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Europe ready to overhaul data-retention law

...s a whitewash and the Data Retention Directive is almost certainly illegal. – Jim Killock, Open Rights Group Indeed, several countries are yet to transpose the... Read more

18 April, 2011 by David Meyer

Nominet makes formal call for Soca takedown views

...right to appeal and object, and a put-back procedure," ORG director Jim Killock told ZDNet UK on Thursday. "All police authorities make mistakes, and... Read more

10 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google gets OK to delete Street View Wi-Fi data

...suspects of breaching data protection law, according to Open Rights Group director Jim Killock. "The ICO's hand needs to be strengthened," Killock said. "The... Read more

22 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Open Rights Group calls for digital act code reboot

...check whether any of the evidence is trustworthy," the group's chief Jim Killock said in the statement. "Instead, copyright holders and internet service providers... Read more

23 July, 2010 by David Meyer

European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month

...electronic identification, authentication and signature (Pefias) framework. Fuzzy areas Digital rights campaigner Jim Killock, of the Open Rights Group, told ZDNet UK that the idea... Read more

3 May, 2012 by David Meyer

UK ISPs ordered to block Pirate Bay website

Five of the UK's largest internet service providers have been ordered to prevent their subscribers from accessing the... Read more

30 April, 2012

Web porn should be opt-in, MPs say

...is a guarantee that filtering will not be used for other content." Jim Killock, head of the Open Rights Group, went even further, calling the... Read more

18 April, 2012

Rapporteur tells MEPs to reject ACTA

...treaty. "ACTA would be a blow for democracy, and must be rejected," Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, said in a statement... Read more

13 April, 2012

Groups rally against Nominet take-down push

...and impartial tribunal established by law. Article 6 rights cannot be waived," Jim Killock, executive director of the rights group, said in a statement. Those... Read more

24 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

Blacklist hitch causes Virgin Media FileServe block

...service with a large number of users, are very prone to failure. – Jim Killock, Open Rights Group "We've contacted the IWF, and they're... Read more

21 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Home Office meets social networks over blocking plans

...deliberation. Innocent people could well find their accounts suspended without legal recourse. – Jim Killock, Open Rights Group "We are very concerned that new measures, made... Read more

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Twitter, Facebook and RIM 'look forward' to riots talks

...of unrest is too risky, according to Open Rights Group executive director Jim Killock. Innocent people should not be punished for the actions of others... Read more

12 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Google wants website-blocking debate opened to public

...such as this, posted to Twitter by Open Rights Group (ORG) chief Jim Killock on Wednesday: "Interesting meeting with @edvaizey this morning about web censorship... Read more

6 July, 2011

ISPs denied Digital Economy Act appeal

...the next steps for implementation of the Digital Economy Act shortly." However, Jim Killock, chief executive of the Open Rights Group (ORG), insisted that the... Read more

22 June, 2011 by Ben Woods

LSE report attacks Digital Economy Act ahead of review

Academics at the LSE have said the Digital Economy Act 'gets the balance between copyright enforcement and innovation wrong', shortly before a judicial review of the act gets underway Read more

22 March, 2011 by David Meyer

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