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February 19, 2019

You want to destroy the competition? Czech laws are here for you!

Without most of you even knowing it, Act No. 141/1961 Coll. (Criminal Procedure Code), a new section was added in February this year. Thanks to the brand new Section 7b, any police officer can shut down any website at any time. And so, practically without consequences, it can destroy any thriving e-shop or, for example, shut down a website with “inappropriate” discussion. And what is enough to do that? When the matter cannot be delay ed (and the prosecutor’s consent cannot be secured quickly enough).

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June 11, 2018November 21, 2023

Your most frequently asked questions about GDPR

After publishing the previous article GDPR at WEDOS, you flooded us with questions about GDPR. Since some of them are quite often repeated, we have decided to answer the most frequent ones publicly.

May 21, 2018November 21, 2023

GDPR at WEDOS

New WEDOS Customer Data Processing Policy in accordance with GDPR and changes we had to make. (Note: if anyone wishes to cancel their account they can do so by following the instructions at https://kb.wedos.com/cs/zakaznik/zruseni-uctu.html)

December 27, 2016November 21, 2023

Addendum to the article Genius laws from genius legislators in the hands of genius officials

A fortnight ago we published an article on the issue of content censorship on the internet. It was one of the most read articles, one of the most shared posts on Facebook and was picked up by other media outlets. We have a little addendum.

December 13, 2016November 21, 2023

Brilliant laws from brilliant legislators in the hands of brilliant officials

This summer there was a bit of a groundswell of discontent about a newly drafted gambling bill that would force ISPs to block individual domains that contain illegal gambling. There was talk of censoring the internet. There was a lot of emotion over this, but no one questioned the absurdity of the provisions of other laws that have long been in place. The impact of these laws is much worse and the censorship much greater.

November 18, 2013November 21, 2023

Hosting. Pressure. To succumb or not to succumb?

It was 17 yesterday. November and we celebrated almost a quarter of a century since the “Velvet Revolution”. What makes us uncomfortable? Read a reflection on the current problems of the, so far, hopefully free Internet.