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Stockholm Programme moves quickly towards adoption
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Annahme des Stockholmprogramms steht kurz bevor | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1510] The timetables for the Stockholm Programme have become a great deal clearer since the return of the Parliament following the summer break and the communication between the Swedish Presidency and relevant parliamentary committees. The Programme aims to set the priorities […]
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A new SWIFT agreement under negotiation between EU and USA
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Verhandlungen über ein neues SWIFT-Abkommen zwischen EU und USA | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1511] On 1 September 2009, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament (LIBE) held a hearing on the renewal of the agreement which is now under negotiations between the EU and the USA on data transfers via […]
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Telecom Package – All sides poised for the final battles
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Telekompaket: alle Seiten bereiten sich auf die letzte Schlacht vor | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1513] Preparations are being made in the EU institutions for the expected third reading of the Telecom Package. The timescale for the remainder of the legislative process will be determined by the official communication of the Council […]
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ICO takes action against personal data losses in UK
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ICO geht gegen Verluste persönlicher Daten in Großbritannien vor | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1515] After UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Wigan schools in breach of the Data Protection Act following a theft of a laptop with personal information on about 43 000 children and young people, the Wigan council […]
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Google's Street View contested in France and Switzerland
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Googles Street View in Frankreich und der Schweiz angefochten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1498] After being criticised and contested in several countries in Europe, such as UK, Germany and Greece and even outside Europe like in Japan, it is the turn of France and Switzerland to complain against Google’s service Street […]
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EU wants to share more bank details with the US authorities
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU will noch mehr Bankdaten an die US-Behörden weitergeben | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1480] The dispute between EU and the US on access to the bank transfer details has come again to the public attention after the Belgium company SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) that intermediates the international banking […]
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EDPS: New privacy issues in relation to intelligent transport systems
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDPS: neue Datenschutzthemen im Zusammenhang mit intelligenten Transportsystemen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1484] Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), issued on 22 July his opinion on the European Commission’s proposed plan, adopted in December 2008, to accelerate and coordinate the deployment of intelligent transport systems (ITS) in road transportation […]
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France: CNIL's opinion on LOPPSI draft law
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: CNILs Stellungnahme zum LOPPSI-Gesetzesentwurf | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1485] The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has now made public its opinion of 16 April 2009 on seven articles belonging to LOPPSI, the French draft law on orientation and programming for the performance of the domestic security that may give the […]
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Phorm given up by UK ISPs
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische ISPs geben Phorm auf | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1462] On 6 July 2009, just before the beginning of the investigation on Internet privacy by UK MPs and peers of the All Party Parliamentary Communications Group, the largest UK ISP British Telecom (BT) has announced it would not roll out Phorm’s […]
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EDPS on the Stockholm Programme
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Der Datenschutzbeauftragte äußert sich zum Stockholmprogramm | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1466] After the release of the Stockholm Programme considered by civil rights groups as enhancing the “dangerously authoritarian” European surveillance and security system, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published on 13 July 2009 his opinion on the new system. The […]
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Article 29 Working Party on online social networking
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Der Arbeitskreis Artikel 29 äußert sich zu Social Networking| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1449] Article 29 Working Party issued on 22 June 2009 an opinion on how European privacy laws affect social networking sites such as Facebook or Myspace. The opinion states the social networking sites should be responsible for the compliance […]
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France: No to new EDVIGE!
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Kein neues EDVIGE! | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1454] A text of a draft law on Police Files initiated by the two French deputies Delphine Batho and Jacques-Alain Bénisti has been approved by the Laws Commission of the National Assembly. The draft law contains a new form of the EDVIGE file, […]
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