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On 11 July 2012 the State Duma (parliament) adopted in the final reading a federal statute titled О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон “О защите детей от информации, причиняющей вред их здоровью и развитию” и отдельные законодательные акты Российской Федерации (“On amendments to the Federal Statute “On the Protection of Minors against Information Detrimental to their Health and Development” and to other legal Acts of the Russian Federation”). It was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on 28 July 2012. The new Statute introduces a number of changes to the regulation of Internet, not...

On 19 June 2012, the Romanian Chamber of Deputies (lower Chamber of the Parliament) rejected by a large majority a Bill on the revision and modification of Law no. 196/2003 on preventing and fighting pornography. The Bill was rejected by 184 votes to 6, with two abstentions. On 26 April 2011, the Bill had been rejected by the Romanian Senate (upper Chamber), although the Chamber of Deputies took the final decision (see IRIS 2003-1/27, IRIS 2004-2/36, and IRIS 2011-6/28). The bill had been proposed by the Romanian Government in January 2011. It aimed to amend and supplement the legal framework on...

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court against a High Court decision in EMI v. Data Protection Commissioner. The High Court judgment of 27 June 2012 found that an enforcement notice, issued by the Commissioner, directing the Internet service provider, Eircom, to cease the implementation of the three-strikes protocol on the grounds that it breached data protection and privacy law, was invalid. The protocol arises from a series of cases taken by record companies against Internet service providers seeking to address the issue of copyright infringement over...

On 4 July 2012, the European Parliament rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). During the plenary session, 478 Members of the Parliament voted against, 165 abstained and 39 voted in favour. Previously, five parliamentary committees had given a negative opinion on the treaty: the International Trade Committee, the Industry, Research and Energy Committee, the Legal Affairs Committee, the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee and the Development Committee. The European Parliament also received a petition against ACTA signed by more than 2 million people. In application...

On 22 May 2012, the Romanian Chamber of Deputies adopted by a large majority the Law on the retention of data generated or processed by electronic communications public networks providers and by the electronic communication services for the public, the so called "Big Brother" Law (see IRIS 2012-2/33 and IRIS 2012-5/35). The Chamber of Deputies was the last parliamentary Chamber to decide upon the Act that was rejected on 21 December 2011 by the upper Chamber, the Senate. The Parliament adopted in November 2008 the first version of the Act but the Constitutional Court declared it unconstitutional...