When you get a new device, you should be able to the right to install any software!
📺 Watch this talk and learn the experience of Luca Bonissi,
#FSFE volunteer and supporter, getting the refund of pre-installed software ⤵️
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SFSCON23 - Luca Bonissi - Windows and Office “tax” refund
The right to install any software on any device and various cases about the refund of pre-installed software
Some manufacturers try to force to use the preinstalled software on the PC you acquire, sometimes also claiming that alternative software will not work properly.
On 2018 Luca purchases a Lenovo Tablet/PC and, since it comes with Microsoft Windows pre-installed, he requested the refund to Lenovo, but Lenovo denied to refund Luca. A court case was initiated, and Lenovo was condemned to pay a punitive damages of 20’000 euros for its abusive behaviour.
After this “historic” case, some other refund were request to other companies, such as HP, Dell, Microsoft, Acer, and again to Lenovo. Each OEM tried to deny the refund, with various reasons such as contractual clauses contained in the sale contract or in the same license agreement, or the need to delete the Product Key stored in the MSDM BIOS ACPI table and therefore they require to send the PC to their laboratories. These reasons have no valid legal basis, because – at least in Italy – the license agreement is a contract totally unrelated to the sale contract, so a third party may not impose any action on your material good, and the license agreement has remained without causal and economic justification, because not accepted and missed to be concluded.
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in reply to EDRi • • •2/5 For 3+ years, @edri
along with our broad coalition have advocated for a law that puts people first. And we've come out on the other end with limited wins.
What now? 🤔
The end of this long chapter of lawmaking is not the end of protecting our rights from harmful AI use...
EDRi
in reply to EDRi • • •3/5 🌤️ We still have many avenues to keep advancing protection of our fundamental rights. We will:
💪🏾 monitor the implementation of the #AIAct
🔍 advocate for strong national laws against #BiometricMassSurveillance
✊🏾 push for more protection of migrants' & racialised people' rights
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in reply to EDRi • • •4/5 In fact, @edri member Homo Digitalis recently secured an important win in Greece🏆
🇬🇷 The Ministry of Asylum and Migration has been slapped with a fine by the Data Protection Authority for their border management tech systems violating the GDPR.
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Greek Ministry of Asylum and Migration face a record €175,000 fine - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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