Archiv zur Kategorie English
30. Juni 2012 um 16.47 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter English · Schlagworte: Überwachungsforschung, EU
As is well known in the context of INDECT, the EU research framework programmes are a complete failure with regard to ensuring compliance with human rights of the research that is being funded. The EU is currently negotiating the next framework programme („Horizon 2020″). I propose the following: 1) Consultative bodies should no longer comprise […]
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26. März 2012 um 10.31 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter Datenschutz im Staatssektor, English, Surfprotokollierung · Schlagworte: anonymizers
In February I noticed that I could no longer access the EU Commission’s website using a VPN service. Most TOR servers and VPN services turned out to have been blocked, preventing millions of users from accessing essential official information. The blocking affected even the European Court of Justice’s website which provides access to the Court’s […]
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22. März 2012 um 15.02 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter Datenschutz im Staatssektor, English · Schlagworte: PCSC, USA
Press release of 22 March 2012: A German citizen has filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights concerning an intergovernmental agreement which allows an undefined number of US authorities (e.g. law enforcement, border authorities, intelligence agencies) to match fingerprints and DNA with German police databases in real-time. The Court has confirmed reception […]
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5. Oktober 2011 um 11.35 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter Datenschutz im Staatssektor, English, Juristisches, Metaowl-Watchblog · Schlagworte: PCSC, USA
Biometrics matching in Europe In 2003 the German minister of the interior Otto Schily started an initiative that led to the signing of the Prüm Convention in 2005. Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, and Belgium agreed in that convention i.e. to provide each other mutual on-line access to their police fingerprint and DNA databases. […]
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30. September 2011 um 19.31 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter Datenschutz im Staatssektor, English, Metaowl-Watchblog, Vorratsdatenspeicherung · Schlagworte: EU
On 7 September EU Commission official Cecilia Verkleij presented the state of play of the revision of the EU Data Retention Directive in Berlin. Ms Verkleij is head of the sector „Access to information“ (A.3.002) within the EU Commission’s home affairs directorate general. Her team is dealing with the revision of the EU’s unpopular 2006 […]
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28. September 2011 um 12.59 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter English, Metaowl-Watchblog · Schlagworte: anonymizers
Reports on „Hidemyass.com“ identifying users to law enforcement authorities have raised awareness of the fact that not all VPN services are anonymizers, effectively protecting your privacy on the web. Your privacy is reasonably safe only with VPN providers that do not log your IP address or other personally identifiable information when signing up for, paying […]
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13. April 2011 um 18.47 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter Datenschutz im Privatsektor, English, Internet-Unternehmen, Juristisches, Metaowl-Watchblog · Schlagworte: e-commerce directive, Telemediengesetz, Telemedienrecht
Contribution to the European Commission’s consultation on the future of electronic commerce in the internal market and the implementation of the Directive on electronic commerce (2000/31/EC): Summary of recommendations The concept of “specific” obligations of intermediaries to “prevent” illegal user action should be given up in its entirety. Intermediaries should only be required to remove […]
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11. Februar 2011 um 16.39 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter English
In the context of the proposed EU accession to the ECHR, the Commission proposes to introduce a new procedure that would allow it to seize the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) where a complaint against EU law is filed with the European Court on Human Rights. Some comments concerning the proposal: Although promising, the proposed […]
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20. Oktober 2010 um 12.34 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter English, Vorratsdatenspeicherung · Schlagworte: data retention
The EU Commission is in the process of evaluating a controversial directive 2006/24/EC that requires all Member States to compel service providers to indiscriminately collect information on any phone call, text message, e-mail or Internet connection made in the EU (data retention). An early draft evaluation report was leaked in April. The Romanian constitutional court […]
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4. August 2010 um 17.06 Uhr
· Abgelegt unter English · Schlagworte: EU, Vorschläge
The Commission is currently reviewing the data protection directive 95/46/EC. Here are some ideas on how directive 95/46 should be amended: Recital 26 says: „whereas, to determine whether a person is identifiable, account should be taken of all the means likely reasonably to be used either by the controller or by any other person to […]
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