February 4, 2016 · Blogs

Press release: TiSA negotiations: the European Parliament’s strong position

On 3 February 2016, the European Parliament gave its opinion to the European Commission on what to do and what not to do with regard to the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). The European Commission is in charge of conducting the negotiations on behalf of the European Union. At the end of the negotiation process, […]

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June 7, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Data Retention: EU Commission inconclusive about potential new legislation

On 6 June 2019, representatives from eight civil society organisations (including EDRi members) met with officials from the European Commission (EC) Directorate General of Home Affairs (DG HOME) to discuss data retention. This meeting, according to the EC officials, was just another one in a series of meetings that DG HOME is holding with different […]

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January 28, 2015 · Blogs

Did AGCOM censor an article about AGCOM censorship?

At the end of 2014, EDRi wrote an article on the Italian telecoms regulator AGCOM’s censorship procedures for the newsletter of the EU Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Infringements. After agreeing to publish the article, the Observatory changed its mind – it has told us that it did so after it “felt obliged to […]

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December 20, 2006

EUCD Best Practice Guide published

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A network of European civil society experts, including several EDRI members, published in December 2006 a Best Practice guide for countries implementing the EU copyright directive. The guide aims at legislators and advocates of a balanced copyright framework in countries hoping to join the EU in the […]

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March 2, 2017 · Blogs

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March 6, 2017 · Blogs

Are net neutrality and privacy Europe’s brilliant way of trumping destructionism?

For the online economy to work, trust and competition are needed. Trust to drive take-up of services and competition to drive down prices and drive up innovation. Privacy The 2016 Eurobarometer (pdf) survey found that nearly 60% of individuals in the EU had avoided certain websites for privacy reasons, while 82% were in favour of […]

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March 8, 2017 · Blogs

The tale of the fight for transparency in the EU Internet Forum

Chapter One: The dark knights at a secret meeting It was the beginning of the year 2014 when the European Commission first announced the creation of an “EU Internet Forum”. But it would take almost two years and several meetings before its official launch on 3 December 2015. The Forum’s mission: to “counter terrorist content […]

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January 17, 2007

Recommanded Reading

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Study on the Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU. Final Report. (20.11.2006) http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf

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February 25, 2015 · Blogs | Publications

Booklet: Activist Guide to the Brussels Maze updated

After the major changes in 2014 to the Brussels activist landscape – with the European Parliament elections in May and the new European Commission that took office towards the end of the year – EDRi's booklet "Activist Guide to the Brussels Maze" has been updated. The version 2.0 is now available on our website.

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March 16, 2016 · Blogs

Transatlantic coalition of civil society groups: Privacy Shield is not enough – renegotiation is needed

Today, EDRi joined forces with other 26 civil society organisations to send a letter to European leaders reviewing the “Privacy Shield” data-transfer agreement with a very specific message: this arrangement is not enough. The Privacy Shield is intended to allow companies to share data about customers across the Atlantic. Unfortunately, the Privacy Shield fails to […]

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July 19, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

More responsibility to online platforms – but at what cost?

In the European Commission’s internal note published by Netzpolitik.org on 16 July 2019, the Commission presents current problems around the regulation of digital services and proposes a revision of the current E-Commerce Directive. Such a revision would have a huge impact on fundamental rights and freedoms. This is why it’s crucial for the EU to […]

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March 11, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Germany: Invading refugees’ phones – security or population control?

In its new study, EDRi member Society for Civil Rights (GFF) examines how German authorities sniff out refugees’ phones. The aim of “data carrier evaluation” is supposed to be determining a person’s identity and their country of origin. However, in reality, it violates refugees’ rights and does not produce any meaningful results.

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