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April 19, 2022

AI and Criminal Justice – Regulatory and Practical Challenges

The Series is organised by the joint research project MATIS of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Luxembourg (co-funded by FWO and FNR), in cooperation with the Brussels Privacy Hub. The Series has a media partnership with EDRi

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December 4, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

Interoperability: A way to escape toxic online environments

The political debate on the future Digital Services Act mostly revolves around the question of online hate speech and how to best counter it. Whether based on state intervention or self-regulatory efforts, the solutions to address this legitimate public policy objective will be manifold. In its letter to France criticising the draft legislation on hateful […]

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July 31, 2013 · Blogs

UK: Vehicle plate recognition video system ruled illegal

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB: Automatische Kennzeichenerfassung illegal | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.15_GB_Automatische_Kennzeichenerfassung_illegal?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130731] The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), UK’s data protection authority, issued on 24 July 2013, an Enforcement Notice asking the Hertfordshire police to stop using a vehicle plate tracking system that it considered as unlawful. The ICO notice is a result of a […]

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September 21, 2011

UK government wants search engines to fight copyright infringement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung fordert von Suchmaschinen Unterstützung im Kampf gegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.18_Britische_Regierung_fordert_von_Suchmaschinen_Unterstuetzung_im_Kampf_gegen_Urheberrechtsverletzungen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111004] During his speech at the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention on 14 September 2011, UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt called on search engines and ISPs to bar links to websites which, allegedly, distributed material unlawfully, on […]

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July 25, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data

New Protocol on cybercrime: a recipe for human rights abuse?

From 11 to 13 July 2018, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and European Digital Rights (EDRi) took part in the Octopus Conference 2018 at the Council of Europe together with Access Now to present the views of a global coalition of civil society groups on the negotiations of more than 60 countries on access to […]

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June 28, 2023 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Inclusive technologies

Digital rights for civil society and civil society for digital rights: how surveillance technologies shrink civic spaces

Digital technology has transformed civic spaces - online and offline. In our digital societies, characterised by injustice and power imbalances, technology contributes to shrinking civic spaces. And to defend civic spaces against surveillance, we need strong and resourced civil society organisations and movements.

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June 15, 2016 · Blogs

Mobilisation for digital rights

This article is also available in Dutch: https://www.bof.nl/2016/07/11/mobilisatie-voor-digitale-rechten/ In a digital society, digital rights are simply our rights. They are our right to express ourselves freely, our right to a private life, our right to our possessions. But what if digital society fails to realise that our traditional rights and freedoms cannot always be defended by […]

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December 18, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Casual attitude in intelligence sharing is troubling

A recent report by Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service CTIVD shows that the Dutch secret services regularly violate the law when sharing intelligence with foreign services. For the sake of privacy and freedom of communication, it is crucial that data sharing safeguards are both tightened and more strictly enforced.

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May 23, 2007

US official makes PNR demands to the European Parliament

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As the negotiations of the PNR (Passenger Name Records) issue continue between the US Government and the European Parliament, during his visit to Brussels on 14 May, US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff asked for more relaxed restrictions on the personal data transfer from the airline companies. […]

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September 26, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

ECtHR gives a half-hearted victory against UK mass surveillance

On 13 September 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its ruling on the case brought by EDRi members Privacy International, Open Rights Group and other NGOs against the United Kingdom. The Court found several violations of the European Convention on Human Rights in three UK mass surveillance programmes. The Court’s judgment is […]

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June 4, 2008

Hungarian Data Retention Law – challenged at the Constitutional Court

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) has filed its complaint with the Constitutional Court requesting an ex post examination for unconstitutionality and the annulment of the data retention provisions of Act C of 2003 on electronic communications. On 15 March 2008, the regulations implementing the 2006/24/EC Directive […]

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March 2, 2022 · Blogs | Highlights | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

Open Letter: Abolish manipulative dark patterns and creepy online ads, ask 72 civil society organisations

Ahead of the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA) trilogue meeting on 15 March, EDRi, Liberties and Amnesty International and 69 other civil society organisations have sent a joint open letter to 20 ministers and state secretaries in 9 EU Member States.  On Tuesday 1.03.2022, several organisations in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Croatia delivered the letter to relevant decisionmakers responsible for their country's position in the EU negotiations.  

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