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Data Protection Week 2012: CPDP and the BarCamp
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die Datenschutzwoche 2012: Datenschutz-Konferenz und BarCamp | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.2_Die_Datenschutzwoche_2012_CPDP_und_BarCamp] The week from 22 to 26 January 2012 was rather busy for everyone involved in European data protection issues. First of all, the European Commission has launched its proposals for revision of the data protection framework. In the same week, […]
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Commission confirms illegality of Data Retention Directive
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommission bestätigt Widerrechtlichkeit der Vorratsdatenspeicherung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_Kommission_bestaetigt_Widerrechtlichkeit_der_Vorratsdatenspeicherung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] The EDRi-member Quintessenz – Austria has published a leak of an internal paper from the Commission intended to inform DAPIX, the Council’s working party on information exchange and data protection, of the results of the Commission’s consultation in April 2011 on […]
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Romanian Senate rejects the new data retention law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rumänien: Senat lehnt neues Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung ab | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.1_Rumaenien_Senat_lehnt_neues_Gesetz_zur_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_ab?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120127] Following the pressure of the European Commission to the Romanian authorities to implement the data retention directive and despite the decision of the Constitutional Court from 2009 against the data retention law, a new draft law has emerged, […]
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Austria: Petition against Data Retention Directive
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Österreichische Bürger_inneninitiative gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.24_Oesterreichische_Buerger_inneninitiative_gegen_die_Vorratsdatenspeicherung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111218] Today, 14 December 2011, the Austrian Arbeitskreis Vorratsdaten (Working Group against Data Retention Austria – AKVorrat.at) handed over a petition to the Austrian Parliament, asking for the government to be obliged to engage against the Data Retention Directive at the EU […]
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ENDitorial: Advocate General on Data Retention: Strange answer&question
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Generalanwalt zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung – Seltsame Fragen & Antworten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.23_ENDitorial_Generalanwalt_zur_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_Seltsame_Fragen_und_Antworten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111130] The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice recently issued an opinion on the case of Bonnier Audio vs Perfect Communication Sweden (case no. C-461/10). The question to be answered was whether data retention Directive and/or […]
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EDRi letter: EC proposes reduced retention periods for retained data
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Vorratsdaten: Kommission schlägt Verkürzung der Speicherdauer vor | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.22_Vorratsdaten_Kommission_schlaegt_Verkuerzung_der_Speicherdauer_vor?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111116] In September 2011, European Digital Rights and 37 other NGOs sent a detailed letter to the European Commission with regard to the current stage of the review of the Data retention Directive – the impact assessment. The purpose of […]
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EDRi and 37 NGOs send letter to European Commission on data retention
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Vorratsdaten: Offener Brief von EDRi und 37 NGOs an EU-Kommission | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.19_Vorratsdaten_Offener_Brief_von_EDRi_und_37_NGOs_an_EU-Kommission?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111011] On 26 September 2011, European Digital Rights and 37 other NGOs from 14 countries sent a letter to Commissioners Malmström, Kroes and Reding on the review of the Data Retention Directive. The purpose of the letter […]
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Sweden argues that transposing data retention directive is unnecessary
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Schweden hält Umsetzung der VDS-Richtlinie für überflüssig | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.17_Schweden_haelt_Umsetzung_der_VDS_Richtlinie_fuer_ueberfluessig?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110907] On 5 September 2011, the Swedish government responded to the European Court of Justice after the Commission referred Sweden to the Court for failing to transpose the Directive on Data Retention (2006/24/EC). Sweden’s main argument is that it is […]
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Implementing a flawed data retention directive?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Müssen wir eine unkorrekte Vorratsdaten-Richtlinie umsetzen? | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Muessen_wir_eine_unkorrekte_Vorratsdaten_Richtlinie_umsetzen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] While the future of data retention seems unclear, in Germany conservative MPs are pressing the Justice Ministry to bring the legislation in line with the current text of the directive, while liberals and greens tend towards a restriction of the […]
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Dutch Senate "disappointed" with Data Retention Directive evaluation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Niederländischer Senat “enttäuscht” über Evaluierung der VDS-Richtlinie | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Niederl%C3%A4ndischer_Senat_enttaeuscht_ueber_Evaluierung_der_VDS_Richtlinie?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] The same week the Dutch Senate approved a long-anticipated shortening of mandatory retention periods for internet data to six months, it published its correspondence with the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice on the Data Retention Directive evaluation by […]
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New draft law for data retention in Romania
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neuer Entwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Rumänien | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Neuer_Entwurf_zur_Vorratsdatenspeicherung_in_Rumaenien?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] The Romanian Ministry of Information Society and Communication (MCSI) submitted, for public comments, on 23 June 2011, a new draft law for the implemention of the EU data retention directive, after the Romanian Constitutional Court decided on 7 October 2009 […]
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Traffic data fraudulently obtained by the Czech police
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Tschechien: Polizei verschafft sich illegal Zugang zu Verkehrsdaten | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.13_Tschechien_Polizei_verschafft_sich_illegal_Zugang_zu_Verkehrsdaten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110708] An inspection of the Czech Interior Ministry has revealed that police detective Marian Hudec from Varnsdorf was gaining phone call statements including those of President Vaclav Klaus´s closest aides as well as those of Constitutional Court Chairman Pavel […]
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