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June 13, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

High-Level Group “Going Dark” outcome: A mission failure

On 13 June, the Justice and Home Affairs Council, composed of EU Member States’ ministers of the Interior, will discuss the recommendations of the High-Level Group (HLG) on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement (“Going Dark”). This blogpost provides a short analysis of the HLG’s recommendations and a summary of its procedural flaws.

January 11, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

European Commission discusses “Going Dark”: Behind closed doors

EDRi and 20 organisations call on the High Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement for greater transparency and participation of all stakeholders.

March 19, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection

Written submission: Civil society shows evidence gaps in “Going Dark” group proposal for access to data for law enforcement

On 28 February 2024, EDRi and its members submitted written comments on the work of the High-Level Group (HLG) on “access to data for effective law enforcement". This HLG was set up under the Swedish Presidency of the Council in 2023 to allegedly find solutions to law enforcement ‘modern challenges’ in the digital era.

Civil Society Letter to HLG Going Dark on Transparency and Participation

Civil Society Letter to HLG Going Dark on Transparency and Participation

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Joint Civil Society Written Submission HLG Going Dark

Joint Civil Society Written Submission HLG Going Dark

June 27, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech

NCC publishes a report on tech companies’ use of “dark patterns”

Today, the Norwegian Consumer Council (NNC), a consumers group active on the field of digital rights, has published a report on how default settings and “dark patterns” are used by techs companies such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft to nudge users towards privacy intrusive options.

March 2, 2022 · Blogs | Highlights | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

Open Letter: Abolish manipulative dark patterns and creepy online ads, ask 72 civil society organisations

Ahead of the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA) trilogue meeting on 15 March, EDRi, Liberties and Amnesty International and 69 other civil society organisations have sent a joint open letter to 20 ministers and state secretaries in 9 EU Member States.  On Tuesday 1.03.2022, several organisations in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Croatia delivered the letter to relevant decisionmakers responsible for their country's position in the EU negotiations.  

November 29, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

EU Member States plan to ignore EU Court data retention rulings

Documents made publicly available through EDRi member Statewatch reveal that EU Member States are exploring all possible options to keep, and in fact expand, their current data retention regimes. The general plan is based on a new concept of ”restricted data retention”, which is really blanket data retention with a new name, along with amendments […]

November 17, 2021 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Do no harm? How the case of Afghanistan sheds light on the dark practice of biometric intervention

In August 2021, as US military forces exited Afghanistan, the Taliban seized facial recognition systems, highlighting just how a failure to protect people’s privacy can tangibly threaten their physical safety and human rights. Far from being good tools which fell into the wrong hands, the very existence of these systems is part of broader structures of data extraction and exploitation spanning continents and centuries, with a history wrapped up in imperialism, colonialism and control.

December 10, 2021

The Dark Side of Identity: Mitigating the Risks

Digital identity systems are generally accepted as positive tools for social good. Nevertheless, they can pose several dangers and cause significant concerns. Join the conversation through this event organized by ID4Africa.

June 15, 2011

Recommended Action. Smart meters: Let's be clever and team up

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mitmachen! Smart Metering: Seid klug und schließt Euch zusammen! | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.12_Mitmachen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110623] The European Union decided that 80% of all users are to have a smart meter in 2020. These instruments will then measure the consumption of gas and electricity. They can be integrated in a smart grid, a […]