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Deutsch: EDSB-Stellungnahme zu Cloud Computing

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 for the use of cloud computing services in Europe.

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Deutsch: IE Domain Registry bestätigt Angriff auf DNS Nameserver

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 change had been made to the two .ie domains on an independent Registrar’s account which resulted in a change of DNS nameservers.

Nameservers ensure that when users visit a certain domain, they are pointed to the correct website on the correct server.

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Deutsch: Bringt uns die Datenschutz-Verordnung unabsichtlich "Three Strike...

The European Commission proposed a new framework for protection of personal data in the EU earlier this year. While it has been the subject of probably more lobbying than any other piece of legislation in this history of modern politics anywhere in the world, there has not been a similar upsurge in interest from citizens' groups across Europe.

While EDRi has been working hard on the Regulation and Directive proposed by the Commission, the texts are long, complex and difficult to understand.

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Deutsch: Überraschung: Facebook hält nichts von der geplanten Datenschutzvero...

Facebook has recently issued a 40-page lobbying paper with the company’s position on the proposed European data protection regulation, opposing several of its provisions.

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Deutsch: Skype gab personenbezogene Daten an privates Unternehmen weiter

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 data from Skype apparently in an illegal way.

In the file called “Operation Talang”, the Dutch police had information on two people that allegedly played a part in the attacks on websites belonging to Mastercard, VISA and Paypal by hacker collective Anonymous, foll

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Deutsch: Datenschutz als globale Herausforderung

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.

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Deutsch: Fehlgeschlagene Selbstregulierung bei der Polizei: Irische Datenschutz...

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 possible abuse of the database were identified over five years ago, leading to a self-regulatory “code of practice” being drawn up by the DPC and the Irish police force in 2007.

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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