Open Rights Group
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Open Rights Group UK attacked by EU over Phorm for second time: why it matters, and how you can help

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Complaints by the Open Rights Group and others last year to the European Union Commission about Phorm, the technology that looks inside web traffic to profile users for advertising, have now resulted in further legal threats against the UK government from by the EU.
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Open Rights Group ORG supporter numbers jump by 10% in under two months: join today to help fight Mandelson

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We really need your support in our fight against threats like Mandelson’s disconnection proposals, Intercept Modernisation and Phorm. We depend on people like you: click here to join us today.
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Open Rights Group Fundraiser with Bruce Schneier... "Data is the pollution problem of the information age and we need to start thinking about how to deal with it."

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Open Rights Group presents Bruce Schneier - The Future of Privacy: Rethinking Security Trade-offs -- Friday, December 04, 2009 -- London, London
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Open Rights Group We need you to ask your MP now to show their opposition to Mandelson's extreme internet laws. Only a public show of opposition now will make MPs reject Mandelson's plans

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This week, the Guardian published the results of an ORG / YouGov poll showing 70% public support for the right to a fair trial.This happened because people like you helped ORG pay for the poll: now we need your help again. ...
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Please let ORG know if you've written to your MP, and what they said!
23 October at 06:42
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Open Rights Group If you'd like to become an integral part of the UK's leading advocates for digital freedoms then make an application to be our part-time administrator

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The Open Rights Group, the UK's leading advocates for digital freedoms, is recruiting for a part-time position. The role of Administrator has been created to strengthen our core staff team. The role offers ...
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Open Rights Group Guardian: 70% oppose internet bans, show YouGov / Open Rights Group poll.

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Public believes suspects should have right to trial in court before restrictions are imposed, according to YouGov figures
Richard Lyons
Richard Lyons
Never mind that -- think of the reclassification of their files. Another 50% of the population added to "active terrorist suspect" list -- assuming 20% of them were already on it, that is.
19 October at 12:51
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Open Rights Group
A big thank you to everyone who donated to get the poll out there .. we'll working even harder now to get these figures out there
19 October at 14:03
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Open Rights Group ORG's Executive Director Jim Killock on Guardian CiF: The EU must defend our rights, not rubber stamp Mandelson and Sarkozy's three strikes laws

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Jim Killock: The EU must defend citizens' rights from the machinations of member states – internet access is part of freedom of expression
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Open Rights Group Opposition to climb down on Europarl's Amendment 138 mounts: http://bit.ly/1N2Yor #threestrikes #EU

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While ORG supporters have been writing to MEPs in obvious dismay at the Parliamentary negotiators climbdown, European ISPs, consumer groups and others today piled into the debate. So did the Greens and Pirate party. Several are warning the European Parliament that its’ credibility is at risk.
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Open Rights Group EU Parliament’s credibility undermined by back track on citizens’ rights. Take action: write to your MEP asking them to put pressure on their team to preserve our rights.

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Amendment 138, guaranteeing Internet access and protecting fundamental civil liberties, is being watered down by Parliamentary negotiators seeking a compromise with the EU Council.
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Open Rights Group Help fight for UK digital rights and get a free signed Cory Doctorow novel - limited to 50 copies - first come, first served! http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2009/little-brother-giveaway

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Open Rights Group is funded by people who care about their digital rights. Because of the generosity of people like you we take action and campaign on problems like Phorm, Intercept Modernisation and Mandelson's disconnection proposals. ...
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Open Rights Group Royal Mail blocks not for profit post code searches, including online job search, and planning alerts, with 6,000 users: ORG calls for more open post code data

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Sometimes the reasons why we need more open data regimes slap you in the face. This is one of those occassions, as the Royal Mail, who are looking to slim down their workforce of 121,000 postal workers, ...
Mad Cyril
Mad Cyril
Great example of commercial interest in public data trying to override the public good. Free the data! (Hasn't anyone outside the UK built a searchable app with the wikileak'd set?) Interesting blog (no relation to me): http://www.mgodwin.co.uk/blog/uk_postcode_data_why_can_it_not_just_be_free/
05 October at 07:43
Daniel
Daniel
So much for the hope that the wikileaks posting of all 1,841,177 UK postcodes would prompt them to open up access to the database officially :-(
05 October at 08:57
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Open Rights Group Help the #EU save internet freedoms and stop #threestrikes: defend Amendment 138 now!

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Open Rights Group and La Quadrature are calling on the EU Parliament to save our right to a free trial, to stop Mandelson's plans for disconnection without trial
Guy
Guy
If Europe becomes a federal state then it will have a (completely unelected) President- seemingly the main candidate is one Tony Blair. Enough reason to vote NO in my opinion... the three strikes thing can be defeated some other way without him.
03 October at 02:45
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Open Rights Group Still some tickets for Friday's #threestrikes event with Ben Goldacre and Gerd Leonhard: book now!

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Open Rights Group Still a few cheap £5 tickets for Oct 2 #threestrikes event with Ben Goldacre and Gerd Leonhard: book now!

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Click through for event tickets.Peter Mandelson is convinced that disconnecting filesharers will help the music and film industries. He's plain wrong. This extreme option would trample on the rights of ...
Mark
Mark
Dont forget to mention lilly Allen a la Pro copyright but it`s ok for her to copy & paste online articles, use other peoples music in her mix tapes...

Source: http://torrentfreak.com/lily-allen-deletes-pro-copyright-blog-and-ends-career-090924/
24 September at 11:56
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Open Rights Group Talking to Mandelson's staff: showing the real solutions to licensing music online. ORG met with Mandelson' top level staff, bringing music industry thinkers Peter Jenner and Gerd Leonhard.

Source: www.openrightsgroup.org