September 28, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection

Travel surveillance: member states seek to circumvent court judgment on PNR

In June this year the the Court of Justice ruled that the rules governing the EU's system for travel surveillance and passenger profiling, set out in the Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive, must be "interpreted restrictively" to conform with fundamental rights standards. The ruling requires substantial changes to member state practices - but the Council, in time-honoured fashion, is looking at how to circumvent it, and to ensure the greatest possible freedom of manouevre for law enforcement authorities.

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EDRi-gram Archive

See past editions of the EDRi-gram from 2019

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October 6, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Serbia withdraws a proposed Biometric Surveillance Bill following national and international pressure

On 23 September, the Serbian Minister of Interior Aleksandar Vulin announced that the Draft Law on Internal Affairs, which contained provisions for legalising a massive biometric video surveillance system, was pulled from the further procedure. This turn of events presents a key victory in SHARE Foundation’s two and a half year-long battle against smart cameras in Belgrade, which were installed by the Ministry of Interior and supplied by Chinese tech giant Huawei.

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September 28, 2022 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

Football fans are being targeted by biometric mass surveillance

Apart from its undemocratic nature, there are many reasons why biometric mass surveillance is problematic for human rights and footabll fans’ rights. 

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March 20, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Disinformation and electoral interference | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

EDRi calls for fundamental rights-based responses to COVID-19

Some of the actions taken by governments and businesses under exceptional Coronavirus circumstances today, can have significant repercussions on freedom of expression, privacy and other human rights both today and tomorrow.

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June 24, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Digital rights in trade agreements | Freedom of expression online

European Commission derails copyright reform in South Africa

Last year, the South African parliament adopted a progressive new copyright bill that would have drastically improved access to educational materials, introduced a fair use exception, implemented the Marrakesh treaty for the benefit of people who are blind or print disabled, and strengthened the negotiating positions of authors and performers in their negotiations with publishers.

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October 6, 2020 · Highlights | Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Press release: The data retention regimes of France, United Kingdom and Belgium are illegal says CJEU

Note: This quick reaction is based on the Court’s press release. A more thorough analysis of the judgement will be published later this week.

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November 15, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

High time: Policy makers increasingly embrace encryption

Encryption is of critical importance to our democracy and rule of law. Nevertheless, politicians frequently advocate for weakening this technology. Slowly but surely, however, policy makers seem to start embracing it.

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May 13, 2020 · Blogs | Information democracy | Disinformation and electoral interference | Freedom of expression online

COVID-Tech: COVID infodemic and the lure of censorship

In EDRi's series on COVID-19, COVIDTech, we will explore the critical principles for protecting fundamental rights while curtailing the spread of the virus, as outlined in the EDRi network's statement on the virus.

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June 22, 2022 · Jobs in the sector

Open Rights Group is hiring for various positions

Founded in 2005, Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital rights organisation that campaigns to protect our rights to privacy and free speech online.

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July 17, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

IBM’s facial recognition: the solution cannot be left to companies

On 8 June 2020, IBM’s CEO announced to the US Congress that – on the grounds of “justice and racial equity” – the company would “sunset” its “general purpose” facial recognition technologies. EDRi has addressed the company through a letter, but IBM's response suggests the organisation is motivated by public relations, instead of fundamental rights.

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May 3, 2017 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: epicenter.works

epicenter.works is a non-profit organisation from Austria committed to the preservation of fundamental rights in the digital age and a pluralistic society.

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