The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Registration Data Team makes for difficult reading. This is because, though it contains a serious attempt at complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance, it ignores fundamental criticism by European data protection authorities it has been made aware of as early as fifteen years ago. The issue at hand is that ICANN, in its role as the global guardian of the internet domain name system for generic top level domains (such as .com and .org ), requires through it sta
Two and a half years after the adoption of the guidelines confirming strong protection for net neutrality in Europe, Austrian EDRi member epicenter.works published a study on the enforcement and status quo of net neutrality. The study entitled "The Net Neutrality Situation in the EU: Evaluation of the First Two Years of Enforcement" examines whether telecom companies are violating net neutrality rules, how regulators are fulfilling their enforcement and supervision duties, and how this affects internet users across the continent. The study focuses on the most common net neutrality violation in Europe, the practice of “zero-rating”. For this purpose, epicenter.works conducted a compl
After a six-year hiatus, leading Bulgarian digital rights organisations have revived their country's version of the Big Brother Awards. Originated by EDRi member Privacy International in 1998, the concept of Big Brother Awards have been adopted by multiple civil society organisations in Europe and beyond. The event aims to increase awareness about the misuse of personal data and the harms that this can bring to individuals and society at large. On 3 February 2019, the 2018 Award winners were announced in a ceremony in Sofia: Bulgaria's parliament and the well-known educational institute Center for Education and Qualification of Pedagogical Specialists Ltd. With companies and private
ИМИТАЦИЯ ПРАВ ЧЕЛОВЕКА под редакцией Бориса Сенчукова [Данныя статья не касается тех прав человека, которые необходимы для его биологического существования] Прежде чем перейти к рассмотрению механизмов реализации прав человека, вероятно, следовало бы обратить внимание на один из аспектов функционирования законодательства: в человеческом обществе законодательные акты действуют во времени и пространстве, в то время как потребность осуществления закрепленных в них прав не ограничивается каким-либо определенным периодом времени. Право, закрепленное законодательно, регулирует эволюционирующие потребности человека, который в этом контексте может рассматриваться как 'социальное животное' или как '