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Deutsch: Preisverleihung des European Civil Society Data Protection Award

WHERE: The award ceremony will take place on 28 January 2010 at the Kaaitheater (20 square Sainctelette 1000 Bruxelles)

WHEN: during a Pecha Kucha (a series of 13 presentations that each last 6 minutes). The Pecha Kucha event starts around 8 pm. Then, there is a break at around 9.20 and it ends at 11 pm.

The Award ceremony will take place just after the break.

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Deutsch: Bankdatenabkommen unter schwerem Beschuss der EU-Abgeordneten

The debate on the bank data ("SWIFT") agreement in the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs yesterday and today showed a clear conflict between parliamentarians on the one side and the EU Council as well as the European Commission on the other side.

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Deutsch: Irisches Gesetz für eine DNA-Datenbank

The Irish Government has announced that it will publish legislation this week to set up a national DNA database. The Bill follows a 2005 Report of the Law Reform Commission on Establishment of a DNA Database but was delayed by the European Court of Human Rights action in S and Marper vs. the United Kingdom and has since been revised in light of that case.

The legislation proposes to allow Gardaí (Police) to forcibly take samples (such as hair, saliva, nail clippings or blood) from those suspected of committing a criminal offence carrying a possible sentence of five years imprisonment or more.

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Deutsch: Die EU denkt über Ganzkörperscanner an Flughäfen nach

On 7 January 2010, a discussion tool place in Brussels on the necessity of introducing full-body scanners in European airports. Some of the European countries such as Italy, UK and The Netherlands had already announced their intention to install such technology in their airports.

The US is pressing Europe on taking such additional security measures following the reported attempt of a Nigerian man to blow up a U.S.

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Deutsch: EDRis Standpunkt zum Datenschutz

EDRi submitted a response to the consultation on the legal framework for the fundamental right to protection of personal data.

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Deutsch: Datenschutzbeauftragter sorgt sich um erweiterte Befugnisse der Agentu...

Although not opposed to the creation by the European Commission of a security agency that would be in charge of EU visa and asylum databases, EDPS Peter Hustinx issued an opinion on 7 December 2009 showing his concern related to the expansion of the agency powers.

The Commission has proposed the creation of an agency that would run the databases used for the Schengen Information System (SIS II) on cross-border travel within the EU, the Visa Information System and EURODAC, the asylum seeker database.

Hustinx is worried because the Commission's proposal says th

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Deutsch: AEDH und EDRi rufen den “European Civil Society Data Protection Awar...

AEDH (European Association for the Defence of Human rights) and EDRi (European Digital Rights) is launching the first edition of the European Civil Society Data Protection Award (ECSDPA). The prize aims at rewarding positive initiatives contributing to the visibility and effectiveness of the right to privacy and to the protection of personal data in Europe.

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Deutsch: Rechtliche Klagen und Petition gegen zweite französische „Horror-Da...

The French coalition of groups, associations, trade unions and political parties from the opposition is making it clear after its first successful 'No to EDVIGE' in 2008 led to the withdrawal of the EDVIGE intelligence database by the French government, after a massive citizen mobilization (more than 220.000 signatures of a first petition, including almost 1200 signatures from organizations, legal complaints, demonstrations, and all possible democratic forms of protest).