Hello, the 2014 GISWatch report was recently published inline with the Istanbul IGF and has gained broad recognition. In this year’s edition there are (besides thematic infos on surveillance) country reports from Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK (12). The 2014 report on Communications surveillance in the digital age (see below) is worth a reading! Best, Wolf Christoph Dietz" sent Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:06:

Global Information Society Watch 2014: Communications surveillance in the digital age Association for Progressive Communications (APC), 2014, 283 S.

Download: http://www.giswatch.org/2014-communications-surveillance-digital-age

This Global Information Society Watch tracks the state of communications surveillance in 57 countries across the world – countries as diverse as Hungary, India, Argentina, The Gambia, Lebanon and the United Kingdom. Each country report approaches the issue from a different perspective. Some analyse legal frameworks that allow surveillance, others the role of businesses in collecting data (including marketing data on children), the potential of biometrics to violate rights, or the privacy challenges when implementing a centralised universal health system. The perspectives from long-time internet activists on surveillance are also recorded.

Using the 13 International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance as a starting point, eight thematic reports frame the key issues at stake. These include discussions on what we mean by digital surveillance, the implications for a human rights agenda on surveillance, the “Five Eyes” inter-government surveillance network led by the US, cyber security, and the role of intermediaries.

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