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IE Domain Registry confirms hijacking of the DNS nameservers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [IE Domain Registry bestätigt Angriff auf DNS Nameserver | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_IE_Domain_Registry_bestaetigt_Angriff_auf_DNS_Nameserver?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] On 9 October 2012, those who tried to visit Google.ie and Yahoo.ie were sent to an Indonesian webserver controlled by hackers. After having investigated the security incident, the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) confirmed on November 2012 that unauthorised […]
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EDPS Opinion on EC communication on cloud computing
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDSB-Stellungnahme zu Cloud Computing | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_EDSB-Stelungnahme_zu_Cloud_Computing?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] On 16 November 2012, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published his opinion on the European Commission’s communication on “Unleashing the potential of Cloud Computing in Europe” issued on 27 September 2012, in which the Commission proposes key actions and policy steps […]
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Increased Internet surveillance in Russia
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Zunehmende Überwachung des Internets in Russland | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Zunehmende_Ueberwachung_des_Internets_in_Russland?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Several normative acts that have entered into force or are being prepared in Russia bring forth an increased state surveillance over the Internet and a blacklist of blocked websites and internet addresses. In spite of strong criticism, the Russian Duma […]
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Irish DPA announces action on failed police self-regulation
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Fehlgeschlagene Selbstregulierung bei der Polizei: Irische Datenschutzbehörde kündigt Maßnahmen an | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Fehlgeschlagene_Selbstregulierung_bei_der_Polizei?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Apparently illegal abuses of the Irish police (“An Garda Síochána”) database show no sign of being brought to an end, despite repeated announcements on the issue by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC). Problems with the […]
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Privacy rights as a global challenge
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutz als globale Herausforderung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Datenschutz_als_globale_Herausforderung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] With more than 100 on-site participants and almost 4000 remote attendees through the live webcast, the 2012 Public Voice Conference was, this year again, a full success. The 2012 edition was held on 22 October 2012 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in […]
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Personal data revealed by Skype to a private company
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Skype gab personenbezogene Daten an privates Unternehmen weiter | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Skype_gab_personenbezogene_Daten_an_privates_Unternehmen_weiter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] A police file has recently revealed that, during a police investigation into the Anonymous-sanctioned cyberattacks on PayPal, the Dutch police has received personal data on a young Dutchman through an IT firm which, in its turn, received the […]
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CETA: EU ditches criminal sanctions…. almost
In documents seen by EDRi, the current Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union made a proposal at the beginning of October to delete the criminal sanctions section of the proposed EU/Canada Free Trade Agreement. Following initially positive responses from the Member States, it has now been provisionally agreed that the deletion of […]
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Google needs to improve its privacy practices
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google muss seine Datenschutzpraxis verbessern | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Google_muss_seine_Datenschutzpraxis_verbessern?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] On 16 October 2012, a letter signed by the 27 European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) was sent to Google, asking for better privacy practices of the company, accusing Google of illegality and putting into question the viability of the company’s operations […]
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Details on German State Trojan programme
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Details zum Deutschen Staatstrojaner | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Details_zum_Deutschen_Staatstrojaner?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] Some documents spotted by the Annalist blog that were issued by the German Government in July 2012, within a parliamentary enquiry about expenditures by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, clearly show more details about what was revealed a year ago […]
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UN Agencies: A growing threat for the Internet?
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), led by Russian diplomat, Yury Fedotov, has just released a report (pdf) arguing for more surveillance and retention of data on all communications, even in the total absence of suspicion. Coincidentally, the Coordinator of the elegantly named 1267 Committee that was in charge of the report […]
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Turkish plans to use IDs for accessing the Internet
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Türkei plant eindeutige Identifizierung beim Zugang zum Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.19_Tuerkei_plant_eindeutige_Identifizierung_beim_Zugang_zum_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121010] The party in power has been dreaming of following and blacklisting Internet users for a long time by making it obligatory to enter ID number and a password to access the Internet. Such applications are already in force […]
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“CLEAN IT”: the secret EU surveillance plan that wasn’t
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [“CLEAN IT”: Der geheime Überwachungsplan, der keiner war | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.19_CLEAN_IT_Der_geheime_Ueberwachungsplan_der_keiner_war?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121010] There was a lot of interest among EU policy wonks and digital rights people last week about an initiative called CLEAN IT, following the leak of its “confidential” draft recommendations. “Police to ‘patrol’ Facebook and Twitter for terrorists […]
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