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December 1, 2010

Data protection authorities call for a strict EU-US privacy agreement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [WP29 fordert strenges EU-US Datenschutz-Abkommen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2390] As the European Commission prepares to conclude a deal with the US on the protection of personal data exchanged in police and criminal justice cooperation matters, the European privacy watchdogs call for a strict and clear privacy agreement. Article 29 Data […]

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September 21, 2011

Freedom not Fear: High time for European (digital) civil rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Freiheit statt Angst: Hochsaison für (digitale) Bürgerrechte in Europa | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Freiheit_statt_Angst_Hochsaison_fuer_digitale_Buergerrechte_in_Europa?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] European policy making has long been blind to the digital environment, ignoring the potentials of the Internet and the positive impact of the free flow of information in society. Over the last 10 years, an increasing number […]

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May 10, 2006

Three Spanish courts uphold validity of music free licenses

Spanish courts have upheld three times already the validity of music free licenses. In the three cases, the Sociedad General de Autores (SGAE), Spanish music copyright collecting society, sued some open public premises on alleged rights to the music listened therein. In all the three cases, the defences demonstrated that the music played was downloaded […]

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January 27, 2010

The Public Domain Manifesto

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das Public-Domain-Manifest | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1675] A new public manifest called the Public Domain Manifesto was launched on 25 January 2010, as a document developed within COMMUNIA, the European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain, during the last two years. According to the network, The Public Domain ensures that […]

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July 30, 2014 · Blogs

Russia and Austria take action against use of Tor

Russian government is offering 3,9 million roubles (approximately 85 000 Euro) for a way to identify users transmitting data over the anonymous web browsing system Tor. The special technology and communications group of the interior ministry published the tender on the government procurement website in July, offering the reward for “research work, Tor cipher”. The […]

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February 11, 2015 · Blogs

UK court finds secret spying docs made surveillance illegal

Several human rights groups are celebrating a major victory against the Five Eyes, an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US, as the UK surveillance tribunal ruled on 6 February that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) acted unlawfully in accessing millions of private communications collected by the National Security Agency […]

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September 13, 2006 · Blogs

New EDRI members

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the EDRI General Assembly of 3 September 2006 in Berlin, Germany, EDRI welcomed 4 new members. Open Rights Group is a new UK independent, non-profit advocacy group, campaigning for the digital civil rights of British citizens. Alcei from Italy is an association of people dedicated to […]

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October 11, 2006

ENDitorial : PNR & Institutional Mechanisms of Privacy Protection

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A small detail on the EU-US agreement over the transfer of air passenger name records (PNR), and a non-related statement by US president George W. Bush, taken together give a nice highlight on the institutional mechanisms of privacy protection. EU Commissioner Frattini told the press on 6 […]

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October 25, 2006

EU-US PNR agreement formally adopted by the EU Council

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 16 October, the EU Council formally adopted a decision to sign an interim agreement with the United States on continuing the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data by air carriers to the US Administration. The interim agreement will replace the Agreement signed in May 2004, […]

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November 8, 2006

Czech Republic bestowed Big Brother Awards for the second time

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 30 October 2006 in Prague the Big Brother Awards for the most egregious data privacy transgressions in the Czech Republic were bestowed for the second time. The event organised by the NGO Iuridicum Remedium was quite a big success reported by many national media. The chief […]

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December 6, 2006

EDPS warns against EU endangering data protection principles

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), Peter Hustinx, has issued a second opinion, following the one issued on 19 December 2005 on the Proposal of the Commission for a Council Framework Decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial co-operation […]

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May 9, 2007

PNR deal ratification postponed by the Czech Senate

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The ratification by the Czech Parliament of the proposed agreement between the European Union and the Unites States of America on the processing and transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data has been taken off the agenda based on the position of the Green Party MPs. On […]

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