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It is clear that the negotiators are pushing for ACTA to compile some of the most dangerous provisions regarding online "intellectual property rights", and especially copyright.
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The document covers moves to bring about self-regulatory measures by ISPs to introduce "three strikes" systems, the relationship of ACTA with the existing EU regulatory framework and the potential wider impact of ACTA on fundamental rights.
]]> Wed Feb 24 12:54:39 CET 2010 http://www.bigbother.eu
BAA, the biggest UK airport operator, said its staff had been trained in behavioural profiling to spot out unusual attitudes in the passengers such as nervousness or agitation as going through the terminal. The passengers could also be flagged up to security staff by the information on their boarding cards stated BAA which took this opportunity to emphasize that sensitive intelligence data were necessary in airports in order to support such security measures.
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A survey commissioned by Haraszti's office, analyzing Turkey's Internet Law in force since 2007, has shown that based on the respective law, the Turkish authorities were able to block the access to Internet of about 3700 websites. These sites included foreign websites such as YouTube, Geocities, DailyMotion and Google, blocked by court orders and administrative blocking orders issued by the Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TIB).
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Dr Kieron O'Hara has called for people to be more aware of the impact on society of what they publish online.
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Business, Innovation & Skills Minister Lord Peter Mandelson confirmed on 25 October 2009 the intention of the UK government to go on with the planned legislation to cut off allegedly illegal Internet downloaders, that was already announced in August 2009.
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The hearing follows a Guardian investigation that revealed allegations that the programme, whose public aim is to prevent Muslims from being lured into violent extremism, is being used to gather intelligence about innocent people not suspected of involvement in terrorism.
]]> Tue Oct 27 13:59:04 CET 2009 http://www.bigbother.eu
By-passing the French Parliament, the Minister of Interior Brice Hortefeux introduced the two new decrees by practically splitting the former EDVIGE decree which was withdrawn by the Government at the end of 2008, thus creating two clones of the rejected project, as EDRi-member IRIS (Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire) explains.
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According to the European Union Directive 2006/24/EC, all member states must make sure that telecommunication providers operating within their borders retain data that can be used to identify communications for a period between six months and two years. More specifically, the retained information must identify the source, destination, time and duration of a communication, as well as the type and location of the equipment used.
]]> Thu Oct 15 14:26:26 CEST 2009 http://www.bigbother.eu
According to Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Founder and Director of Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK), there are at present more than 6000 websites blocked in Turkey including known sites such as YouTube, WordPress, GoogleGroups and Sites, DailyMotion and others. Some of the sites are blocked by court orders while most of them are blocked by administrative blocking orders issued by the Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TIB).
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Headquartered in Crystal City, Virginia, just outside Washington, the FBI’s National Security Branch Analysis Center (NSAC) maintains a hodgepodge of data sets packed with more than 1.5 billion government and private-sector records about citizens and foreigners, the documents show, bringing the government closer than ever to implementing the “Total Information Awareness” system first dreamed up by the Pentagon in the days following the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Its main objectives include the "automatic detection of threats and abnormal behaviour or violence".
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LIBE members have shown concern about the legal basis for the agreement and about that fact that the European Parliament has been kept out of the negotiations, and are asking to be involved in the drafting of the agreement.
]]> Thu Sep 10 9:33:51 CEST 2009 http://www.bigbother.eu
The law, initially intended to deal with organised crime and terrorism, allows the police and other enforcement agencies to demand from a person passwords, encryption keys or a clear text transcript of encrypted texts. Failure to comply can result in two years imprisonment for cases not involving national security, or five years for terrorism or similar offences. The required data can be even several years old.
]]> Mon Sep 7 15:13:16 CEST 2009 http://www.bigbother.eu
The internal police report found the million-plus cameras in London rarely help catch criminals.
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