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Austria puts more pressure on Google Street View
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Österreich erhöht Druck auf Google Street View | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1973] Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSK) placed a temporary ban on Google’s Street View cars, The DSK intends to sanction the collection of private data from unencrypted wifi networks and therefore wants to see changes to the EU data protection […]
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Macedonia: New Law on Electronic Communications Proposed
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mazedonien: Neues Gesetz für elektronische Kommunikation verabschiedet | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1936] The amendments to the Law on electronic communications would allow the Ministry of Interior to play the “Big Brother” role, concluded the opposition parties during the debate on this bill that took place in the Assembly on 11 May […]
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UK: Dismantling the database state
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB: Abbau des Datenbankstaates | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1937] The new UK government’s coalition agreement includes a list of measures in order “to reverse the substantial erosion of civil liberties under the Labour Government and roll back state intrusion.” This includes the following: – The scrapping of ID card scheme, the […]
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Belgium: Win your privacy!
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgien: Erlangen Sie ihre Privatsphäre zurück! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1938] Retaining telecommunications data, the new law on the Special Intelligence Methods, the use of passenger data from airlines by judicial authorities and the police, and the ubiquity of cameras are but a few examples of measures that violate our right […]
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Google: We have collected information sent over the WiFi via StreetView
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google: Wir haben über Street View Informationen von WLAN-Netzen gesammelt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1932] Google admitted that the previous information on the data they have gathered with their Street View service was wrong and this included “samples of payload data from open (i.e. non-password-protected) WiFi networks.” The information comes after […]
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Comic Book – Under Surveillance
The comic book “Under surveillance” is an information and awareness tool for young adults created in the European project “Sensitization and information of young European citizens on the protection of their personal data”, where EDRi was one of the partners. The project is coordinated by the French League of Human Rights (LDH), in partnership with […]
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UK and Germany question the data collected by Google Street View
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland und Großbritannien stellen Datensammlung durch Google Street View in Frage | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1905] As Google’s Street View service continue to be a controversial topic especially in Europe, Google has tried to clarify some issues about the data collected by means of its cars and the way it is […]
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EDPS urges the updating of the EU legal framework for data protection
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDPS drängt auf Überarbeitung der EU-Rahmenbedingungen für Datenschutz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1906] During his speech on 27 April 2010 at the European Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners’ Conference in Prague, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx asked the European Commission to continue its efforts in updating the present […]
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List of actions for the implementation of Stockholm Programme
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Aktionsplan für die Umsetzung des Stockholm-Programms | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1908] The European Commission published on 20 April 2010 its plan of actions for the implementation of the Stockholm Programme, the framework for EU actions on citizenship, justice, security, asylum and immigration policies for the period 2010-2014, which includes 170 initiatives. […]
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EU bank data transfer on the table of the EU institutions
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Transfer von EU-Bankdaten auf Agenda der EU-Institutionen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1870] The airline problems in Europe that have affected also many MEPs, have postponed a series of voting sessions scheduled for this week in Strasbourg, including the votes on PNR and SWIFT resolutions. The US Administration declared that it hoped […]
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ENDitorial: The Italian decision on the Google's executives published
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Italienisches Urteil hinsichtlich Googles Führungskräfte veröffentlicht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1874] Finally, the Court of Milan made public the opinion that backed the indictment of a couple of Google’s executives charged of Italian Data Protection Act infringement for not removing a violent video from the company’s video sharing platform, video.google.com. […]
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Personal data: a comic book for European young adults
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Personenbezogene Daten: Ein Comicheft für junge Europäer | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1830] Information and communication technologies (telephone, Internet, emails, blogs and social networks) make daily life and relationships with our relatives, friends or even strangers easier. Young people and young adults make a particularly intense use of them. However, unless we […]
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