Highlights

March 11, 2020 · Highlights | Open internet and inclusive technology

Welcoming our new Senior Policy Advisor Sarah Chander!

European Digital Rights is proud to announce that Sarah Chander has joined the team at the Brussels office as the new Senior Policy Advisor.

February 26, 2020 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics

ECtHR: UK Police data retention scheme violated the right to privacy

February 12, 2020 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

PI and Liberty submit a new legal challenge against MI5

February 3, 2020 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

ECtHR: Obligation on companies to identify all phone users is legal

On 30 January 2020, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its judgment on the Breyer VS Germany case.

January 29, 2020 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

AG’s Opinion: Mass retention of data incompatible with EU law

January 15, 2020 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Serbia: Complaints filed against Facebook and Google

January 15, 2020 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

ECtHR demands explanations on Polish intelligence agency surveillance

January 15, 2020 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Serbia: Complaints filed against Facebook and Google

December 18, 2019 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Austrian government hacking law is unconstitutional

On 11 December 2019, the Austrian Constitutional Court decided that the surveillance law that permits the use of spying software to read encrypted messages violates the fundamental right to respect for private life (article 8 ECHR), the fundamental right to data protection (§ 1 Austrian data protection law) and the constitutionally granted right that prohibits unreasonable searches (Art 9 Austrian bill of rights – Staatsgrundgesetz).

November 22, 2019 · Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

EU Council moves the ePrivacy reform forward – with major flaws in its position

October 4, 2019 · Highlights | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

CJEU ruling on fighting defamation online could open the door for upload filters

Today, on 3 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave its ruling in the case C‑18/18 Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook. The case is related to injunctions obliging a service provider to stop the dissemination of a defamatory comment. Some aspects of the decision could pose a threat for freedom of expression, in particular that of political dissidents who may be accused of defamatory practices.

October 1, 2019 · Highlights | Information democracy | Online tracking industry / AdTech

CJEU on cookies: ‘Consent or be tracked’ is not an option

European Digital Rights (EDRi) welcomes the CJEU's confirmation that under the current data protection framework, cookies can only be set if users have given consent that is valid under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).