The Data Protection Archive

By EDRi · June 12, 2013

This archive gathers all documents and material produced by EDRi on the Data Protection Regulation and Directive.

Index:

Full position paper
Comments on draft reports and amendments
Campaign material
Websites
Articles 2011
Articles 2012
Articles 2013

Full position paper

Position on the Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) – available at https://edri.org/files/1012EDRi_full_position.pdf

Comments on draft reports and amendments

LIBE

* Comment on draft report – available at http://dpreform.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/edri-comments-on-libe-albrecht-report1.pdf
* Comment on amendments to articles 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 31, 32, 79, 80, 83 – available at http://dpreform.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/edri-analysis-of-libe-ams1.pdf

EMPL

* Comment on draft opinion – available at http://dpreform.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/edris-comments-on-the-draft-empl-opinion-on-the-general-data-protection.pdf

IMCO

* Comment on draft opinion – available at http://dpreform.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/edri-comments-on-draft-imco-opinion-fv.pdf
* Comment on amendments– available at http://dpreform.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/edris-comments-on-imco-amendments-for-the-gdpr.pdf

ITRE

* Comment on draft opinion – available at http://dpreform.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/edris-comments-on-draft-itre-opinion-on-general-data-protection-regulation-2.pdf

JURI

* Comment on draft opinion – available at http://dpreform.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/edri-comments-draft-opinion-juri-2.pdf

Campaign material

An introduction to Data Protection – available at http://www.edri.org/files/paper06_datap.pdf
Privacy? Why Care? – available at https://edri.org/files/eudatap-01.pdf
The EU is the global standard setter for #privacy and data protection – available at https://edri.org/files/eudatap-02.pdf
Industry lobbying & astroturfing against the data protection reform – available at https://edri.org/files/eudatap-03.pdf
I don’t care about data protection and privacy – issue 1 – available at https://edri.org/files/care.pdf
I don’t care about data protection and privacy – issue 2 – available at https://edri.org/files/policecare.pdf
Myths and truths of the data protection reform I – available at https://edri.org/files/dataprotection-myths-1.pdf
Myths and truths of the data protection reform II – available at http://www.privacycampaign.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dataprotection-myths-2.pdf
Your Privacy is in Danger – available at http://www.privacycampaign.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/YourPrivacyinDanger.pdf
Key issues of the data protection regulation – available at http://www.edri.org/files/Keyissues-EUDataP.pdf
How to contact your MEP – available at http://www.privacycampaign.eu/2013/02/how-to-contact-your-meps/

Websites

Articles, recitals and EDRi amendments on the draft Directive: http://policingprivacy.eu/
Articles, recitals and EDRi amendments on the draft Regulation: http://protectmydata.eu/
Naked citizens: https://www.nakedcitizens.eu/
Call your MEPs campaign portal: http://www.privacycampaign.eu/

Articles 2011

14 December: Brief overview of the leaked EU Data Protection Regulation – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number9.24/overview-data-protection-regulation

Articles 2012

27 January: EDRi Initial Comments on the Proposal for a Data Protection Regulation – available at http://www.edri.org/CommentsDPR
1 February: Data Protection Week 2012: CPDP and the BarCamp – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.2/data-protection-week-2012
1 February: ENDitorial: EDRi’s initial comments on the Data Protection Regulation – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.2/edri-comments-on-data-retention
15 February: ENDitorial: EU DP Regulation Proposal: The French CNIL defends its turf – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.3/cnil-dp-regulation-turf
14 March: EDPS on the new draft EU data protection policy – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.5/edps-eu-data-protection-policy
26 September: Data protection package: a proposed timetable in the EP – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.18/data-protection-package
7 November: ENDitorial: The Microsoft IE10 Do Not Track “controversy”- available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.21/microsoft-ie10-dnt
21 November: Surprise! Facebook doesn’t Like the Data Protection Regulation – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.22/facebook-doesnt-like-eu-regulation
5 December: ENDitorial: What could possibly go wrong? – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.23/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-data-protection
5 December: Lobbying DP Regulation: European Banking Federation as an example – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.23/european-banking-federation-data-protection
12 December: EDRi’s websites on the data protection reform package – available at http://www.edri.org/dataprotectionreform
19 December: Companies abuse a loophole in data protection law – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.24/data-protection-law-loophole

Articles 2013

8 January: European Parliament Data protection draft – compromise or compromised? – available at http://www.edri.org/ep-eudatap
16 January: Privacy Camp: civil society warm-up for the CPDP – available at http://www.edri.org/pre-cpdp
17 January: US lobbying against the data protection reform intensifies – available at http://www.edri.org/us-eudatap
4 February: Consumer protection MEPs recommend bureaucracy and destruction of privacy rights – available at http://www.edri.org/IMCO-EUdataP
5 February: Fight back on data protection: Launch of European privacy campaign – available at http://www.edri.org/privacycampaign
11 February: Lobby groups take CTRL+V of data protection proposal – available at http://www.edri.org/lobbyplag-eudatap
13 February: Recommended Action: support your privacy rights – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number11.3/action
13 February: US privacy groups believe US officials lobby to weaken EU privacy – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number11.3/us-privacy-groups-eu-law-lobby
20 February: Industry Committee scrapes together a majority for a disastrous data protection opinion – available at http://www.edri.org/itre-eudatap
25 April: Press release: Regulation set to strip citizens of their right privacy – available at http://www.edri.org/PR-eudatap
25 April: 25 April: Citizens stripped by EU Parliament proposals warns civil rights coalition – available at http://www.edri.org/eudatap-conference
8 May: EDRi Organises European Activist Barcamp and Safari on Threats to Citizens’ Privacy Rights (13-15 May) – available at http://www.edri.org/eudatap_camp
8 May: Launch of Nakedcitizens.eu – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number11.9/launch-nakedcitizens-eu
13 May: Protecting the “right” of businesses to secretly make money out of your data – available at http://www.edri.org/theirprivacy
22 May: EU privacy reform: What you can do now – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number11.10/eu-privacy-report-what-can-you-do-now
28 May: If we assume the earth is flat – how much does data protection cost? – available at http://www.edri.org/flatearth
5 June: Will the new data protection rules be even weaker than the old ones? – available at http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number11.11/weaker-data-protection-regulation%3F
10 June: PRISM explains the wider lobbying issues surrounding EU data protection reform – available at http://www.edri.org/prism
10 June: Viviane Reding dismantles UK’s arguments against effective data protection – available at http://www.edri.org/reding