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EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online. We work to to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. We do so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organisations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world.
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Skype Is Investigated In Luxembourg For Its Relations To NSA
Skype, owned now by Microsoft, has entered the attention of Gerard Lommel, Luxembourg’s Data Protection Commissioner, as a result of the documents revealed by Edward Snowden in the PRISM affair. Gerard Lommel has put Skype under investigation over its possible secret collaboration with NSA, within PRISM spy programme, and the company could face criminal and […]
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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 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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Has Switzerland Become A Center Of Spy Technology Exports?
On 26 September 2013, Privacy International sent a letter to Ueli Maurer, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence showing concern regarding the many companies asking for licenses to export surveillance technology from Switzerland. Some media reports revealed in August 2013 that companies such as Gamma International (well known for the notorious malware soft […]
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Recommended Reading
EDRi Reponse to Green Paper Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World: (26.09.2013) http://www.edri.org/files/26092013-EDRi-GreenPaper-Converged-Audiovisu… Belgian ‘Royal Decree’ Requires ISPs To Log All Sorts Of Info For A Year (9.10.2013) http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131009/01172724806/belgian-royal-de… What’s wrong with ANPR – No CCTV’s report on number plate cameras in UK (10.2013) http://www.no-cctv.org.uk/docs/Whats%20Wrong%20With%20ANPR-No%20CCTV%2… German Federal Intelligence Service taps up to 25 providers […]
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Agenda
14-18 October 2013, Athens, Greece RIPE67 Meeting https://ripe67.ripe.net/ 21-27 October 2013, Worldwide Open Access week http://www.openaccessweek.org/events 22-25 October 2013, Bali, Indonesia Internet Governance Forum 2013 http://igf2013.or.id/ 24 October 2013, Ljubljana, Slovenia The LAPSI 2.0 Conference: “The new PSI directive: What’s next?” http://www.lapsi-project.eu/lapsi-20-conferences 25-27 October 2013, Siegen, Germany Cyberpeace – FIfF Annual Meeting 2013 http://www.fiff.de/ 19-20 […]
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ENDitorial: Lessons From The Failure Of Licences For Europe
Now that the Licences for Europe has failed so comprehensively, it is time to reflect on what types of voluntary or self-regulatory initiatives are likely to work and which are likely to fail. Last May, at the Stockholm Internet Forum, EDRi ran an “unconference” session, which brainstormed about what characteristics a self-regulatory initiative would need […]
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