://www.iris.sgdg.org/info-debat/bonus-edrigram.html Danish http://itpol.dk/edri/bonus2010 Macedonian http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/en/news/edri-gram/1837-bonus-izdanie-na-edri-gram Albanian http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/sq/lajme/edri/1837-bonus-izdanie-na-edri-gram This special BONUS EDRi-gram has been prepared by EDRi members and observers as a present for all EDRi-gram subscribers and EDRi’s website visitors. It contains information regarding the association European Digital Rights (EDRi), its Brussels Office and […]

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January 13, 2010

Spanish Government proposes new legislation against file-sharing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanische Regierung beschließt neues Gesetz gegen Filesharer | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1648] The Spanish Government passed on 8 January 2010 the Law for Sustainable Economy which includes the creation of an Intellectual Property Commission (IPC) that will be in charge with filing complaints with a judge in cases of alleged illegal […]

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January 13, 2010

An Irish law for a DNA Database

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irisches Gesetz für eine DNA-Datenbank | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1649] The Irish Government has announced that it will publish legislation this week to set up a national DNA database. The Bill follows a 2005 Report of the Law Reform Commission on Establishment of a DNA Database but was delayed by the […]

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January 13, 2010

France wants to tax search engines and ISPs for online advertising

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich möchte Suchmaschinen und ISPs Steuern für Onlinewerbung auferlegen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1650] A report commissioned by the French culture ministry issued on 6 January 2010 proposes a tax on online advertising in order to support the production of music, films and journalism in the digital age. France is not […]

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January 13, 2010

Spain: NGO fined by the Supreme Court for hosting offensive contents

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanien: Oberster Gerichtshof verurteilt NGO wegen des Hostens offensiver Inhalte zu einer Geldstrafe | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1651] At the end of December 2009, the Spanish Supreme Court confirmed its ruling in making Asociación de Internautas (Internet Users Association – AI) pay a 18 000 Euro fine to SGAE (the General […]

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January 13, 2010

Hungary introduces mandatory open standards for public institutions

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ungarn führt verbindliche Open Standards für öffentliche Institutionen ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1652] The Hungarian Parliament decided at the end of 2009 to make open standards mandatory for communications between public institutions, utility companies and citizens through the central governmental system. The Parliament amended Act LX of 2009 on electronic […]

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July 4, 2007

EDRI signs "Keep The Core Neutral" petition

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) European Digital Rights Initiative (EDRI) has joined more than 100 individuals and organizations from around the world in signing the petition “Keep The Core Neutral” urging ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ) to resist efforts to evaluate applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) […]

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January 13, 2010

IP Chapter in the EU-Korea free trade agreement essentially flawed

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [IP-Kapitel des EU-koreanischen Freihandelsabkommens ist im Wesentlichen fehlerhaft | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1653] The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) calls upon the EU Parliament and member states to remove the intellectual property rights chapter from the EU – Korea Free Trade Agreement. According to the FFII analysis, the free […]

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