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Privatised online enforcement series: B. Is "self-regulation" worse than useless?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Serie: Privatisierung der Online Strafverfolgung – Teil B | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.7_Privatisierung_der_Online_Strafverfolgung_Ist_die_Selbst-Regulierung_mehr_als_nutzlos] Much of the policy with regard to “self-regulation” in the context of illegal online content is developed on the basis that anything that industry can do to help fight crime is automatically a good thing. The assumption is […]
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Privatised online enforcement series: A. Abandonment of the rule of law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Serie: Privatisierung der Online Strafverfolgung – Teil A | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Privatisierung_der_Online-Strafverfolgung_Abkehr_vom_Prinzip_Rechtsstaatlichkeit] This is the first in a series of articles looking at the development of processes for cajoling, obliging or coercing online economic operators to police the Internet. This first article examines the scale of this trend. Most western […]
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The Privacy Platform Meeting: Reding outlines the way forward
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Privacy Platform Meeting: Kommissarin Reding skizziert den Weg | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Privacy_Platform_Meeting] On 16 March 2011, Sophie In’t Veld’s Privacy Platform met in the European Parliament to discuss the state of play for the review of the data protection directive. The cross-party meeting was co-chaired by EU Parliament members from […]
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EDRi responds to data protection consultation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi Stellungnahme zum Konsultationsverfahren zur Datenschutz-Richtlinie | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2549] Building on the analysis produced for the European Commission’s initial data protection consultation in 2009, European Digital Rights has submitted its second round of comments on the review of the 1995 Data Protection Directive. One of EDRi’s primary concerns with […]
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ENDItorial: EC Internal Security Strategy – My dog is a cat
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: EU-Strategie der Inneren Sicherheit – Mein Hund ist eine Katze | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2399] The European Commission (EC) recently published its “Internal Security Strategy” – a wide-ranging security programme covering international crime networks, radicalisation, cybersecurity, border management and crisis/disaster management. One almost amusing element is how it included “piracy” […]
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European Commission takes next step towards data protection review
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission setzt den nächsten Schritt zur Überprüfung der Datenschutzrichtlinie | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2358] The European Commission has published a Communication on “a comprehensive approach to personal data protection in the European Union”, as the final stage in the consultation process leading to a review of the 1995 Data Protection […]
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Guidelines for more rigorous respect of the Fundamental Rights Charter
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Leitlinien für die Einhaltung der EU-Grundrechtecharta | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2274] The European Commission has adopted a strategy which is aimed at ensuring that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is respected at every stage of the EU legislative process. At the initiative of Commissioner Reding, the intention is to create […]
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European Commission's strategy for Data Protection Directive
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ Datenschutz-Richtlinie: Die Strategie der Europäischen Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2199] During the Conference organised on 16 September 2010 by the Lisbon Council Brussels on “Unleashing the digital single market”, Vivane Reding, vice-president of the European Commission and Commissioner for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship, announced, among other things, she […]
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Commissioner Malmström sets out her agenda to the European Parliament
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin Malmström stellt ihre Agenda vor | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2201] In a Committee meeting last week and in the Parliament’s plenary session this week, Commissioner Malmström has set out her vision on various upcoming issues in her portfolio. In the Committee, Malmström drew attention to the Communications on information sharing […]
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ENDitorial: ACTA endgame – The devil is in the detail
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ ENDitorial: Endspiel um ACTA – Der Teufel steckt im Detail | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2170] The last week has seen a flurry of activity surrounding ACTA, with the leak of the latest negotiating text, as well as the adoption of a Written Declaration by the European Parliament. Some parts of […]
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EDRi and EuroISPA attack EC's demands for notice and takedown
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi und EuroISPA gegen Forderung der Kommission nach Notice&Take-down | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2088] EDRi and the European ISP Association (EuroISPA) have prepared a joint civil society/industry position on the European Commission’s draft informal recommendation for the takedown of websites which have been accused of being illegal. The recommendation’s scope is […]
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Iceland – first steps for a new media haven
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Island: Erste Schritte zu einem neuen Medienhafen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2037] Iceland’s Parliament has recently accepted a proposal by Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI) asking the Icelandic Government to find “ways to strengthen freedoms of expression and information freedom in Iceland, (and provide) strong protections for sources and whistleblowers.” The […]
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