IRISS WP5 (Exercising democratic rights under surveillance regimes) is in the news. See:
- The Independent: “Access denied: retrieving personal data is often hopeless as Google refuses point-blank to provide online information”.
- Österreichischer Rundfunk, FM4 – ORF.at, “Österreich EU-Schlusslicht bei Datenschutzpraxis”.
- ComputerWorld Portugal, “Mais de 40% das organizações europeias impedem acesso a dados”.
- ComputerWorld UK: “Over 40 percent of European organisations stop citizens accessing their data”.
- Computing: “International study claims almost half of organisations obstruct citizens’ access to their own data”
- E & T Magazine: “Four in ten organisations obstruct access to personal data”
- ITProPortal: “Four out of every 10 citizen data requests in Europe breaks the law”
- Marqit: “Bedrijven moeten procedures voor dataverzoeken verduidelijken”
- Research-live.com: “Organisations obstructing access to personal data”.
- RT.com: “‘You are unauthorized’: Nearly 50% of EU organizations deny access to personal data”
- TechieNews: “International Study: 40% European organizations obstruct citizens access private data”.
- University of Sheffield News, “International study finds four in ten organisations obstruct our access to own data”.
Update: 26 June 2014 – As news of the report spreads it is attracting further attention:
- heise online: “Datenschutz: EU-Studie zeigt Probleme in der Praxis”
- Business-cloud.com:”Data access obstructed“
- CIO.de:”Over 40 percent of European organisations stop citizens accessing their data“.
- Legalbrief Today: “Growing concerns over ‘vast reservoirs’ of information“
- Marketing Week: “No excuse for 40% that obstruct data access“
- The Economic Voice: “International Study Finds That Four in Ten Organisations Obstruct Our Access to Our Own Data“.
- The New Zealand Herald, “Public denied data access“
- Wired.it: “Perché non abbiamo accesso ai nostri stessi dati“
Zeiger Blog “Bürgerfreundliche Überwachung” comment on IRISS; 16. Feb. 2012
http://zeiger.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/burgerfreundliche-uberwachung/