An eventful and successful year: that was 2024 in network policy.

Education , Government Spyware , Privacy and Data Protection , Digital Euro - Right to Cash , eID , Face Recognition , Internal , IT-Security , AI , Net Neutrality , Platform Regulation , Rule of Law , Transparency/Open Government , Surveillance , UN-Cybercrime-Convention , Whistleblowing

This week, the final round of negotiations of the so called “UN Cybercrime Convention” has started. The content of the treaty seriously alarms us as a human rights NGO, so we once again travelled to New York to stop a potential agreement on this dangerous draft.

UN-Cybercrime-Convention , IT-Security , Privacy and Data Protection

The fundamental rights NGO epicenter.works reported a critical security vulnerability in the Epidemiological Reporting System (EMS) and was prosecuted as a result. The case shows the fundamental flaws in Austria's approach to IT security.

IT-Security

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Title Date Publication Publication details Type of publication Mentioned
02/05/2024 ORF Web yes
02/04/2024 ORF Magazin | Hohes Haus Television yes
01/31/2024 ORF ZIB & Information | Nationalrat Television yes
01/29/2024 ORF ZIB3 Web yes
01/26/2024 noen.at Web yes
01/26/2024 orf.at Web yes
01/26/2024 OTS Web yes
01/26/2024 Politico Morning Tech Web yes
01/25/2024 Amnesty International Web yes
01/18/2024 Die Presse Print yes

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