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OnlineCensorship.org documents content takedowns by companies
In November 2015, the EDRi member Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), along with Beirut-based social justice design firm Visualizing Impact, launched OnlineCensorship.org to document content takedowns on social media sites. Specifically, the project focuses on takedowns related to companies’ Terms of Service, seeking to create transparency around a type of censorship that is often obscured. New […]
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Data Protection Package – The bare essentials appear to have been salvaged from the lobby storm
Following the final EU trilogue negotiations yesterday, where an agreement was reached on the proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Directive for Law Enforcement, and waiting for the provisional texts to be made public, EDRi would like to present the following statement: In January 2012, the European Commission, following extensive consultations, […]
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Data protection package concluded – 1420 days after being launched
On 15 December 2015, three years and ten months after the package was launched, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Directive on Data Protection in Police and Justice matters were finally completed. The reform package was launched in order to enhance data protection rights and improve their enforcement. Up until now, data protection in […]
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Net neutrality – now it is the regulators’ turn to bring clarity
Our work on net neutrality is not over. Today, 15 December, the Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) Net Neutrality Expert Working Group is hearing civil society and consumer organisations’ views on how it should address the lack of clarity of the Regulation that was recently adopted on net neutrality. “BEREC has the opportunity […]
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EU Commission platforms consultation: Just how biased is it?
The EU’s consultation raises more questions than answers – we wonder why the real questions are not being asked:
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FAQ: Passenger Name Records (PNR)
The European Union will adopt soon a Directive on the long-term storage and use of “Passenger Name Records” (PNR) for the purpose of profiling individuals as possible serious criminals or terrorists.
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Civil Liberties Committee preliminary vote on EU profiling of airline passengers
The European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will vote on Thursday 10 December to adopt the informal text agreed on the EU Directive on the use of of Passenger Name Records (EU PNR Directive). A second committee vote, followed by a vote of the European Parliament’s plenary are expected in […]
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EU Consultation on future internet regulation – have your say!
The European Commission has launched a consultation on the role of “Internet platforms” – which it basically defines as pretty much any online services you can think of! The consultation is of crucial importance because it will help define the rules that govern how you use the Internet. It will be crucial for new rules […]
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France enacts sweeping legislation limiting fundamental freedoms
On 13 November time stopped in France and around the world as the heart of Paris was attacked. One hundred and thirty people were killed while enjoying dinners with friends, celebrating birthdays, and dancing at a concert. The French government, with the support of most of the population and political groups, rapidly declared a state […]
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EU Council on Data Retention: “Can we please just have it back?”
One and a half years after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the Data Retention Directive, the idea of having an EU data retention instrument is back on the table. On 8 September 2015, officials from the European Commission (EC) told EDRi that, despite the evidence that we provided of the […]
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EDRi represented at the AU-EU Civil Society Seminar on Human Rights
On 21-22 November 2015, EDRi participated in the African Union-European Union Civil Society Seminar on AU-EU Human Rights Dialogue in Kigali, Rwanda. Civil society representatives had the task of making recommendations on freedom of expression to the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU).
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EDPS Opinion: Effective data protection needed for “big data”
On 19 November 2015, the European Data Protection Supervisor published an Opinion on the challenges of “big data”. The Opinion is entitled “A call for transparency, user control, data protection by design and accountability”. The title alone shows how extensive and complicated the issue of big data really is, and squeezing all of these issues […]
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