Invasive, Illusory, Illegal, and Illegitimate
am 24.09.2004 von blat.antville: Simons Blawg
Privacy International responds to the European Commission on Data Retention.
Background and …
Windmühlen
blat.antville: Simons Blawg / Law and Reality - Karl Friedrich Lenz kommentiert The folly of legislating against software patents by Craig Opperman (IAM - Intellectual Asset Management, pdf). Zusammenfassung: Wenn die Wirklichkeit die Gesetzgebung längst überholt hat,
Data-Retention Plans Worry Members of European Parliament
Law & Justice / The 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 investig
Lenz und Creative Commens
Handakte WebLAWg / Karl-Friedrich Lenz is my favorite commentator on the Creative Commons licenses and has been a big influence on my approach to the licenses. He also has a great sense of style and humor when analyzing legal issues. Here are two recent examples…
The Future of Privacy
Law & Justice / Bruce Schneier published a very interesting essay on his blog The Future of Privacy where he also refers to privacy legislation in the European Union: (...) Were never going to stop the march of technology, but we can enact legislation to protect o
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.
No EU-agreement on keeping anti-terror data records
Law & Justice / The current proposal pushing toward keeping records of phone and internet communication was blocked. The telecom companies protested because they face huge costs. A European Commission justice spokesperson, said to the EuObserver that the general op
Google-Spamming mit Partnerprogramm
LAWgical / Gerade habe ich über Google nach dem (sehr empfehlenswerten) e-Book Lernstrategie Jura (136 S. PDF) von Karl-Friedrich Lenz gesucht. Erstes Google-Suchergebnis (lenz lernstrategie jura) ist eine sehr clevere Seite: Sie enthält im HTML-Quelltext meh
Privacy International
blat.antville: Simons Blawg / Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. PI has conducted campaigns a
Access to Data at ISP
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Piercing the layers of personal data protection in Germany, and much of the European Union, depends on the statute that applies to the origin, type and location of data. Generally, the law of personal information is person-cen
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
Nanotechnology Law
Law & Justice / I just came across a very interesting new blog about something that is new to me: Nanotechnology Law! The author of this blog, Mohamad Mova Al Afghani, writes about nanotechnology and law. Whats specific to nanotechnology law ? Now, does Nanotechn
European Commission wants EU loyalty oath for immigrants
Law & Justice / Elaib Harvey already wrote about it on his blog England Expects and in The Brussels Journal. Todays EU-Observer also brings the story, quoting EU justice commissioner Mr. Franco Frattini, presenting (on 01/09/2005) the EUs package of proposals aim
Reservierte .eu-Domains
domainblog / können durchaus aus der Reserve gelockt werden, teilt EURid im Aktuellen Newsletter mit:With a good reason it is possible to ask for reserved names The European Commission has reserved a number of .eu domain names that are consequently not avail
American Companies Are More Advanced in Personal Information Protection
Law & Justice / According to a new study (pdf ) undertaken by the Ponemon Institute for White & Case, American companies are more advanced in protecting personal information than companies in the European Union. This may come as a surprise in light of Directive 95/4
Call for Papers: Privacy
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Privacy issues, criminal considerations, data protection obligations and a variety of other legal issues affect efforts to protect technical systems against gainst invasions. Systems such as honeypots, used to analyze unauthor
Market Access Database
Weblawg.de / ...The Market Access Database is an important operational tool of the European Unions Market Access Strategy, supporting a continuous three-way exchange of information between: the EU institutions, Member States and European business. The Market Acc
