Privacy
EU governments keep increasing requests to Google for private data
30 January, 2013
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Deutsch: Google Transparenzbericht: Zahl der Datenabfragen erneut gestiegen
According to Google's latest Transparency Report released on 24 January 2013, EU governments’ requests for users’ IP addresses, Internet browsing history, email communications or documents have dramatically increased during the last three years.
An introduction to Data Protection
30 January, 2013
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Deutsch: Einführung in den Datenschutz
EDRi launched the booklet "An introduction to Data Protection" on 28 January 2013, the European Data Protection day.
The booklet is intended to provide an overview of some of the key issues and jargon surrounding data protection in the digital environment: from "what is personal data" to anonymisation, profiling, big data and cloud computing.
At its core, data protection is about preserving a fundamental right that is reflected in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Council of Europe Convention 108, as well as other international agreements and na
US lobbying against the data protection reform intensifies
17 January, 2013
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The United States authorities have produced another lobbying document to influence the European Union's decision making on European citizens' fundamental right to privacy and data protection.
Strangely, the document itself is not on headed paper and contains no authorship information. All of the lobbying documents produced so far have been in support of the positions taken by large US corporations and the adoption of US-style weak privacy protections in Europe.
Is the Commission’s report on Swift agreement biased?
16 January, 2013
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Deutsch: [SWIFT: Ist der Bericht der Kommission inkorrekt?
State German DPA threatens to fine Facebook for opposing anonymity
16 January, 2013
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Deutsch: ULD geht gegen Facebook vor
Germany’s ULD (Data Protection Authority - DPA in the German state Schleswig-Holstein) issued in December 2012 orders threatening Facebook Inc. USA and Facebook Ltd.
Major data leak at the Belgium railway company
16 January, 2013
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Deutsch: Schwere Datenpanne bei der belgischen Bahn
At the end of December 2012, the personal data of more than one million customers of the Belgian train company SNCB Europe were available on-line, at a simple query in a search engine. The data contained in the SNCB database included names, email addresses and even, in some cases, phone numbers and home addresses.
Irish EU Council Presidency proposes destruction of right to privacy
16 January, 2013
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Deutsch: Irische EU-Ratspräsidentschaft empfiehlt Abbau des Rechts auf Privats...
The Irish Presidency of the European Council has distributed a "discussion paper" on the protection of citizens' personal data ahead of this week's Justice and Home Affairs Council in Dublin. As the first Presidency in this “European Year of the Citizen”, we had every reason to expect the Irish to produce novel ways of protecting citizens.
Privacy Camp: civil society warm-up for the CPDP
16 January, 2013
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The Privacy Camp is an event in Brussels on privacy and data protection challenges and possibilities in Europe, launched by European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Law, Science, Technology and Society research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB-LSTS) and the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis (FUSL).
This event is a free-to-attend pre-conference of the
Computers, Privacy & Data Protection, on 23, 24, 25 January 2013.
Facultes universitaires Saint-Louis (FUSL)
Rue du Marais 119
1000 Brussels
When?
22 January 2013. The event starts at 11:00 and finishes at 18:00.
