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The 23 replies to the questionnaire show that: - 17 countries make it mandatory for their citizens to have an ID card, four do not; - 13 countries issue traditional ID cards, eight issue cards containing contact and/or RFID chips, two countries do not issue ID cards (Norway, UK).
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The 4in stick contains more than 2,000 pages of highly-sensitive and confidential information ­intended to be seen only by senior officers.
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In its decision in summary proceedings, the court states that it is only possible to grant a blocking order with regard to The Pirate Bay if Brein also shows that Ziggo's customers are using The Pirate Bay to infringe copyright. Brein did not prove this and blocking The Pirate Bay would affect all Ziggo's subscribers and not just the ones using The Pirate Bay.
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The text was adopted with 484 votes in favour and 109 against. The supporters of the current version claim that the new text was significantly improved by gaining a number of important concessions from the US. These include the limitation of bulk data being transfer to the US or the role of Europol in overseeing the transfer process.
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This year the event gathered more than 300 representatives from all domains: private and public sector, civil society or media. Other 60 Internet participants joined the event and interacted mainly through the 10 remote participation hubs organized in other European cities.
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Ziggo has announced that it will not cooperate with the request, which means that Brein will likely request the court to order this.
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This alarming characterization, which was commonly employed by members of the George W. Bush administration, has also been used by some Obama advisers, including the counterterrorism specialist Bruce Riedel.
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When the European Union first passed the Data Retention Directive in 2006, despite a hard-fought campaign by European activists, it seemed like the beginning of the end for Internet privacy. The directive sought to require telecommunications service providers operating in Europe to retain a detailed history of each of their customers' activity for up to 2 years for possible use by law enforcement; including phone calls made and emails sent and received.
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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.
]]> Tue Feb 16 12:13:04 CET 2010 http://www.bigbother.eu
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).
]]> Mon Feb 1 13:49:39 CET 2010 http://www.bigbother.eu
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.
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