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EDRI answer to consultation on EU copyright legislation
In October 2004 the European Commission organised a consultation on the review of EU legislation on copyright and related rights. EDRI sent in an evaluation, together with FIPR (UK) and VOSN (NL). The paper is available at: http://www.edri.org/docs/edri_copyright_consultation.pdf In the paper, EDRI argues for higher standards of user rights. The response was endorsed by twenty […]
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Biometrics: EU Council wants to fingerprint every EU citizen
The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will vote today in Strasbourg on two important reports on the introduction of biometric identifiers in EU travel documents. Both reports – on “Visas, residence permits: uniform format, photo, biometric identification” and on “Biometrics in EU citizens’ passports” are shepherded by MEP Carlos […]
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New data retention draft raises many questions
The Dutch presidency of the European union drafted a revised proposal for the mandatory storing of telecommunication data. The new proposal seems to let the members states free in choosing the time period and raises many questions with regard to its scope. France, Ireland, the UK and Sweden drafted the original proposal to the Council […]
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Swiss Big Brother Award for secret drones
The winners of the fifth Swiss Big Brother Awards were announced on Saturday 16 October, during the awards ceremony in the impressive old Steeltec industrial hall in Emmenbrücke (Lucerne). Half of the 52 public nominations were sent in for the ‘State’ category. The master of ceremony, the actor Ernst Jenni, said he was pleased to […]
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IRIS protest against delay French government
The French digital rights organization IRIS is upset about the continuous delay by the French government in publishing administrative decrees that would define mandatory data retention for telecommunication companies. During the open workshop in Brussels on 21 September 2004, a representative from the French Ministry announced these decrees would be published ‘within the next few […]
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Nominations Dutch Big Brother Awards
4 Big Brother Award ceremonies will take place within the next 2 weeks. The Netherlands will start on Sunday 24 October, followed by a ceremony in Austria on 26 October, and ceremonies in Germany and Spain on 29 October. For the Dutch BBA 3 persons were nominated in the category ‘Persons’. Minister Remkes of the […]
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Biometrics experts sceptical about quick introduction
The Europarl Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) today organised a hearing with experts on biometrics. In his opening remarks the MEP Carlos Coelho (Conservative, Portugal) said he generally agreed with the objective of securing people’s identities, but has some doubts about adding biometric identifiers to travel documents. Coelho is the rapporteur […]
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Change in Germany's position on data retention
According to an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany is changing its position on the proposal from the EU Council to oblige telecom and internet providers to store traffic data about all their customers for 12 to 36 months. The legislative chamber that represents Germany’s 16 states on national issues (the Bundesrat) voted on […]
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RFID workshop FIfF anniversary conference
The RFID workshop organised during the FIfF anniversary conference (Berlin, 30 September – 3 October 2004) offered an excellent overview of the technical issues and privacy questions. Robert Gehring introduced the history of RFID, and explained passive chips were first used in World War II air-planes to detect the proximity of enemy planes. The chips […]
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Nominations Swiss Big Brother Awards
The organising committee of the Swiss Big Brother Awards today presented a selection of candidates for the Big Brother Award. A jury of 13 well known individuals will choose the winners out of this selection. Half of the 52 public nominations were sent in for the ‘State’ category, including several police departments, the district council […]
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Nominations Hungarian BBA
In Hungary, the fourth annual ceremony of the Big Brother Awards will take place on 25 November 2004. Nominations for the person, company and organisation that have excelled in violating privacy and enhancing control over citizens can be entered via a webform until 28 September. From 11 to 25 October internet users will be able […]
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Brussels workshop on telecom data retention
The consultation from the European Commission on new EU plans for mandatory retention of telecom traffic data resulted in 65 answers, most of them negative about any regime of mandatory data retention. Two thirds of the answers came from industry (telephony and internet providers, both individual companies as well as associations) and almost one third […]
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