Today, Members of the European Parliament voted on revising Europol’s mandate and upgrading the EU police agency. The adoption of the report will give the agency expanded powers without independent oversight. Despite serious concerns from civil society and a rebuke from the European Data Protection Supervisor last year, Europol is to be allowed to collect and analyse massive amounts of data on unsuspected individuals, such as cell phone movement data and air travel data.

As a substitute member of Europol’s supervisory body JPSG, MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) states:

“I am voting today against the reform which aims to legalize Europol’s illegal activities instead of stopping them: According to the findings of the European Data Protection Supervisor, Europol has been illegally storing masses of data transmitted by national intervention authorities on millions of unsuspected individuals for years. We are talking about large amounts of data (mobile phone location data, passenger lists) of people who are in no way connected to criminal activities. In consequence innocent citizens run the risk of being wrongfully suspected of a crime just because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The planned cooperation of Europol with private companies (such as Google and Microsoft), which unjustly report millions of people as part of pan-european message screening and chat control, is also unacceptable. The fact that Europol even wants to train error-prone algorithms with real citizens’ data in the future, threatens us with false positives and discrimination.

Police cooperation in Europe is of crucial importance. For this to happen, however, Europol must be effectively monitored and prevented from violating the law. The supervisory mechanisms, which have been superficial so far, have not been given the necessary teeth to detect and stop illegal practices by the authority. As a member of the supervisory body, I still have no right to look into Europol’s activity.”

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Ristampa della madrilena Vampisoul di un rarissimo disco brasiliano del 1966, composto da covers dei Beatles suonate da un trio capitanato da Manfred Fest, che sarà arruolato in seguito nel super gruppo di Sergio Mendes. Rifacimenti di pezzi dei quattro di Liverpool in salsa jazz e bossanova, con una classe ed un talento inarrivabili, almeno per la nostra epoca.

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Os Sambeatles Wanda Sà Orquesta Revé Telegraph Avenue Mini Trio

Os Sambeatles Wanda Sà Orquesta Revé Telegraph Avenue Mini Trio : ristampa della madrilena Vampisoul di un rarissimo disco brasiliano del 1966, composto da covers dei Beatles suonate da un trio capitanato da Manfred Fest

^{In Your Eyes ezine}

Today, Members of the European Parliament voted on revising Europol’s mandate and upgrading the EU police agency. The adoption of the report will give the agency expanded powers without independent oversight. Despite serious concerns from civil society and a rebuke from the European Data Protection Supervisor last year, Europol is to be allowed to collect and analyse massive amounts of data on unsuspected individuals, such as cell phone movement data and air travel data.

As a substitute member of Europol’s supervisory body JPSG, MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) states:

“I am voting today against the reform which aims to legalize Europol’s illegal activities instead of stopping them: According to the findings of the European Data Protection Supervisor, Europol has been illegally storing masses of data transmitted by national intervention authorities on millions of unsuspected individuals for years. We are talking about large amounts of data (mobile phone location data, passenger lists) of people who are in no way connected to criminal activities. In consequence innocent citizens run the risk of being wrongfully suspected of a crime just because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The planned cooperation of Europol with private companies (such as Google and Microsoft), which unjustly report millions of people as part of pan-european message screening and chat control, is also unacceptable. The fact that Europol even wants to train error-prone algorithms with real citizens’ data in the future, threatens us with false positives and discrimination.

Police cooperation in Europe is of crucial importance. For this to happen, however, Europol must be effectively monitored and prevented from violating the law. The supervisory mechanisms, which have been superficial so far, have not been given the necessary teeth to detect and stop illegal practices by the authority. As a member of the supervisory body, I still have no right to look into Europol’s activity.”

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Yesterday, the EU Commission presented a draft law to create a “European Health Data Space” (EHDS). The proposal aims to connect patients‘ health data across Europe. For example, patients’ medical histories, test results or prescriptions are to be shared with hospitals and doctors treating a patient throughout the EU, unless the patient restricts access. Industry, research and authorities would also be given access to personal health data with only the name removed („pseudonomised“).

MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) comments:

“Information revealing my physical and mental health is extremely sensitive. If I can’t rely on this information being treated confidentially by my attending physicians, then I may no longer seek treatment. This puts sick people and their family at risk. That’s why the digitization of the healthcare system must meet the following requirements:

• Only the attending physician may have access to their own treatment information without the patient’s free consent. This includes the fact that a person is being treated by a particular doctor in the first place. There are good reasons, for example, to obtain a second opinion without the doctors involved knowing about each other.
• Without the free consent of the patient, treatment information may only be stored locally by the chosen doctor and not automatically in central systems, where there is no longer any control over it. There is a risk that in the event of a loss of data, the data of the entire population will suddenly be lost.
• If there is ever to be access by industry, by research or even by politics, then only anonymised and aggregated together. It is not enough to simply remove the names of the patients. After all, treatment histories are so unique making it is easy to reassign them to the person in question.

After a preliminary review of the EU Commission’s legislative proposal, none of these requirements are met. Obviously, the proposal was not designed in the interest of the patients, but of industry. There is a lot of work ahead to ensure that patients can continue to trust in the confidentiality and security of their highly sensitive health information and that their right to self-determination over their data is respected!”

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Stati Uniti e 60 partner globali lanciano la dichiarazione per il futuro di Internet

Internet è stato rivoluzionario. Offre opportunità senza precedenti alle persone di tutto il mondo di connettersi ed esprimersi e continua a trasformare l’economia globale, offrendo opportunità economiche a miliardi di persone. Eppure ha anche creato anche serie sfide politiche. A livello globale, stiamo assistendo a una tendenza all’aumentare dell’autoritarismo digitale in cui alcuni stati agiscono per reprimere la libertà di espressione, censurare i siti di notizie indipendenti, interferire con le elezioni, promuovere la disinformazione e negare ai propri cittadini altri diritti umani. Allo stesso tempo, milioni di persone devono ancora affrontare barriere all’accesso e i rischi e le minacce alla sicurezza informatica minano la fiducia e l’affidabilità delle reti. I governi democratici e altri partner stanno raccogliendo la sfida. Oggi, gli Stati Uniti con 60 partner da tutto il mondo hanno lanciato la Dichiarazione per il futuro di Internet.

United States and 60 Global Partners Launch Declaration for the Future of the Internet

The Internet has been revolutionary. It provides unprecedented opportunities for people around the world to connect and to express themselves, and continues to transform the global economy, enabling economic opportunities for billions of people. Yet it has also created serious policy challenges. Globally, we are witnessing a trend of rising digital authoritarianism where some states act to repress freedom of expression, censor independent news sites, interfere with elections, promote disinformation, and deny their citizens other human rights. At the same time, millions of people still face barriers to access and cybersecurity risks and threats undermine the trust and reliability of networks. Democratic governments and other partners are rising to the challenge. Today, the United States with 60 partners from around the globe launched the Declaration for the Future of the Internet.

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Australia: l’OAIC pubblica una dichiarazione congiunta con le autorità di regolamentazione della privacy australiane sulla privacy

L’Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”) ha pubblicato una dichiarazione congiunta con l’Information and Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner (Queensland), Privacy Committee of South Australia , Difensore civico della Tasmania e Commissario per l’informazione del Territorio del Nord. In particolare, la dichiarazione sottolinea che le autorità per la privacy di tutta l’Australia si stanno unendo per evidenziare la privacy come fondamento della fiducia tra la comunità, le imprese e le agenzie governative. La dichiarazione aggiunge che le autorità australiane per la privacy continueranno a collaborare per sostenere la protezione della privacy e promuovere la consapevolezza dei diritti e delle responsabilità di individui, aziende e agenzie governative.

Privacy: The foundation of trust – Joint statement by Privacy Authorities Australia

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (‘OAIC’) published, on 29 April 2022, a joint statement with the Information and Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner (Queensland), Privacy Committee of South Australia, Ombudsman Tasmania, and Information Commissioner of the Northern Territory. In particular, the statement highlights that privacy authorities from around Australia are joining together to highlight privacy as the foundation of trust between the community, businesses, and government agencies. The statement adds that Australia’s privacy authorities will continue to work together to uphold privacy protections and promote awareness of rights and the responsibilities of individuals, businesses, and government agencies.

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Il Commissario canadese per la privacy comparirà davanti al comitato che esamina la tecnologia di riconoscimento facciale

Il commissario canadese per la privacy Daniel Therrien apparirà davanti al Comitato permanente della Camera dei Comuni per l’accesso alle informazioni, la privacy e l’etica ( ETHI ) per partecipare al suo studio sull’uso e l’impatto della tecnologia di riconoscimento facciale . Di fronte al comitato compariranno anche la commissaria per l’informazione e la privacy dell’Ontario Patricia Kosseim e Diane Poitras, presidente della Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec.

Privacy Commissioner of Canada to appear before committee examining facial recognition technology

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien will appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) to participate in its study into the use and impact of facial recognition technology. Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Patricia Kosseim and Diane Poitras, president of the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec will also appear before the committee.

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Ho avuto l’opportunità di visitare il Centro Operazioni in Rete della nostra #Difesa e di intervistare il generale Antonio Scalese, persona di grandi qualità che ringrazio per la disponibilità.

Ho potuto vedere la #control#room, parlare con gli addetti, farmi spiegare il loro lavoro e visitare un #Cert all’avanguardia a giudicare dagli strumenti che utilizza.
Bello è stato vedere #Marina, #Aviazione, #Esercito e #Carabinieri lavorare insieme alla protezione delle infrastrutture cibernetiche militari in un periodo così complesso.

Lo racconteremo nei prossimi mesi in televisione a #Codice in una puntata tutta dedicata alla #cybersecurity e alla #guerra#elettronica con molti ospiti del mondo dell’industria, dell’Università e delle Istituzioni.

Parleremo anche di #disinformazione#Osint#autodifesa#digitale#UAV e #APT

Grazie Salvatore Verde

Stay Tuned! #RaiUno

Progetto a due per Marco Valenti fondatore di Toten Schwan Records con Elena M. Rosa Lavita.

Il nome del duo è Aelma, e il risultato sono due lunghe tracce con tantissime cose dentro. Come affermato dagli stessi autori questo lavoro verte sul dualismo e ha in Giano il nume tutelare ; due tracce, vita e morte due musicisti, essere ed essenza.

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Aelma - The Beings of Mind are not of Clay - Toten Schwan Records - 2022

Il nome del duo è Aelma, e il risultato sono due lunghe tracce con tantissime cose dentro. Come affermato dagli stessi autori questo lavoro verte sul dualismo e ha in Giano il nume tutelare.

^{In Your Eyes ezine}

Nella nuova puntata di Garantismi con Matteo Flora
parliamo di Scoring reputazionale. L’algoritmo che giudica.

Guarda il video:

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Una colossale ricerca condotta nei mesi della pandemia dal MIT, dall’Accademia delle scienze di Pechino e dal Max Planck Institute di Berlino racconta, grazie all’analisi dei contenuti condivisi via social da undici milioni di persone nei cinque mesi che hanno seguito la dichiarazione della pandemia da parte dell’Organizzazione mondiale della sanità, come il Covid e il lockdown hanno inciso sul nostro umore.

La premessa degli scienziati è che naturalmente nonostante il ricorso a un metodo scientifico i loro risultati sono imperfetti sia perché non tutto il mondo e sui social, sia perché la misurazione del benessere e dello stato d’animo dei cittadini è, inesorabilmente, affetta da una serie di valutazioni soggettive in assenza di parametri oggettivi.

E, però, lo studio appena pubblicato su Nature dice molto e lo dice chiaramente.

La pandemia ci ha provato e ci ha provato tanto anche se in maniera sensibilmente diversa da Paese a Paese.

Tanto tantissimo, ad esempio in Paesi come l’Australia o la Spagna, molto ma molto di meno in Paesi come l’Algeria, la Libia o il Brasile, abbastanza da noi in Italia, come negli Stati Uniti o in Cina.

E non solo.

Tanto per avere un’idea il crollo del benessere e dello stato d’animo collettivo delle persone osservate dallo studio – undici milioni in cento diversi Paesi – è stato cinque volte superiore a quello che normalmente si registra tra la domenica e il lunedì ovvero, secondo i ricercatori – a dispetto del Sabato del villagio – il giorno più felice e quello meno felice nel comune sentire.

Lo studio ha anche misurato la velocità di recupero del buonumore da parte delle persone e scoperto, anche in questo caso, una situazione estremamente eterogenea.

In Israele, in media, ci è voluto poco più di un giorno dalla fine della fase acuta dell’emergenza per ritrovare il benessere, in Francia di giorni ce ne sono voluti in media 14 mentre in Turchia ne sono stati necessari 29.

Continua ad ascoltare il podcast su HuffPostitalia,

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Today, the European Parliament approved a legislative initiative for new electoral rules to be applied to European elections. Pirate Party Members of the European Parliament strongly oppose the implementation of a highly undemocratic mandatory threshold. The minimum threshold of 3.5% for larger EU countries will result in millions of votes being nullified, which effectively dooms smaller parties in the EU.

Patrick Breyer, Member of the European Parliament for the German Pirate Party, comments:

14 Member States have set thresholds by law. However, in two decisions, the German Constitutional Court declared the country’s existing thresholds for EU elections unconstitutional. After today’s vote, the proposal will be discussed by EU governments who will have the final say together with the Council.

14 Member States have set thresholds by law. However, in two decisions, the German Constitutional Court declared the country’s existing thresholds for EU elections unconstitutional. After today’s vote, the proposal will be discussed by EU governments who will have the final say together with the Council.

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