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EU warns governments against banning Uber and Airbnb
by Fabio Chiusi June 3, 2016

June 3, 2016

http://venturebeat.com/2016/05/31/eu-warns-governments-against-banning-uber… F. Inviato da iPhone

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Irish Data Protection Authority to Refer Legality of Model Clauses to CJEU
by Alberto Cammozzo June 2, 2016

June 2, 2016

With the Privacy Shield on hold, EU Model Clauses are the principal legal means under which personal data transfers from Europe to the US are occurring. However, those too are under attack by privacy advocates. On May 25, 2016, the Irish Data Protection Authority issued a press release stating its intention to seek declaratory relief in the Irish High Court and a referral to the CJEU to determine the legal status of data transfers under Standard Contractual Clauses. At issue is the continued mass surveillance by the U.S. government, the same basis on which the Safe Harbor arrangement was struck down. [...] <http://blogs.dlapiper.com/privacymatters/irish-data-protection-authority-to…>

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Lunedì di Ermes - Spettro radio e 5G: criticità e sfide
by ermes＠unina.it June 2, 2016

June 2, 2016

Chiarissimi professori e gentili colleghi, Ho piacere di invitarVi per conto del Direttore del Centro Ermes (Centro Europeo di Ricerca sui Media per la Società dell'Informazione), prof.ssa Giovanna De Minico, al terzo dei 'Lunedì di Ermes', su 'Spettro radio e 5G: criticità e sfide', il 6 giugno 2016, ore 15.00, al Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell'Università Federico II di Napoli, corso Umberto I, 40, in Aula Guarino. Si confronteranno in un seminario informale due ingegneri, prof. L. Paura e dott.ssa A.S. Cacciapuoti, e una giurista, dott.ssa M. Avvisati. Per ulteriori informazioni, rinvio al programma su http://www.ermes.unina.it/index.php/it/ o Vi invito a contattarci all'indirizzo ermes(a)unina.it. Con l'occasione, segnalo che nella sezione 'progetti' del sito www.ermes.unina.it sono disponibili riprese audio integrali e materiali di approfondimento dei precedenti incontri. Cordialmente, Maria Francesca De Tullio

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Quadrature: "DIRECTIVE ON TERRORISM: THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AGAINST OUR FREEDOMS"
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 2, 2016

June 2, 2016

* Press Release TAGS : SURVEILLANCE, NET FILTERING, TERRORISM, MONIKA HOHLMEIER La Quadrature du Net -- For immediate release Permanent link: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament-ag… [1] DIRECTIVE ON TERRORISM: THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AGAINST OUR FREEDOMS Paris, 1st June 2016 -- Far from the French and European media spotlights, a draft directive on terrorism [2] is being discussed at the European Parliament and will be voted on 15 June. This directive, aiming to frame the European counter-terrorism policies and laws, is crucial for Europeans to enjoy their fundamental rights. But the current political discussions and negotiations would lead to widespread fiasco on freedoms and to an alignment of the worst policies violating civil rights, especially on the Internet, through censorship and surveillance. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) must redress the balance and strengthen the safeguards provided for the European citizens. The draft [3] directive on terrorism was presented in December 2015 by the European Commission. Initially, it was aiming at giving collective definitions and an harmonised framework to ease the cooperation between countries in the fight against terrorism and against its financing and to provide assistance to victims. However, under the authority of the rapporteur Monika Hohlmeier [4] (EPP - DE1 [5]), and with the support or pressures of governments (especially French government), the text become more stricter at the European Parliament and is heading towards a framework for the whole European Union where the fight against terrorism will pick up from everything La Quadrature du Net has been denouncing in France for 2 years: censorship of websites, attacks against encryption and right to privacy, heavy electronic surveillance and lack of safeguards for civil rights. AT WHICH POINT ARE THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT? The text will be voted by the Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE [6]) on 15 June. This vote is crucial, it is where that the almost final version of the text will be adopted. The amendments currently in discussion need to be inspected every day to see where the provisions get better or worse. The power balance is bad for civil rights advocates. * the rapporteur Monika Hohlmeier [4] (EPP - DE) supports since the beginning a hard line, continually strengthening surveillance and censorship measures; * the social-democrat left (S&D), represented by the shadow [7] rapporteur Caterina Chinnici [8] (S&D - IT), is in a wait-and-see approach. France is pressuring French socialist MEPs to endorse all the provisions tabled by the right-wing group and the rapporteur doesn't seem to have any intention to oppose the serious infringement of rights in the text; * the centrist group (ALDE) carries a tradition of protecting civil rights at the European Parliament. To us , the shadow rapporteur Petr Jezek [9] (ALDE - CZ) seems too shy and needs to get more involved against the EPP - S&D security alliance; * on the Greens side, Eva Joly [10] (Greens/EFA - FR) knows as a determined opponent to the French Surveillance Law and whose political family opposed attacks on freedom of speech and surveillance, seem to be off topic and does not oppose the worst provisions of the text. We need her political group to take hold of the position for the Greens; * only Cornelia Ernst [11] (GUE/NGL - DE) is clearly opposed to the provisions of the text and is in favour of the defence of civil rights. The situation is fragile: because of the moral and media pressure of the terrorist risk, because of the pressure from governments (France in particular) who want to cover their existing legislation in that directive, the text is about to create a sort of umbrella legislation too wide and not enough protective, and yet still targeting the Internet and fundamental rights. WHICH MEASURES OF THIS DRAFT DIRECTIVE ARE TARGETED BY LA QUADRATURE ? La Quadrature du Net focused specifically on the compromise amendments2 [12] currently discussed. They affect fundamental rights on the Internet and in electronic communications. Therefore, this is not the whole the directive. CONCERNING THE INFRINGEMENT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION The compromise amendments 6 [13] (recital 7a and article 14a) aims to establish all "measures to block access to webpages publicly inciting to commit terrorist offences". It clearly opens the door to websites blocking, which is a heavy infringement of freedom of speech and freedom of information. And this without being actually efficient to fight terrorism, as the French experience shows [14] since its implementation 18 months ago. The text of the amendment does not foresee either any guarantee of effective lega appeal nor any framing of this censorship by a judge. This brings the European text closer to the French legislative framework and because other European countries are ordered to apply these measures, it will make them fall into the same trap: non-transparent censorship, non-existing guarantees, marginal results. In addition to encourage this kind of measures for Europe, when they were only a French exception so far, MEPs suggest also that companies should be held for responsible if they do not cooperate by deleting content or blocking websites3 [15]. The last versions of the text required that websites remove all the content following a request, without any guarantee, under penalty of prosecutions. This is simply a destruction of the fragile balance between responsibility of online content and fundamental rights4 [16]. ON ENCRYPTION AND ELECTRONIC EVIDENCES The compromise amendment 10 establishing a recital 15b deals with cooperation between Member States, Eurojust and Europol to collect, share and make admissible electronic evidence5 [17], which means that it applies to investigations and surveillance over networks. Now the text is too vague. If cooperation between Member States can only be encouraged, the current text is too vague. The amendments tabled by the rapporteur at the beginning of the study of the text explicitly quoted Tor, VPNs and other privacy protection tools as obstacles to investigations. If these tools are no longer explicitly mentioned, it promises dangerous future provisions. At a minimum, we should support these provisions with a clear definition of the right to respect for privacy and the right to confidentiality of electronic communications, reasserting the right to [18] encryption, the right to anonymity and the right to use pseudonyms (see proposal [19] La Quadrature du Net on surveillance). ON NOTIONS OF ASSISTANCE AND COMPLICITY The compromise amendment 4 concerns the assistance and complicity to perpetration of terrorist infractions. Especially, recital 11 and article 16 are not sufficiently clear on the notion of intention, leaving a large leeway for interpretations. Knowing that tools, in particular encryption tools, can be used by terrorists cannot be sufficient to turn those who make and share those tools into accomplices. It is absolutely necessary to clarify the notion of complicity and implies that the accomplice has the intention to give an assistance to the person directly involved with the infraction. What would become a person that published a encrypted chat service? What kind of responsibility is foreseen for a service such as Tor? LA QUADRATURE DU NET REGRETS THE ESCALATION OF PROPOSALS APPROVING INTERNET CENSORSHIP AND EXTREMELY INVASIVE SURVEILLANCE MEASURES WITHOUT ANY SAFEGUARDS. BY NATURE, THIS TEXT WILL BE USED AS A FRAMEWORK AND GOAL FOR ALL COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. IT SHOULD THEREFORE BE STRICTLY CONTROLLED TO PREVENT ANY DEVIATION AND ANY ESCALATION OF SURVEILLANCE INFRINGING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, PILLAR OF THE VALUES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. _"IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR MEPS OF THE LIBE COMMITTEE TO RESTRICT THE APPETITE FOR SECURITY OF THE RAPPORTEUR HOHLMEIER AND TO RESIST THE WISHES OF COUNTRIES ALREADY ENGAGED IN THIS SPIRAL, LIKE FRANCE, WHO THUS SEEK TO VALIDATE THEIR DANGEROUS STRATEGIES "_ says Agnès de Cornulier, in charge of legal and political analysis at La Quadrature du Net. Read our analysis [20] of the next of the directive on our wiki. Follow compromise amendments [13] on our wiki. * 1. [21] Usually MEPs are represented by the political group they belong to [22], here the EPP, and by their Member State, here Germany * 2. [23] Once the rapporteur presented his/her report (it means the amendments he/she wants to submit to the vote) each MEPs is allowed to submit amendments to the text too. Then after several meetings between the rapporteur and the shadow rapporteurs, lead away from prying ears, the rapporteur presents the compromise amendments but without publishing the different versions and saying a word about the negotiations. This leave the field free to undemocratic practices. * 3. [24] This provision was proposed by Rachida Dati during the preparation of her report [25] about terrorism which was adopted by the European Parliament on 3 November 2015 * 4. [26] Meanwhile the European ombudsman publicly worries about the opacity of the discussions between governments, EUROPOL and big internet companies within the_Internet Forum_ define the rules of the fight against hate speech outside any legal framework and without inviting the civil society. This was denounced by EDRI [27] * 5. [28] Written evidence is, according to the French Law [29], defined as resulting "a sequence of letters, characters, numbers or any other signs or symbols endowed with an intelligible meaning, whatever their support and transmission procedure". The evidence is used to show the validity of an agreement, a charge, etc. The written proof includes electronic evidence ABOUT LA QUADRATURE DU NET La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that defends the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. > In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the digital age. La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. List of supporting organisations: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net [30] PRESS CONTACT AND PRESS ROOM contact(a)laquadrature.net - +33 (0)972 294 426 https://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room [31] _To unsubscribe, click here [32]_ _La Quadrature du Net 60, rue des Orteaux Paris, 75020 _ Links: ------ [1]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament-… [2]http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1464696371949&uri=CELEX:52015PC0625 [3]http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52015PC0625&rid=1 [4]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96780/MONIKA_HOHLMEIER_home.html [5]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament-… [6]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/libe/home.html [7]https://wiki.laquadrature.net/Glossaire#Shadow_rapporteur [8]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124861/CATERINA_CHINNICI_home.html [9]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124707/PETR_JEZEK_home.html [10]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96883/EVA_JOLY_home.html [11]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96852/CORNELIA_ERNST_home.html [12]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament… [13]https://wiki.laquadrature.net/Directive_Terrorisme/Amendements_LIBE/en [14]https://wiki.laquadrature.net/Directive_Terrorisme/en#Net_censorship_and… [15]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament… [16]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament… [17]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament… [18]https://blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/libres-enfants-du-numerique/article/050215/le-droit-lanonymat-et-au-chiffrement [19]https://www.laquadrature.net/fr/node/9519 [20]https://wiki.laquadrature.net/Directive_Terrorisme/en [21]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament… [22]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/hemicycle.html [23]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament… [24]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament… [25]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/mep-committee-libe-dati-report [26]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament… [27]https://edri.org/commission-under-investigation-eu-internet-forum/ [28]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/terrorisme-directive-european-parliament… [29]https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006165596&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070721 [30]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net [31]https://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room [32]http://www.laquadrature.net/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=186&qid=6…

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Fwd: cloud Pa ed enti 10 giugno 2016
by Mauro Alovisio June 2, 2016

June 2, 2016

Gent.me/mi segnalo interessebte seminario ad oggetto: *Cloud: le opportunità per PA e imprese * Il prossimo 10 giugno l'Osservatorio Cloud & ICT as a Service, in collaborazione con il CSI Piemonte, organizza il Workshop "Cloud: le opportunità per la PA e le imprese del territorio", rivolto a tutte le imprese e alle Pubbliche Amministrazioni interessate a conoscere e approfondire il tema del Cloud come fonte di vantaggio e opportunità di innovazione. L'incontro sarà inoltre l'occasione per approfondire lo stato dell'arte della piattaforma Cloud regionale realizzata da CSI, attraverso le testimonianze dirette da parte degli enti pubblici e delle aziende che si fanno promotori e fruitori della piattaforma. Per chi lo desidera, è anche possibile partecipare alla visita al Data Center del CSI. La partecipazione è gratuita. Per programma dettagliato e iscrizioni basta visitare il sito dell'Osservatorio Cloud & ICT as a Service del Politecnico di Milano <http://bit.ly/247qHkq%20>. http://www.csipiemonte.it/web/it/magazine/news/brevi/1175-cloud-le-opportun… Buona festa della repubblica Mauro Alovisio

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Facebook’s Troubling One-Way Mirror - NYTimes.com
by J.C. DE MARTIN June 2, 2016

June 2, 2016

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/23/business/facebooks-troubling-one-way-m… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Council of Europe studio su filtering and removal of Internet content
by Alessandro Mantelero June 1, 2016

June 1, 2016

Council of Europe Comparative study in respect of filtering, blocking and take-down of illegal content on the Internet in the 47 member States of the Organisation http://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/secretary-general-concerned-about-intern… http://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/study-filtering-blocking-and-t… -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero EMAIL POLICY: twice a day (Mon-Fri)

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FW: First CfP of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity
by Luca Belli June 1, 2016

June 1, 2016

Buongiorno a tutti. Per chi fosse interessato: Dear all, It is a pleasure to announce the First Call for Papers of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. Feel free to share this CfP through your networks The CfP is also available here https://dc3.libre.social/Report01OpenCall Best Luca IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3) First DC3 Report Call for Papers Background: The need for a Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3) emerged during the IGF workshop 223 "Community Networks: a Revolutionary Paradigm", held in João Pessoa, during the 10th IGF. Workshop participants agreed on the potential of community networks in order to promote sustainable Internet connectivity and foster the full enjoyment of fundamental rights such as freedom of expression and self-determination. Participants stressed the need to move forward the discussion on community networks (CN) and further analyse how such networks may help create sustainable Internet connectivity while empowering Internet users. During the workshop, consensus emerged with regard to the need for international cooperation aimed at creating synergy and coordination amongst different CN. Such cooperation may be particularly useful in order to identify: · good practices for the development and maintenance of CNs; · sustainable organisational, legal and financial models for CNs; · efficient software and hardware technology for CNs. To address the aforementioned and foster cooperation, many participants expressed interest with regard to the establishment of a new IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. Call: The Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity, established under the auspices of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, invites all interested individuals to submit position papers analysing the issues of connectivity and community networking, with particular regard to existing CN experiences. Suggested topics include analyses of, inter alia: · Case studies of existing CN; · Public policies fostering CN; · Examples of efforts aimed at creating synergies/communication amongst different CN and other initiatives alike; · Taxonomies of CN (e.g. rural CN, urban CN, etc.) and good practices that can make such categories of CN efficient and resilient both from a technical, legal and organizational perspective; · Best practices and worst practices as regards national and international policies and legislation that facilitate or hinder the deployment of community networks; · Strategies to promote the deployment of CN in remote areas. Submission Guidelines: Research papers, including analytical and theoretical papers, position papers, or case studies will be considered for inclusion in the report, even if they have been previously published. The length of the submissions should be between 2500 and 5000 words. To facilitate the reviewing process, papers should not include author names or other information that would help identify the authors. All papers shall be in English or Spanish language. Citation should be in APA 6 style and authors shall use footnotes rather than endnotes. Submissions are due on 20th July 2016. They should include the following elements: · Title · Short abstract (250 words) · First draft of the submitted paper · Author’s name, afﬁliation and short bibliographical note (in the body of the email) Submissions should be sent to luca.belli(a)fgv.br Authors will be notiﬁed within approximately 10 days from the deadline as to the status of their contributions. All submitted papers will be subject to peer review. Every author submitting a paper will be asked to peer review another submission, which will be judged according to the novelty of the contribution, the theoretical soundness and the quality of presentation. Authors will be given the opportunity to improve their contributions based on peer comments. Selected papers will be published into the First Report of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity, which will be published in open access, under Creative Commons licenses. Authors will also be invited (at their own expenses) to present their work at the annual DC3 meeting to be held at the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, on 6-9 December, in Guadalajara Mexico. Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher Head of Internet Governance @ FGV luca.belli(a)fgv.br +55 21 3799 5763

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Il codice di condotta contro l'hate speech online e la reazione di EDRI
by Alessandro Mantelero June 1, 2016

June 1, 2016

codice: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/fundamental-rights/files/hate_speech_code_of_co… EDRI https://edri.org/edri-access-now-withdraw-eu-commission-forum-discussions/ Come in tema di controllo sociale, la spinta emergenziale induce a soluzioni frettolose e limita il necessario ed ampio dibattito che dovrebbe caratterizzare certi rimedi. AM -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero EMAIL POLICY: twice a day (Mon-Fri)

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Proposta di regolamento su blocchi geografici
by Maria Margherita Salvadori May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

A questo link la recente https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2016/IT/1-2016-289-IT-F1-1.P… la Proposta di REGOLAMENTO DEL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO E DEL CONSIGLIO recante misure volte a impedire i blocchi geografici e altre forme di discriminazione dei clienti basate sulla nazionalità, il luogo di residenza o il luogo di stabilimento nell’ambito del mercato interno e che modifica il regolamento (CE) n. 2006/2004 e la direttiva 2009/22/CE qui in inglese > > https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/1/2016/EN/1-2016-289-EN-F1-1.P… > > > Prof. Margherita Salvadori > Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza > Università degli Studi di Torino >

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