Brussels will be forced to water down tough data protection rules in a move that will come as a relief to tech groups after many of the EU’s member states called for a softer approach…
A group of 40 human rights activists from around the world fear that Iceland could become “a role model for Internet censorship” if it introduces Internet filters blocking online content deemed pornographic.
“The act of censoring…
Paris, 28 February 2013 — Following an intergovernmental seminar on digital policy [fr], French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced a law “on the protection of digital rights and freedoms” for early 2014. While this announcement…
Paris, 26 February 2013 – Hadopi, the French “three strikes” administration, released yesterday a report [fr] on the fight against streaming and direct download sites. It advocates for the establishment of measures bearing a close…
Consumer watchdogs, Internet activists and European farmers are gearing up to fight the planned trade agreement between Europe and the United States. Many in Europe are worried that politicians will make backroom deals at the…
A handful of euro-deputies in the industry committee (Itre) have introduced industry-backed amendments that weaken a draft EU regulation on protecting people’s private data on the Internet. […]
“The effect of the adopted text would be…
Suspendue aux conclusions de la mission Lescure, qui rendra son rapport en avril, la Hadopi pourrait connaître bien des bouleversements. Et si elle ne disparaîtra pas à court terme, son action pourrait être diluée. […]
Privacy campaigners are up in arms about a European Parliament committee’s decision to adopt a drafted opinion on data protection that some have argued further waters down Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding’s proposed rewrite of DP…
La Mission Lescure rendra finalement son rapport en avril plutôt qu’en mars. Selon des indiscrétions, la Hadopi ne disparaîtra pas à court terme, mais son action pourrait être diluée. […]
La première étape du développement des…
*** UPDATE [01/03]: see the opinion of the ITRE committee on the proposal for a regulation on the protection of personal data ***
Paris, 21 February 2013 — One month after the terrible opinion vote of…