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Netherlands: Preliminary questions on blocking Pirate Bay access
On 13 November 2015, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands referred preliminary questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) with regards to blocking access to The Pirate Bay. The questions derive from a lengthy judicial procedure between a Dutch copyright enforcement organisation the BREIN foundation and two Internet access providers Ziggo […]
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The School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright: United to #fixcopyright
As part of our ongoing work on the copyright reform, EDRi in cooperation with Centrum Cyfrowe, Communia and Wikimedia, organised the School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright in Warsaw on 5-6 November. The date and location of the event were chosen taking advantage of the Copycamp event on 4 November, which gathers hundreds of copyright experts […]
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EU Parliament to vote on contentious anti-radicalisation Resolution
On 25 November 2015, the European Parliament is expected to vote on a controversial but important political statement, aimed at preventing terrorist radicalisation and the recruitment of EU citizens by terrorist organisations. Since June 2015, EDRi has been working hard with politicians and advisers to improve this timely political statement. Our objective has been to […]
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UK Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: Missed opportunity
The UK Government has published a draft of the long-awaited Investigatory Powers Bill. Since the Snowden revelations, civil liberty groups have been calling for a new law that would restrain the UK intelligence and law enforcement agencies. The UK government, however, has been calling for increased surveillance powers since the failure of the draft Communications […]
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Founder of a Portuguese leak platform subject to gagging order
Rui Cruz is 28 years old and is the founder of Tugaleaks, a Portuguese Wikileaks-inspired website. He has been working on the website on his free time since December 2010, gathering exclusive articles about the security flaws of government and private company websites, publishing public-but-undisclosed documents, and making available data on security information about Portugal, […]
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Data Protection Directive on law enforcement: The loopholes
The way some of your most sensitive data which, if processed carelessly, could lead to the most serious consequences for you, is being dealt with almost no attention of the media and the general public. Outside the spotlight of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Directive for Law enforcement agencies (LEDP) seems not to […]
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EU and US NGOs propose privacy reforms post Schrems
On 12 November 2015, leading human rights and consumer organisations issued a letter to urge the US and the EU to protect the fundamental right to privacy. After the Schrems ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in October 2015, the parties are now attempting to negotiate a revised Safe Harbor […]
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