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Deutsch: VDS in Österreich: Verfassungsgericht wendet sich an Europäischen Ge...

The Austrian Constitutional Court has reservations that the EU Directive on the Retention of Data could be incompatible with the European Charter of Fundamental Rights.

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Deutsch: Zunehmende Überwachung des Internets in Russland

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 (the lower chamber of the Parliament) seems determined to apply state and legislative actions that would limit freedom of speech and the dissemination of information on the Internet.

Thus, the final section of the Russian “Law on the Protection of Children from Information Detrim

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Deutsch: Slowakei: Verfassungsklage gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung eingereic...

The group of Slovak MPs filed the complaint against the data retention before the Slovak Constitutional Court on 9 October 2012.

They requested the Constitutional Court to rule on the local implementation of the data retention and scrutinize its conformity with the Slovak Constitution.

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Deutsch: Freiheit statt Angst 2012

The 4-day "Freedom Not Fear 2012" (FNF 2012) event came to a successful end on Monday, 17 September 2012.

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Deutsch: Tschechien: Vorratsdatenspeicherung beinahe wieder in Kraft

Nationwide preventive monitoring of electronic communication finds its way back into the Czech legal system. The original act was repealed in 2011 by the Constitutional Court – however, a new one is waiting only for the President's signature.

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Deutsch: Britisches Schnüffelgesetz könnte Standpunkt der EU-Kommission wider...

The plans of the UK government of increasing the police online surveillance powers under the draft Communications Data Bill (CDB), also known as the “Snoopers’ Chart”, might come into contradiction with the European Commission’s position on citizens’ rights.

If approved, CDB will place innocent citizens under continuous surveillance having all their communications and online activity monitored, all of the time.

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Deutsch: ENDitorial: Vorratsdatenspeicherung – den Mutigen gehört die Welt

Six years ago, as a result of pressure from the UK, the European Union adopted the Data Retention Directive. The measure was intended to harmonise the EU single market for telecommunications, requiring all EU operators to retain data for the purposes of “investigation, detection and prosecution of serious crime,” including terrorism.

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Deutsch: Österreich: Parlament ignoriert Bürgerinitiative zur Vorratsdatenspe...

The Austrian Working Group on Data Retention counters the lack of responsiveness to citizens' political participation with even more participation.

Albeit gaining support of over 100 000 citizens, the Austrian citizens' petition against data retention has been deferred to the Parliament Justice Committee by the Petition Committee.