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France is demanding explanations from the US over NSA surveillance
On 21 October 2013, the French government summoned Charles Rivkin, the US ambassador in France, demanding urgent explanation regarding the revelations by Le Monde that, according to the documents released by Edward Snowden, NSA has intercepted French citizens’ phone and internet communications, at a massive scale. Le Monde revealed on that day that, during a […]
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Data protection vote – one step forward, two big steps backwards
The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee held a crucial vote this evening on the future of privacy and data protection in Europe. We applaud Parliamentarians for supporting – and even improving – several important and valuable elements of the original Commission proposal. We are particularly happy that the Committee chose to overturn the Commission’s proposal […]
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Data Protection Regulation: Leaked Compromises
On Monday, 21 October, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee will vote on the following compromise amendments: Voting List (pdf) COMP Article 01 : http://www.edri.org/files/eudatap/01COMPArticle01.pdf COMP Article 02 : http://www.edri.org/files/eudatap/02COMPArticle02.pdf COMP Article 03 : http://www.edri.org/files/eudatap/03COMPArticle03.pdf COMP Article 04 : http://www.edri.org/files/eudatap/04COMPArticle04.pdf COMP Article 05 : http://www.edri.org/files/eudatap/05COMPArticle05.pdf COMP Article 06 : http://www.edri.org/files/eudatap/06COMPArticle06.pdf COMP Article 07 : http://www.edri.org/files/eudatap/07COMPArticle07.pdf […]
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Joint press release – Civil rights groups call on European Parliament to vote for strong data protection rules
On Monday 21 October, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties will decide on the future of privacy and data protection in Europe. The recent revelations surrounding government surveillance involving some of the Internet’s biggest companies have highlighted the urgency of an update of Europe’s privacy rules. The Regulation will have a major impact on […]
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Act now: One minute to save your right to privacy
On 21 October, the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will vote a an of huge importance to civil rights: The General Data Protection Regulation. The purpose of this very long legislative proposal is to make sure that our rights to privacy and data protection can be effectively asserted in […]
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“Terms and Conditions may apply”: A free screening of a must-see film on Thursday, 17 October
We’re happy to announce a screening of Cullen Hoback’s very timely documentary about the dangers of signing up to excessive and unpredictable license terms which undermine privacy and permit surveillance: “Terms and Conditions may apply”. The filmmaker tells a terrifying story and coherently argues that we need to reclaim control of our personal data. We […]
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Data protection series – issue sheets
On 21 October the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will vote a hugely important dossier: The General Data Protection Regulation. This very long legislative document is intended to ensure that our rights to privacy and data protection can be effectively asserted in our everyday lives. One of the main […]
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The Lobbyists’ Charter
EDRi launched today, 9 October 2013, with expert input from the Transnational Institute and the Corporate Europe Observatory "The Lobbyists’ Charter" – a parody of the efforts of the US and European Commission to grant industry lobbyists impressive powers to restrict democratic decision-making now and in the future, as part of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and […]
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Snowden deserves the 2013 Sakharov Prize
On 10 October 2013, the winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought will be announced by the Conference of Presidents, as chosen by members of three committees of the European Parliament (AFET, DEVE and DROI). The Prize, bearing the name of the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, has been awarded every […]
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Joint letter on Market Surveillance and Product Safety Regulation
On 2 October 2013, EDRi signed a joint letter together with other civil society groups and organisations (CCIA, EDIMa, EuroISPA, EEA and EMOTA) asking the competent EU institutions to act on the amendments to the draft Regulations on Market Surveillance and Product Safety that could have far-reaching consequences affecting online commerce and Internet intermediaries freedom. […]
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UK surveillance activities have been challenged at the ECtHR
Following Edward Snowden’s revelations, EDRi-member Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch and English PEN, together with German internet "hacktivist" and academic Constanze Kurz, have launched a legal challenge to the UK’s internet surveillance activities before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), on behalf in all Internet users in UK and US. The challengers consider […]
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The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics under strong surveillance
According to documents collected by two Russian journalists, experts in security services, and shared with The Guardian, the Russian Government is prepared to deploy one of the most spectacular and invasive surveillance and spying system that will affect not only the athletes or spectators attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February 2014. Procurement documents […]
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