The European Union Hackathon is back. For the third straight year, Google is supporting two days of serious fun in September for programmers to code an application that shines a light on an important policy issue. This year’s theme is privacy - and contestants are being asked to work on products that visualize government government access to citizens’ private communications online.online application unti June 15, 2013 at noon CET. Complete information about the event is available on this website . Help us spread the word to attract talented applicants, or apply yourself!MEP Petru Luhan is hosting the event’s awards ceremony on WednesdaySeptember 25th from 16.15 to 18.00 at the European Parliament. European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding is scheduled to join the ceremonies. Access Now , the Center for Democracy & Technology , Digitale Gesellschaft , the European Digital Rights initiative , the Electronic Frontier Foundation , Google, the Net Users’ Rights Protection Association , the Open Knowledge Foundation , quintessenz , Transparency International , and visualizing.org .Posted by Marco Pancini, Senior Policy Manager, Brussels
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