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Please sue us
Each of the Member States of the European Union is required to incorporate European directives into national legislation. If a Member State does not obey this obligation, the European Commission can sue this country in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). But what actions can a country take if such directives force […]
Data retention law struck down – for now
And then everything went BANG: from our Twitter-timeline to the champagne bottle at our office. This morning the court annulled the data retention law. Effective immediately. But what exactly did the judge say and what will happen now?
Dutch government: Let’s keep data retention mostly unchanged
In April of this year, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the data retention directive is invalid. That alone doesn’t invalidate the Dutch implementation directly. The Dutch governments response can be summarized as “Let’s keep data retention mostly unchanged.” Here’s an update.
Someone is wrong (not just on the internet)
The Dutch government’s response to the groundbreaking decision by the European Court of Justice to invalidate the data retention directive, is shocking. Despite all the debate about the legality of data retention practices, the government wants to retain its current data retention legislation. Equally ridiculous are the arguments the government uses to support that decision. […]
Dutch Senate ‘disappointed’ with Data Retention Directive evaluation
In the same week the Dutch Senate approved a long-anticipated shortening of mandatory retention periods for internet data to six months, it published its correspondence with the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice on the Data Retention Directive evaluation by the European Commission. In a 31 May 2011 letter to the Minister, the Senate considers […]
EU privacy watchdog: Data Retention Directive unlawful
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an Opinion on the European Commission’s Evaluation Report on the Data Retention Directive. The EDPS demonstrates that the Directive violates the privacy of all EU citizens and that the evaluation report itself is flawed. This is good news for your privacy.
European Commission: Top 10 misleading statements on data retention
The European Commission adopted its evaluation report on the Data Retention Directive this week. The Commission lived down to our expectations, with the report itself and the Commissioner’s press conference producing an imaginative selection of misleading statements. The following are ten of the most egregious examples:
27c3 Congress, day 2 and 3: groundbreaking GSM hack, campaigning against data retention and we come in peace
We come in peace. The theme for the 27c3 conference in Berlin hits the needle on the head, as the expertise and enthusiasm of the hacking community will and should play a pivotal role for the good of our society in the years to come. Here’s our report of the second and third day of […]
27c3 Congress, day 1: data retention lecture, amazing people and Quake on a wind fan
If you were wondering where to find your contemporary Columbus, look no further. At 27c3, the 27th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, around 3.500 coders of cyberspace from around the world are gathered to explore unknown avenues of the New World, share their knowledge and have some serious lolz : ) Today our report of […]
Data Retention Directive evaluation: expect the unexpected?
The evaluation of the controversial Data Retention Directive takes an unexpected turn, for the worse. At a crucial one-day conference in Brussels, aimed at gathering input for the evaluation, long-term critic of the Directive Commissioner Malmström (Home Affairs) surprisingly announced that ‘data retention is here to stay’.
[VIDEO] Privacy in the age of data
8 november sprak Axel Arnbak bij een Mobile Monday Amsterdam die helemaal in het teken stond van Data. In zijn verhaal gaat hij in op de betekenis van privacy in een tijd waarin data centraal staan. Weet jij hoeveel keer per dag data over jou wordt opgeslagen? En weet je wat de overeenkomsten zijn tussen […]
Bits of Freedom strikes again: Dutch government cancels national database on bank data
After facing enormous pressure from the media, civil society and several MPs, The Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice announced that it will not develop a national database or search engine containing bank data of all Dutch citizens. The Dutch digital rights organization Bits of Freedom discovered plans to this end in one of 27 […]