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Civil rights group slams Cyber Patrol tactics
News The civil-rights group's charges stem not from the Mattel lawsuit accusing two international hackers of violating the copyright agreement of its Cyber Patrol software, but with the tactics of Mattel's lawyers in pursuing a temporary restraining...
[March 27, 2000, 9:41]
US cyber spies want more rights to snoop on foreigners
Talkback Could they first set out some guidelines as to when they consider themselves to go too far? Along with the reasoning behind it? We (they) may need that in the future.
[August 1, 2006, 0:16]
US cyber spies want more rights to snoop on foreigners
Talkback How could bloody - sorry, god-damned - foreigners have the same human rights as US citizens? Of course! All the human values that were won in the last century through two horrendous wars are being thrown away in this century, which is only 6 years...
[July 28, 2006, 21:30]
US cyber spies want more rights to snoop on foreigners
News The heads of the US' two major spy agencies on Wednesday told Congress it's impractical to seek warrants before tracking the global phone and Internet activities of groups such as al-Qaida and terrorist sympathisers.
[July 27, 2006, 12:05]
Privacy advocates make plea to Echelon committee
News Privacy organisation Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties has submitted its objections to Internet surveillance ahead of a meeting in the European Parliament today. According to Cyber-Rights, the UK would be in serious breach of the Treaty of the...
[March 22, 2001, 7:15]
Cybercrime treaty may conflict with UN declaration
News Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber Rights & Cyber Liberties is expected to warn that developing techniques to combat high-tech crime could lead to unjustified Internet surveillance. New media historically face suspicion and are liable to excessive...
[December 12, 2000, 13:30]
Hushmail backs UK anti-snooping effort
News UK Internet civil liberties group Cyber Rights & Cyber Liberties has teamed up with US email encryption company Hush Communications to overcome the RIP Act, which was recently made law. Through a joint project 'Cyber-Rights.Net', the pair will...
[November 1, 2000, 15:34]
Digital rights group to fight data retention
News ORG will serve as a hub for other cyber-rights groups campaigning on similar digital rights issues and follows in the footsteps of the US group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). ORG hopes to serve as a coordinator for other cyber-rights groups...
[September 12, 2005, 17:35]
DoJ report on cybercrime criticised
News A report released by the US Department of Justice on Thursday received a drubbing from cyber rights advocates and a congressional leader. Called "The Electronic Frontier: The Challenge of Unlawful Conduct Involving the Use of the Internet", the...
[March 10, 2000, 9:19]
Can you expect human rights online?
News Rather than respecting human rights, the government is moving towards a very intrusive environment," says Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber Rights and Cyber Liberties. The Human Rights Act is expected to bring new legal standards for citizens in...
[October 5, 2000, 15:09]
EC launches European cybercrime forum
News Cyber-liberty and cyber-rights advocates are positive about public interest groups being invited to join the discussion group. Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber Rights and Cyber Liberties, is hopeful that membership of the forum will be extended to...
[April 11, 2001, 9:03]
Concerns raised over plans for global wiretap
News One group, Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties, sent an open letter to the IETF urging them against research on eavesdropping technology. We believe that such a development would harm network security, result in more illegal activities, diminish users...
[November 11, 1999, 10:22]
Civil liberties groups condemn Big Brother proposals
News Yaman Akdenis, director of UK Internet rights group Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties condemns the proposals as evidence of blatant disregard for personal liberty. Britain risks being hauled in front of the European Court of Human Rights if...
[December 4, 2000, 8:40]
European Parliament restricts access to personal data
News Ministers of the European Parliament were quite disturbed that this sort of interception happens in Europe, and that law enforcement authorities are requiring more powers in intercepting traffic data," said Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber-Rights...
[July 12, 2001, 15:54]
Liberty groups blast Net ratings proposal
News UK-based Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties is among those critical of regulating content on the Internet. Nicholas Bohm, e-commerce adviser for Cyber-Rights, believes industry self-regulation is playing into the hands of government.
[September 9, 1999, 16:37]
Outrage over privacy violation in cybercrime treaty
News In a letter to the Council of Europe secretary general of the Committee of Experts on Cyber Crime, Walter Schwimmer and the Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC) said the coalition's concerns, which prompted the latest revision of the treaty...
[December 14, 2000, 8:45]
Chatroom Danger: Britain breaks UN pledge to protect kids online
News Cyber-rights advocates are concerned that recent high-profile Internet paedophile cases, such as the Wonderland sentencing last month, will place an undue amount of pressure on governments to address the need for online child protection.
[March 15, 2001, 12:40]
Computer crime treaty threatens human rights
News Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber Rights & Cyber Liberties, which is part of GILC, argues that the Council of Europe's treaty would deny European Internet users the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
[October 19, 2000, 7:41]
Oxford University targeted by MPAA
News Director of Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties Yaman Akdenis agrees with this assessment adding, "My advice would be to put this link back up". He tells ZDNet that the University's actions are a violation of Baugh's rights.
[May 19, 2000, 16:03]
Government backtracks on encryption enquiry
News Cyber-rights advocate Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber Rights and Cyber Liberties, argues the BRTF recommendation was a legitimate one that the government should respond to positively. The Home Office has backtracked on a promise to commission an...
[April 4, 2001, 6:25]
