Data-Retention Plans Worry Members of European Parliament
am 06.09.2005 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.comThe EU Observer reports about the currently ongoing discussion about the data rention plans of the EU. Several members of the European Parliament remain worried by plans to force EU telephone and service providers to store data for criminal investigations during a long period of time.Member states are currently debating measures that could be adopted in October via intergovernmental agreement (so called pillar 3 decision making process), shutting the European Parliament out.In parallel, the European …
Can the US authorities require personal information of passengers travelling on flights between Europe and the USA?
Die neue Mehrsprachigkeit / Everyone has probably heard that following the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 the USA adopted legislation requiring airlines to and from the US territory to give the American authorities electronic access to data contained in their system fo…
EDRI
strafprozess / An dieser Stelle möchte ich einmal auf European Digita Rights EDRI aufmerkam machen. Das Edri-gram kann hier abonniert werden. Es erscheint zwemal monatlich und enthält interessante Beiträge auch mit strafprozessualem Bezug. Das Inhaltsverzeichni…
EU Passes Controversial Data Retention Directive
Law & Justice / According to the directive, member states will have to store citizens phonecall data for six to 24 months, but the deal does not stipulate a maximum timeperiod, cooling anger among member states who want longer storage periods. Thedata would only det…
Do we need one and two Euro notes?
Die neue Mehrsprachigkeit / Some members of European Parliament have come up with a rather bizarre initiative – to replace the existing one and two Euro coins with noted. They claim that this will increase the growth of the European economy because this will ensure that peop…
European Institute of Technology
Law & Justice / The EU wants to create a European Institute of Technology. The idea is inspired by the American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The EU aims to stop the brain drain of the best scientists and to attract brains & investors for technology r…
Some Members of European Parliament defy Turkey on eve of entry talks
Law & Justice / Today, the European Parliament postponed the ratification of a key customs agreement with Turkey. It was an initiative of the EPP group. However, the postponement doesnt delay the start of the accession talks with Turkey, which are due to start on 3 …
European Universities Criticise European Institute of Technology Proposal
Law & Justice / EurActiv mentions that higher education stakeholders across Europe say that the operational structure currently proposed for the European Institute of Technology will lead to institutional and intellectual fragmentation of Europes universities. Previ…
European Union Law /Links bei LLRX.com
Transblawg / LLRX.com is only updated once a month nowadays, but it’s always worth looking at the old stuff - a lot of foreign legal systems discussed in English. Meanwhile Rainer Langenhan reminds me once again that there is a new set of entries out. What…
Council of Ministers Gives No Valid Reason for Legislating Behind Closed Doors
Law & Justice / The European Ombudsman has found that the EU Council of Ministers has given no valid reasons for refusing to meet in public whenever it is acting in its legislative capacity. The Council is the main decision-making body of the European Union. The om…
ECJ Annuls EU-US Data Sharing Agreement
Law & Justice / The European Court of Justice has annulled an EU-US agreement on EU handovers of air passenger data to US security agencies, and dismissed the European Commissions assurance that Washington could provide necessary privacy protection for such data.…
European Parliament Rejects Initiative on Data Retention
Law & Justice / See the new EP website for more. When you read the diffent language versions you might notice some differences.…
Zweifelhafte Sicherheit durch Biometrie
blat.antville: Simons Blawg / Peter Schaar, Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz: Der Schurkenstaat, der Terroristen unterstützt, wird seine Agenten auch mit biometriegestützten Ausweisdokumenten ausstatten können Gleichwohl geht die EU ihren Gang. Summa…
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