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Edward Snowden honoured during Dutch Big Brother Awards ceremony
On 16 December 2014, EDRi-member Bits of Freedom organised the tenth Dutch Big Brother Awards. The Minister of Security and Justice, Ivo Opstelten, won the (un)popular vote for, among other things, his plans to keep data retention. It is the third time he has won the prize. Professional experts awarded Dutch schools an award for […]
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Dutch government: Let’s keep data retention mostly unchanged
On 18 November, the Dutch government finally issued its response to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling in April 2014 that invalidated the data retention directive 2006/24/EC. Despite all the debate about the legality of data retention practices, the government wants to retain its current data retention legislation. The Ministry of […]
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