Legal restriction enabling the police, information agencies or private companies to enter the privacy of citizens only when it is prescribed by law has been deleted from the Bill of the Law on Personal Data Protection. The Bill was adopted by the Government of Serbia at its session on 24 September and it is currently in the parliamentary […]
18. October, 2018.
SHARE Foundation signed the Declaration for Europe and joined the Copyright4Creativity coalition, which advocates for a new approach to copyright in Europe which can benefit all, foster innovation, incentivise and reward creativity and improve the availability of products of the European creative spirit. Signatories of the Declaration call upon the European Commission, European Parliament and EU Member States to […]
19. September, 2018.
On 12 September, the European Parliament adopted changes to the draft Copyright Directive, which is a huge overturn of the Parliament’s previous position on the text which did not pass the vote in July. Negotiations of the Parliament and the Council of the European Union are to come, with mediation by the European Commission, and the […]
13. September, 2018.
California State Assembly adopted a new law with the goal to guarantee net neutrality. California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act 2018 forbids the practices of electronic communications providers which include throttling, blocking or other interference with the internet traffic of their users, as well as providing prioritised speed to some apps compared to others. Vote […]
4. September, 2018.
Today, 3 April 2018, SHARE Foundation, along with 93 civil society organisations from across the globe, sent a letter to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland. The letter requests transparency and meaningful civil society participation in the Council of Europe’s negotiations of the draft Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (also known as the “Budapest Convention”) —a new […]
3. May, 2018.