February 10, 2010

ENDitorial: Undead WIPO treaty resurrected in Council of Europe

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Europarat belebt untotes WIPO Abkommen wieder | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1706] On January 28 and 29, the Council of Europe held a consultation meeting on the launch of work on a new international instrument that would create neighbouring rights for broadcasting organisations. The purpose of this initiative is to take […]

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February 25, 2009

Italy to enforce a global censorship legislation?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Steht Italien vor der Einführung eines weltweiten Zensurrechts? | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1305] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Италија ќе донесе законодавство за… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1388/4/lang,mk] The Italian Senate approved – and the Camera dei deputati (Italian “Low Chamber”) is ready to finally pass – draft law 733 named Pacchetto […]

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February 25, 2009

Norwegian group joins Sweden-based Justice Center against Swedish FRA law

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Norwegische Gruppen schließen sich dem Justizzentrum gegen das schwedische FRA-Gesetz an | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1306] The Norwegian organisation of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has filed a petition, known as a Third Party Intervention, in support of the case brought to the European Court of Human Rights challenging the […]

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February 25, 2009

European Commission disbanded data protection experts group

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission löst Expertengruppe für Datenschutz auf | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1307] Macedonian: [Европската комисија расформира група за заштита на | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1386/4/lang,mk/] The European Commission has decided to dismantle a group of experts that needed to review the European Data Protection Directive. The group was formed after a tendering process and […]

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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 25, 2009

Romanian data retention law suspendend by the Government

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänisches Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung von der Regierung aufgehoben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1308] In a sudden and unexpected move, the Romanian Government has decided on 25 February 2009 to suspend the application of the data retention law until the end of the year – 31 December 2009. The official reason from […]

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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 25, 2009

UK Government ignores the European Commission regarding Phorm

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung ignoriert bei Phorm die Europäische Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1310] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Британската влада го игнорира предупредувањето на ЕК за Phorm | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1390/4/lang,mk/] On 12 February 2009, the European Commission warned it would take formal action against the UK Government for not providing […]

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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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