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How the EU-FBI telecommunications system comes home to UK (1)
The consultation announced by the Home Office on 29 June on Section 12 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) shows how "ENFOPOL 98" (now ENFOPOL 29) has led to the incorporation of Read More
Heidi Hautala MEP claims victory in secrecy court case
Heidi Hautala MEP, the co-leader of the Green/EFA group in the European Parliament, has said that she is delighted with the opinion of the Advocate General in the Court of First Instance, Phillippe Leger, on Read More
Statewatch wins new complaint against the Council
After a four year fight Statewatch has finally obtained the agendas ten EU-US high-level planning meetings between September 1996 and February 1998. The agendas concern meetings of the "Senior Level Group" and the "EU-US Task Read More
Freedom of information in the European Union
This site brings together initiatives on access to documents and freedom of information in the EU How to obtain or apply for documents from EU institutions The new Regulation of public access to EU documents Read More
Questions ask whether the death of 58 Chinese immigrants was a “controlled delivery”?
The British trial is over, the Dutch trial has just started and already it is clear that the "Dover-case" is not only about the death of 58 migrants in a truck of a human trafficker. Read More
Public order policing in Europe – policy backlash expected
After the confrontation between police and protesters in Gothenburg last weekend, some European governments have called for new public-order legislation, both at national and EU level. Most states already have extensive statutory powers to deal Read More
EU governments’ to decide on retention of telecommunications data (including internet usage) by law enforcement agencies
The debate over the retention of telecommunications data by EU states for the purposes of giving access to the law enforcement agencies is reaching the crunch stage. At the Telecommunications Council in Brussels on 27-28 Read More
The “law and order” lobby win the first round on the retention of data
At the Telecommunications Council in Brussels on Wednesday, 27 June, the Council of the European Union (the 15 EU governments) agreed, unanimously, a position on the new Directive on data protection and privacy in the Read More
European Parliament 1999 2004 Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System
Echelon report by the European Parliament (from cryptome.org) updated 4.6.01 with 18 May version: Echelon (html) Echelon (pdf) Read More
Final version of the new EU code of access to documents
The final version of the new code of access to EU documents was adopted at the Youth Council on 28 May and wias published in the Official Journal on 31 May (L 145) and the Read More