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Online privacy
How do you protect the online privacy of your children?
What can you do as a parent to prevent too much information about your child being exposed online?
The impact of technology on our freedoms
Is there another way of looking at technology? How is technology impacting our freedoms? And what can we do to make things better? We answered each of these three questions in a 10-minute talk for IT Talent College about the current state of privacy and technology.
A story about identity theft: ‘Stolen’
We acquired this story from C.D. Hermelin, a young man who sits in the park and writes stories for a fee using his old school typewriter. The internet, labeling him a “fucking hipster” with his “analogue nonsense”, turned him into a meme, but couldn’t break him. After seeing Roving Typist, the film that was made […]
One year after Snowden
Wat al jarenlang werd bevreesd, bleek het afgelopen jaar ook bewaarheid: onze digitale communicatie wordt op grote schaal afgeluisterd, opgeslagen en geanalyseerd door een groot aantal “democratische rechtsstaten”. Samen met bijna dertig collega-organisaties heeft Bits of Freedom in kaart gebracht wat er sindsdien is veranderd. Als er al iets is veranderd.
DigiNotar breach leads to grave security concerns
A breach in the computer systems of Dutch certificate company DigiNotar led to grave concerns regarding the security of internet users in Iran and Dutch government communications. On 2 September 2011, the Dutch government denounced their trust in certificates issued by DigiNotar after the discovery of fraudulent certificates. It advised Dutch citizens not to log […]
Translations of key Dutch internet freedom provisions
As we recently mentioned on this blog, the Dutch parliament launched crucial internet freedom legislation. Since we hope that other countries are inspired and launch their own legislation, we translated the key provisions into English.
Netherlands launches internet freedom legislation
A broad majority in the Dutch parliament voted for crucial legislative proposals to safeguard an open and secure internet in The Netherlands. The Netherlands is the first country in Europe to introduce a net neutrality law. In addition, provisions were launched protecting users against disconnection and wiretapping by providers. Digital rights movement Bits of Freedom […]
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.
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’.