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Strong protest Dutch libraries against access to data
The public and academic libraries in the Netherlands have united in strong protest against a proposed new law that will give the police extraordinary new access powers to data about readers. The law is now with the Senate and the committee on legal affairs is waiting for answers from the minister after a first critical […]
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Report on journalism, civil liberties and the war on terror
The international federation of journalists (IFJ) and the UK civil liberties group Statewatch have launched a new report on 3 May 2005, World Press Freedom Day. The report examines how democratic states sacrifice civil liberties and free expression in the name of security and concludes: “The war on terrorism amounts to a devastating challenge to […]
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Danish debate about privacy in municipal administrations
A recent bill proposing a comprehensive structural reform of the Danish municipal system has initiated a heated debate about the protection of personal data, the rule of law and citizens access to information. “How can digital administration empower marginalised groups of the Danish society?”, “How to ensure that the administration will be more transparent for […]
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Industry and civil society agree against data retention
The rapporteur for the European Parliament on telecommunication data retention, Alexander Alvaro, has organised on 3 May a round table discussion with the title ‘How does the internet work and how does data retention effect industry and society’. A broad cross section of civil society and industry representatives criticised the current Council framework proposal on […]
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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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WIPO seminar on ISP liability
On 18 April WIPO hosted a seminar in Geneva on copyright and ISP liability. Dominated by representatives of the entertainment industry and international government officials, the highly politicised seminar ended with the conclusion that more legislation was indeed necessary. The main issue however remained unsolved; whether this legislation should provide stronger protection for the fundamental […]
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Policing rights for entertainment industry Finland
The Finnish Electronic Frontier Foundation is raising alarm about a proposed last-minute change in the new Finnish copyright law that would grant the entertainment industry the right to obtain identifying information about alleged infringers from service providers. The legislative committee of the Finnish parliament produced a statement on 17 April 2005 in which they agreed […]
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Council of Europe draft statement on human rights and Internet
On 6 and 7 April 2005 a committee of the Council of Europe debated on the merits of a new recommendation on human rights and Internet. On behalf of European Digital Rights Meryem Marzouki from the French digital rights organisation IRIS attended, in fact as the only NGO present. This second meeting of the Multidisciplinary […]
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New wave of lawsuits against European P2P users
The music industry has launched a new wave of lawsuits against individual P2P users in Europe. For the first time individual users were targeted in Finland, Ireland, Iceland and the Netherlands. These countries join Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and the UK, where litigation started last year. During a press conference in the Netherlands on […]
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No ban on wiretapping of Dutch lawyers
The Dutch association of criminal defence lawyers (NVSA) has lost a court case (preliminary proceedings) demanding an immediate stop to the practice of wiretapping their confidential telephone conversations with clients. On 15 March 2005 the administrative Court of the Hague ruled that these conversations do not per definition fall under the professional secrecy. There is […]
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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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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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