Tag: European Commission
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Italy to Revoke Export License for Cyber Surveillance Company
Brussels, BE — Today, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development will decide whether to revoke the currently suspended export licence to Area, a company under review for supply of surveillance technologies to Syrian intelligence. Access Now and a coalition of…
27 June 2017
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Smart Borders – The Little Package that couldn’t protect your rights
Last week Access Now sent a submission to the European Commission in its consultation on the proposed Smart Borders package (see our previous post). The EU Commission will now sift through all the submissions from stakeholders and…
5 November 2015
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EU unveils its digital strategy for the next five years: a crippled unicorn
On May 6, the European Union’s Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Günther Oettinger, and the Vice President for the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip, presented the EU Commission’s strategic plan to establish the Digital Single Market, or DSM.…
21 May 2015