June 1, 2011

European IP policy is crippling the European digital economy

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Politk zu geistigem Eigentum lähmt digitale Wirtschaft | http://bit.ly/lhLNSK] European policy makers are strangling the digital economy, hurting consumers and putting Europeans’ fundamental rights at risk, according to a report into the failures of IP policy making in Europe, published by EDRi on 24.05.2011. The report sets […]

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April 24, 2018 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

ePrivacy: Civil society letter calls to ensure privacy and reject data retention

On 23 April 2017, EDRi, together with other civil society organisations, sent a follow up to our previous open letter to the permanent representations of EU Member States in Brussels. The letter highlighted the importance of the ongoing reform of Europe’s ePrivacy legislation for strengthening individuals’ rights to privacy and freedom of expression and for rebuilding […]

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April 26, 2018 · Press releases | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Online tracking industry / AdTech

Press Release: “Fake news” strategy needs to be based on real evidence, not assumption

Today, 26 April 2018, the European Commission adopted a Communication on “tackling online disinformation”. European Digital Rights (EDRi), The Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) and Access Now will jointly respond by issuing a joint shadow report in the coming weeks.

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Keep it secure

In democratic societies, trust in communication systems is vital for our lives and connections with others. This allows us to work, socialise, organise, express ourselves, and care for each other safely, without being put under arbitrary suspicion. Our privacy and security must be strongly protected to ensure that our most sensitive conversations are not subject to unwarranted intrusion.

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May 27, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

France: First victory against police drones

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, French police has been using drones to watch people and make sure they respect the lockdown. Drones had been used before by the police for the surveillance of protests, but the COVID-19 crisis represented a change of scale.

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June 10, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

UK: Stop social media monitoring by local authorities

Would you like your local government to judge you by your Facebook activity? In a recent study, we investigated how local authorities (Councils) in Great Britain are looking at social media accounts as part of their investigation tactics on issues such as benefits, debt recovery, fraud, environmental investigations, and children’s social care.

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January 29, 2014 · Blogs

Data protection package delayed after the Euro elections

The EU’s much discussed data protection package will not be adopted before the elections for the European Parliament which are due in May 2014. “They have elaborated a road map and now they need to deliver on it basically but I think the political agreement to get this done before the end of the year […]

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January 31, 2007

Serbia rejects biometric ID cards

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A grass-roots campaign in Serbia successfully pressed the Serbian government to back off on a plan to make biometric data compulsory in the country’s new ID cards. The decision followed a pitched battle prior to the 21 January 2007 election as opponents criticized the accompanying plan for […]

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January 30, 2008

Bulgarian Big Brother Awards

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 28 January 2008, the Access to Information Programme and EDRi-member Internet Society Bulgaria presented the Big Brother negative awards. The Big Brother award was presented to the Ministry of Interior for publishing data from the passports and criminal conviction records of two BBC journalists who were […]

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April 6, 2016 · Blogs

Opt me out of location – campaign and report against mobile tracking

Open Rights Group, a UK member of EDRi has launched a campaign to enable people to opt out of location and web traffic tracking by their mobile providers. The campaign includes a tool to help people find out how to opt out, which is usually quite hard to find information about. The campaign is backed […]

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February 15, 2006 · Blogs

EDRI-gram in Macedonian

Starting with February 2006, part of EDRI-gram will be available in Macedonian, a few days after the English edition. The translation is done by the NGO Metamorphosis, which is also an EDRI-member. Some of the articles from the previous EDRI-gram 4.2 are already available online at http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=626&Itemid=4&lang=mk

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May 16, 2018 · Blogs

A glimpse of our 15th Anniversary

In 2018, European Digital Rights (EDRi) turned 15. We gathered to celebrate a decade and a half of existence of our network and its digital rights victories. The anniversary party took place on 12 April 2018 in Brussels. In between keynote presentations, a fireside chat with our founders, and a final word from our Executive Director, […]

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