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NGOs against international surveillance and policy laundering
On 20 April 2005 the civil liberties group Statewatch, together with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and two other NGOs launched the Campaign Against Mass Surveillance (ICAMS), calling on all national governments and intergovernmental organisations to turn away from antiterrorism efforts that are oriented around mass surveillance. The campaign started with an in-depth report […]
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Data retention news
On Wednesday 13 April the Dutch news agency ANP broke the news that the European Council of Justice and Home Affairs had definitely withdrawn the data retention proposal from their schedule and would wait for a proper 1st pillar proposal from the European Commission, following devastating legal advice from both the Commission as well as […]
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European Privacy developments at CFP05
European privacy developments and counter strategies from civil society was one of the topics at the annual US privacy conference, Computers, Freedoms and Privacy (CFP), last week in Seattle. During the specific debate devoted to developments in Europe it became clear that while EU countries used to be known for their strong privacy legislation and […]
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Secret minutes EU data retention meeting
EDRI-gram has obtained 2 secret documents about the draft framework decision on data retention that unveil the positions of individual Member States when it comes to the scope, cost, scale and length of retention. The first document, published on the EDRI website, is the uncensored version of the latest draft framework decision from 24 February […]
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Data retention news: EU Council, Germany, Spain
The Council of European Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA council) seems set for a frontal collision with the European Commission with the proposal for a framework decision on mandatory data retention. On 14 April 2005 the Council will discuss the proposal, possibly including a functional list, in spite of the urgent request from […]
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Unesco NL recommendations on human rights and Internet
The Netherlands National Commission for Unesco has published Recommendations on human rights and Internet, following a conference held on 4 and 5 February 2005. The recommendation focusses on privacy, the right of freedom of expression and the right to communicate, including access to the vast cultural, educational and scientific heritage of mankind. On privacy, the […]
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French court decision on traffic data retention
On 4 February 2005 the appeal court of Paris has extended the general obligations for data retention to companies. According to the verdict, like internet providers all companies are obliged to store traffic data originating from their employees, to allow identification of e-mails with illegal contents sent from company machines. The verdict is ominous since […]
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Europe crowned as Internet Villain
Europe was crowned ‘Internet Villain’ of the year at the 7th Annual UK Internet Industry Award Ceremony, for “threatening the Country of Origin principle, which has encouraged e-commerce across the EU, and for the Draft Framework on Data Retention.” The awards are an initiative of the UK Internet Service Providers’ Association Council. Previous winners include […]
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Ireland sneaks data retention into law
After pushing a framework decision on data retention at the EU, Ireland’s Government has decided to focus on its national parliament and to pass a law on data retention there. Data retention was snuck into the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act, first introduced in 2002, in the final hours before the Bill became law in […]
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Europarl debate on PNR and data retention
On 9 March the European Parliament debated in plenary in Strasbourg about the transfer of passengerdata (PNR) to the US and asked the Commission about the Council plans for mandatory data retention. EU Justice Commissioner Frattini for the first time stated in public that the Commission sees no legal basis for a framework decision from […]
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Commission opposes framework decision on data retention
The European Commission has made it clear to all the Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs in the EU that there is no legal basis for a framework decision on mandatory data retention in the third pillar. The draft framework decision on data retention was introduced in April 2004 by the governments of France, the […]
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Rapporteur demands co-decision data retention
The rapporteur from the European Parliament on telecommunication data retention, Alexander Alvaro, has presented his first views on the draft framework decision in a turbulent meeting from the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). Alvaro proposed on 1 February 2005 to split the proposal in two, and give the European Parliament full […]
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