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German Court rejects Data retention ! Civil liberties group call for Civil liberties activists call for the political end to retention of telecommunications data

The German Constitutional court declared the data retention law as unconstitutional, in a landmark decision given today 2.03.2010. After data retention ruling: Civil liberties activists call for political end to retention of telecommunications data +++ Data retention opposed by 70% of German population +++ European Citizens’ Initiative for repealing the EU directive on data retention announced +++ [...] 

WIPO Broadcast treaty resurrected in Council of Europe

Article published in EDRi-gram 8.3 On January 28 and 29, the Council of Europe held a consultation meeting on the launch of work on a new international instrument that would create neighbouring rights for broadcasting organisations. The purpose of this initiative is to take up the work of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) which, following [...] 

Belgian transposition of the Data Retention Directive

Article published in EDRi-gram 8.3 The transposition of the Data Retention Directive in Belgium has remained stagnant for a long time. Following a public consultation in May 2008 on a first draft law proposal and draft royal decree to transpose this Directive into Belgian law, a broad group of organisations voiced a strong position against the [...]