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The “metadata debate”: A Latin American Perspective

September 15, 2014 - by Luis Fernando García.

In recent years, especially after the Snowden revelations, a legal debate on metadata has sparked, primarily in the United States. In essence, what the legal scholars and US government officials have been arguing is, first, whether communications metadata deserves the same protection as the content of communications, and second, whether, in any case, the collection of metadata alone constitutes an interference with the right to privacy or whether the analysis of such data would be necessary to raise the question. This article provides a Latin Perspective on the metadata debate.

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Thirteen Principles Against Unchecked Surveillance Launched at United Nations

September 20, 2014 - by EFF.

Privacy Advocates Call Upon UN Member States to End Mass Internet Spying Worldwide: At the 24th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday, six major privacy NGOs, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), warned nations of the urgent need comply with international human rights law to protect their citizens from the dangers posed by mass digital surveillance.

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Tunisia ­ Authorities urged to rescind decree creating communications surveillance agency

December 2, 2013 - by Reporters Without Borders Reporters.

Without Borders calls on the government to rescind Decree No. 2013­4506 providing for ‘the creation of the Technical Agency for Telecommunications (ATT) and determining its administrative and financial organization and methods of functioning.’ ‘This decree violates the principles that should govern Internet surveillance mechanisms, above all control by an independent judicial authority and the principles of need, relevance and proportionality of surveillance measures, as well as transparency and monitoring by the public.

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Tvoj glas protiv masovnog nadgledanja

December 15, 2013 - by SHARE Conference.

SHARE je poziva građane Interneta da daju svoj glas protiv masovnog nadgledanja i potpišu Principe.

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Two years after Snowden: Protecting human rights in an age of mass surveillance

June 4, 2015

Further explore and develop means and measures needed to ensure better implementation of the international human rights standards applicable to communications surveillance, building on efforts towards identifying relevant elements that have started in the past two years, including reports by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, as well as civil society initiatives such as the Necessary and Proportionate Principles.

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UN Radio: Derechos Humanos en la Era Digital

July 20, 2013 - by Amalia Toledo/Carolina Botero (Karisma) y Fabiola Carrión (Access)

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Unmasking the Five Eyes’ global surveillance practices

September 19, 2014 - by Carly Nyst and Anna Crowe. This report summarizes the state of understanding about the Five Eyes global domination of communications networks, and explains the most concerning surveillance capabilities developed by the intelligence agencies.

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Vigilancia Estatal y Derechos Humanos en Argentina

August 22, 2013 - by Katitza Rodríguez, Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Este Jueves 22 de Agosto, la Asociación por los Derechos Civiles y la Fundación Vía Libre con la colaboración de EFF, Access y Privacy International presentarán los Principios Internacionales sobre la Aplicación de los Derechos Humanos a la Vigilancia de las Comunicaciones en la Cámara de Diputados de la República de Argentina. Los principios articulan las obligaciones que los Estados deben cumplir al aplicar el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos en la era digital y la vigilancia de las comunicaciones.

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Virtual Integrity: Three steps toward building stronger cryptographic standards

September 18, 2014 - by Amie Stepanovich.

The U.S. National Security Agency has purposefully worked to undermine the security of the internet in order to preserve its own surveillance capabilities. And this isn’t only an NSA problem. While the NSA has now been caught with its hand in the cryptographic cookie jar, other governments are likely seeking the same opportunities to insert vulnerabilities that they may later capitalize upon.

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Više od stotinu svetskih grupa podržalo stav protiv nadzora

July 31, 2013 by SHARE Conference

Objavljeni su Međunarodni principi u pogledu poštovanja ljudskih prava kao temeljne vrednosti društva izražavaju šta međunarodna ljudska prava – koja obavezuju sve države na svetu – zahtevaju u digitalnom dobu. Oni govore o rastućoj saglasnosti na svetskom nivou da je moderan nadzor otišao predaleko, kao i o potrebi da se nadzor ograniči. Takođe, ovi principi daju smernice koje ljudi širom sveta mogu koristiti za procenu i promene u svojim pravnim sistemima.

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