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Stakeholder group to advise on EU RFID strategy
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission presented its new proposal for the radio frequency identification (RFID) tags strategy for Europe after one year of consultations. The strategy will be drafted in cooperation with a Stakeholder Group to be created and Article 29 Working Party. An EU study had been initiated […]
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UK biometric passports project set back by simple cloning possibilities
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) UK Government faces now a big problem related to the introduction of the new biometric passports as recently it has been proven these passports can be easily and very cheaply copied by means of a microchip reader that can be legally bought on the Internet. As a […]
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EU study on RFID tags shows major privacy concerns
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar.) After a 6-month consultation period, an EU study initiated after Cebit trade show in March 2006 shows concerns related to the use of RFID (radio frequency ID) tags and reveals the necessity to assure the public that these tags will not lead to a large-scale surveillance system. […]
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Cloning an electronic passport
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In a public demonstration at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on 3 August 2006, Lukas Grunwald’s, CTO of German security consultancy DN-Systems Enterprise Internet Solutions, made a demonstration on how electronic passports could be cloned. The industry that produces the passports has denied the […]
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Travellers privacy and European Union
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The event “Travellers privacy and EU” was organised on 3 August 2006 by Prague based NGO Iuridicum Remedium and it brought together Czech and European stakeholders across the spectrum working on technological developments that affect the movement of people across borders. Speakers came from Data protection agencies […]
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Recommanded Reading
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Michelle Child – Notes of Barcelona Conference “The Proposed WIPO Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: From the Rome Convention to Podcasting” – 21 June 2006 http://downontheriver.blogspot.com/2006/06/notes-of-wipo-barcelona-seminar.html Report on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2005 http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jun/EU-funrights-report05.pdf European Commission opened an online public […]
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EU public consultation on RFID
During a high-level panel discussion at CeBIT 2006 Mrs. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, announced a new public debate on RFID, organised by the European Commission. Its purpose is to make an inventory of concerns that might necessitate legislative changes. Mrs. Reding said that “These networks and devices will link everyday […]
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French Big Brother Awards 2006
The 6th edition of the French Big Brother Awards taking place in Paris on 3 February has chosen the following in the 5 different award sections, for causing the most damage to personal privacy. The Orwell Award for State official – the winner was Jean-Michel Charpin, Directeur de l’Insee (INES) for his participation in the […]
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EU Visa Database under scrutiny of the European Data Protection
In a public opinion from 20 January 2006, Mr. Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor, was very critical about the wide access possibilities the European Commission wanted to give to the new Visa Information System. The Commission published its “Proposal for a Council Decision concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS)” […]
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Panel on privacy and security
The US digital rights organisation EPIC organised a panel with a preview of their annual privacy and human rights report, with 7 panellists from all continents, from China to Argentina, and from Israel to the Arab Human Rights Watch. Speaker Alberto Escudero-Pascual from Sweden/Spain focussed on the RFID badges given to every participant. Some participants […]
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Forum on ubiquitous computing
As a side-event to the World Summit on the Information Society the Institute for Information Industry and AFACT organised a Forum on the Advancement of e-Trade & Ubiquitous Society in the Africa Hotel in Tunis. Following the welcome address by Dr. FC Lin, Chairman of the Institute for Information Industry, and the opening remarks of […]
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Big Brother Awards presented in 4 countries
The sixth edition of Swiss Big Brother Awards ceremony was held in Zurich’s Rote Fabrik on 29 October 2005. The Swiss jury received 100 nominations in four categories: government, business, workplace and the special life-time achievement award. The financial services branch of Swiss Post, Postfinance, was awarded the business award for the illegal transfer of […]
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