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An Open Letter to the European Parliament on Biometric Registration of all EU Citizens and Residents
!!To the Members of the European Parliament, We the undersigned are calling on you to reject the ‘Draft Council Regulation on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States’. This is an unnecessary and rushed policy that will have hazardous effects on Europeans’ right to privacy. This policy […]
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EDRI answer to consultation on EU copyright legislation
In October 2004 the European Commission organised a consultation on the review of EU legislation on copyright and related rights. EDRI sent in an evaluation, together with FIPR (UK) and VOSN (NL). The paper is available at: http://www.edri.org/docs/edri_copyright_consultation.pdf In the paper, EDRI argues for higher standards of user rights. The response was endorsed by twenty […]
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Response to EU consultation on review of copyright law
Joint response by European Digital Rights , the Foundation for Information Policy Research and Vereniging Open-source Nederland to the EU Commission consultation on the review of the EU ”acquis communautaire” in the field of copyright and related rights, endorsed by 19 more organisations. This response is also available in Italian http://people.miu-ft.org/~sama/edri.copyright/ !Endorsing organisations: A.B.U.S.E. – […]
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Response to EU consultation on review of copyright law
Joint response by European Digital Rights , the Foundation for Information Policy Research and Vereniging Open-source Nederland to the EU Commission consultation on the review of the EU ”acquis communautaire” in the field of copyright and related rights. If your organisation wishes to endorse this response, please write an e-mail indicating the organisation’s name, your […]
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90 organisations support PI / EDRI statement against data retention
Privacy International (PI) and European Digital Rights (EDRI) have published their joint answer to the consultation on mandatory data retention. The Directorate Generals on Information Society and on Justice and Home Affairs from the European Commission asked for public comments on a proposed retention regime across Europe between 12 and 36 months for all traffic […]
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Campaign against the illegal transfer of European travellers' data to the USA
EDRI campaign at Schiphol airport (Amsterdam). EDRI and its partners held successful actions on 20 May at Schiphol (Amsterdam), Zaventem (Brussels) and Vienna airport. At all three airports EDRI members have provided airline passengers with important information about the transfer of their personal data to US authorities. Passengers were given a letter they can send […]
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