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May 4, 2016 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data

CETA will undermine EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

In February 2016, the European Commission and Canadian government published the final draft text of the EU – Canada trade agreement (CETA), prior to its approval or rejection by the Council of the European Union, European Parliament and, possibly, national parliaments. In October 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the […]

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February 10, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Open internet and inclusive technology | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation | Transparency

How Big Tech maintains its dominance

As Big Tech deepens its dominance into new public domains, major issues arise around fundamental rights, democracy and justice. This article reflects the conversation that took place at the 2021 EPDS Civil Society Summit which was part of #PrivacyCamp21.

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July 4, 2012

UK snooping law plans may come into contradiction with EC

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britisches Schnüffelgesetz könnte Standpunkt der EU-Kommission widersprechen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.13_Britisches_Schnueffelgesetz_koennte_Standpunkt_der_EU-Kommission_widersprechen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120704] The plans of the UK government of increasing the police online surveillance powers under the draft Communications Data Bill (CDB), also known as the “Snoopers’ Chart”, might come into contradiction with the European Commission’s position on citizens’ rights. If […]

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November 20, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

A privately managed public space?

Our “public spaces” online where we meet each other, organise, or speak about social issues, are often controlled and dominated by private companies (platforms like Facebook and YouTube). Pushing platforms to decide which opinions we are allowed to express and which not is not going to solve major problems in our society. The EU rules […]

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October 6, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

Algorithms of trauma: New case study shows that Facebook doesn’t give users real control over disturbing surveillance ads

A case study examined by Panoptykon Foundation, EDRi’s member in Poland, and showcased by the Financial Times, demonstrates how Facebook uses algorithms to deliver personalised ads that may exploit users’ mental vulnerabilities.

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July 27, 2011

ENDitorial: Phone hacking and self regulation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Abhörskandale und Selbstregulierung | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.15_ENDitorial_Abhoerskandale_und_Selbstregulierung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110801] The self-regulatory authority for the British press, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), has itself become one of the victims of the “phone hacking” scandal, as self-regulation failed to not alone prevent but even identify problems now believed to be endemic among UK […]

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July 4, 2013 · Blogs

The ACTA Archive

Today is the first anniversary of the rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in the European Parliament – after months of debates, a large majority of Parliamentarians voted against the adoption. This is the perfect time to gather all documents that have ever been produced by EDRi on this Agreement, to recall who were […]

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April 22, 2015 · Blogs

French surveillance bill pushed ahead despite massive criticism

On 19 March 2015, France proposed a new bill that would allow intelligence services to collect vast amounts of data, to tap phones and emails without permission from judges. The scope of application of the draft bill is extremely broad and covers the following ill-defined areas: National independence, territorial integrity and national defence Foreign policy […]

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July 17, 2013 · Blogs

Finland: A new citizens initiative – Lex Snowden

EDRi member Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi) has submitted on 8 July 2013, with support from Avoin Ministeriö, a citizens’ legislative initiative, titled “Yes We Can – The law for safeguarding of freedom of expression and privacy internationally”, to the Ministry of Justice. If the initiative collects 50 000 names (almost 1% of total population of […]

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May 18, 2016 · Blogs

Advocate General: Dynamic IP address can be personal data

On 12 May Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona, Advocate General (AG) of the European Court of Justice (CJEU), gave his opinion in the Case Patrick Breyer against the Federal Republic of Germany, C-582/14. Patrick Breyer sued the German government for violating his right to data protection by storing the data about him visiting websites of the German […]

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January 16, 2023 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

Looking back at 2022: Protecting and advancing digital rights in times of crisis

In moments where we should be urgently tackling the climate crisis and working towards peace and justice worldwide, state funds and efforts seem to reinforce militarisation, fuel the climate crises and injustice. In response to increased surveillance and control practices coming from governments and private companies, EDRi members and partners have put forward a vision in which people live with dignity and vitality. What have we collectively achieved in 2022?

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March 26, 2008

UK: Phorm targeted advertising practices – under pressure

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A large controversy has been lately spurred in the UK by the new technology Phorm, which can track users’ online surfing habits in order to better target ads. The Phorm system is apparently meant to assign a unique identifying number to a user’s browser, which, according to […]

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