January 17, 2007

EDRI signs the Joint Statement for SCCR 1st Special Session

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights’ (SCCR) Special Session is taking place right now at Geneva. The meeting (and another in June 2007) aims to fix the proposed Broadcast Treaty so that it could be ratified by the end of this year in a diplomatic conference. […]

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January 9, 2024

Data Protection Day

The Council of Europe (CoE), CPDP and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) invite you to register for the CPDP - Data Protection Day, which will take place on 25th January 2024 at “Les Halles de Schaerbeek”, Brussels, Belgium.

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November 17, 2021 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Transparency

Noyb files another complaint against Amazon Europe – black box algorithm discriminates customers

The e-commerce giant offers customers the possibility to pay for products later via "Monthly Invoicing". A customer was automatically rejected from using this payment method without Amazon giving any reasons why. When Amazon’s customer service could not provide any further information, the customer submitted an access request under Article 15 GDPR in order to find out why he was rejected – but the company still refused to provide any information.

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June 30, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Inclusive technologies

Five reasons to claim victory on the EU Digital COVID Certificate

On 8 June 2021, the European Parliament voted on the interinstitutional compromise text on the regulation(s) on the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC, also known as the Digital Green Certificate and the European Green Pass). The proposed legislation regulates the “framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery” with aim of facilitating free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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June 27, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Online Safety Bill insecure: international organisations, academics and cyber experts urge UK government to protect encrypted messaging

EDRi, Open Rights Group and over 80 civil society organisations, academics and cyber experts from 23 countries have written to the UK government to raise the alarm about proposed powers in the Online Safety Bill.

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June 1, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Equal access to the internet | Inclusive technologies

Commission launches internet fee consultation full of biased questions

The European Commission has launched an “exploratory questionnaire” about telecom corporations wishing to levy an internet fee from online content providers. EDRi’s response outlines why that’s a ludicrous idea, a threat to net neutrality, and bad news for all internet users.

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April 20, 2022 · Blogs | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

UK High Court rules blanket seizure of asylum seekers’ phones breached Article 8 ECHR

On 25 March 2022, the UK High Court ruled that the Home Office acted unlawfully and breached human rights and data protection laws by operating a secret, blanket policy of seizing, retaining and extracting data from the mobile phones of asylum seekers arriving by small boat to UK shores between April and November 2020.

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March 5, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Apple and the long secret arm of the UK Government

Apple disabled their 'advanced data protection' service for UK customers following a secret UK Government order demanding access to global user data. EDRi member Privacy International criticises this weakening of security standards for users in the United Kingdom.

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December 8, 2023 · Open letters | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

NGOs and experts warn AI Act negotiators: don’t trade our rights!

On 8 December 2023, 70 civil society groups and 34 expert individuals sent an urgent letter to the Council of EU Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament to urge them "Do not trade away our rights!" in the final trilogue (negotiation) on the landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.

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February 12, 2020 · EDRi-gram

EDRi-gram 18.3, 12 February 2020

"We have to ask ourselves what kind of a world do we want to create, and who actually benefits from the development and deployment of technologies used to manage migration"

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July 14, 2010

Facebook faces serious fines in Germany

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Auf Facebook warten in Deutschland hohe Geldstrafen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2065] The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information John Caspar has launched legal proceedings against the operator of the social network Facebook for illegally accessing and saving personal data of people who don’t use the respective social […]

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June 6, 2012 · Blogs

Web blocking – Conclusions from the Danish Presidency

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Netzsperren: Schlussfolgerungen der dänischen Ratspräsidentschaft | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.11_Netzsperren_Schlussfolgerungen_der_daenischen_Ratspraesidentschaft?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120606] On 8 June 2012 the Council of Ministers will adopt a “Council Conclusions” document on the creation of a “Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Online”. In line with the Directive adopted last year, the text refers to blocking “where appropriate” […]

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