[Eurchap] Fwd.: International Meeting on Data Retention, Berlin, 31 August and 1 September 2007

Tue Aug 7 09:49:25 EDT 2007

> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:27:53 +0200
> From: Ralf Bendrath <bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
> Subject: <incom> International Meeting on Data Retention, Berlin, 31
> 	August and 1 September
> To: incommunicado <incom-l at incommunicado.info>, 	WSIS-EU
> 	<wsis-euc at fsfeurope.org>,	WSIS Privacy&Security WG
> 	<privsec at wsis-cs.org>
> Message-ID: <46B713C9.8040309 at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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> 
> Please circulate this invitation to groups that are active against data
> retention across Europe. For travel funding, see below.
> 
> =International Meeting on Data Retention=
> 
> ==Date==
> 
> Berlin, 31 August and 1 September 2007
> 
> ==Where?==
> 
> newthinking store
> Tucholskystrasse 48
> 10117 Berlin, Germnany
> S-train stop: Oranienburger Strasse
> Bus stop: Tucholskystrasse
> Map:
> <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=fr&q=Tucholskystrasse+48+Berlin&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=81.930975,114.433594&ie=UTF8&z=16&iw&loc=addr&om=1>
> 
> == Invitation to European privacy and data protection activists ==
> 
> Following developments in EU countries related to the 2006 EU data
> retention Directive adoption and its transposition process in member
> states, European privacy and data protection activists have felt the need
> to coordinate efforts at the European level to protest against these
> threats to privacy and other fundamental rights.
> 
> EDRI, the federation of European Digital Rights NGOs, has been involved in
> the European activities against data retention for a number of years. In
> Germany, the opposition against data retention is coordinated by AK Vorrat
> (Working Group on Data Retention).
> 
> EDRI members will meet in Berlin on September 1-2, 2007 for their 2007
> General Assembly. They have decided to dedicate part of this time to an
> open discussion with other data protection and privacy activists in
> Europe. AK Vorrat, with the support of EDRi, has decided to invite to a
> related meeting on the day before the EDRi General Assembly, August 31,
> 2007. Privacy International also supports the meeting and calls for broad
> participation.
> 
> ==Draft Agenda==
> 
> ===August 31, 2007===
> 
> I. Data Retention: State of affairs and latest developments
> 
> * Short introduction on telecommunications data retention
> * Connections between data retention and other issues, such as
> IPR-enforcement and retention of CCTV or genetic data
> * Tour de table with quick factual briefing on national situations across
> Europe, also: data retention elsewhere
> 
> II. Opposition and perspectives at national levels
> 
> * short presentation on the activities and lessons learned in the AK
> Vorrat in Germany
> * Overview of activities in different countries, collection of best practices
> ** Legal challenges and plans
> ** Technical tools and plans
> ** Political activities and plans
> 
> ===September 1, 2007===
> 
> III. Opposition and perspectives at European level - The way ahead
> 
> * Stock-taking of previous networking meetings and campaigns
> * Lessons learned from the EDRi-PI EU-level campaign ?data retention is no
> solution"
> * Discussion on a EU-level campaign and general conference
> * Identification of next opportunities for networking meetings
> * Joint press release
> 
> ==Travel Funding==
> 
> AK Vorrat has secured 2000 EUR for travel assistance. People interested in
> participating on both days who could not otherwise afford the trip to
> Berlin should contact Ricardo Cristof Remmert-Fontes
> <mailto:rcrf at vorratsdatenspeicherung.de> with the following information:
> Name, E-mail, Organisation if any, Country, website, a short summary of
> previous and planned activities in this field, and an indication on why
> the funding is needed. The funding will with priority be given to unpaid
> volunteers, members of unfunded groups and participants from EU accession
> countries.
> 
> ==Participants==
> 
> People interested in participating in this meeting are kindly asked to
> inform the EDRI board of their intention, by sending an email to
> <mailto:board at edri.org> with the following information: Name, E-mail,
> Organisation if any, Country, website.
> 
> If you need grants for travel or if you need a private place to rest,
> please let us know by mail: <mailto:ricardo.cristof at remmert-fontes.de>
> 
> ==Platform for coordination==
> 
> ===Coordination of agenda etc===
> <http://wiki.freunde-der-freiheit.de/index.php/Strategy-Meeting>
> 
> ===Coordination Team===
> for EDRi:
> * EDRi Board <mailto:board.edri.org>
> 
> for AK Vorrat:
> * Ralf Bendrath] (AK Vorrat, Germany), mailto:bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de
> * Ricardo Cristof Remmert-Fontes (AK Vorrat, Germany),
> <mailto:rcrf at vorratsdatenspeicherung.de> - Mobile: +49-170-2487266
> 
> 
> ==Information on EDRI==
> European Digital Rights was founded in June 2002. It currently has 26
> members from 16 different countries. EDRi members are privacy and civil
> rights NGOs. More at: <http://www.edri.org/>
> 
> ==Information on AK Vorrat==
> The opposition against data retention in the host country Germany is
> coordinated by the AK Vorrat (Working Group on Data Retention), with the
> active involvement of EDRi's German members and a growing number of other
> groups and individuals. More at: <http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/>


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