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June 1, 2011

EDPS: Data Retention Directive fails to meet data protection requirements

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDSB: Richtlinie zur Vorratdatenspeicherung wird Datenschutzanforderungen nicht gerecht | http://bit.ly/juy3xn] Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted, on 31 May 2011, an opinion on the European Commission’s Evaluation Report on the Data Retention Directive submitted on 18 April 2011 to the Council and the European Parliament. […]

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March 9, 2016 · Blogs

Italy, net neutrality law proposal under consideration

On 8 July 2014, Italian MP Stefano Quintarelli submitted a law proposal which covers net neutrality, despite never mentioning those words. The draft law represents a positive input for network neutrality in Italy. This article explains why. Art. 3(1) of the proposed text (“Limitations to the management for traffic”) foresees that “ISPs (Internet Service Providers) […]

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May 8, 2013 · Blogs

ENDitorial: Last Call for the W3C Do Not Track process

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Letzte Chance für die Do-Not-Track-Initiative des W3C | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.9_ENDitorial?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130508] As we write this the W3C DNT working group is convening in Sunnyvale, California. This working group has been trying to come up with a mechanism to allow users to express their preferences regarding cross-context tracking of their […]

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May 13, 2013 · Blogs

Protecting the “right” of businesses to secretly make money out of your data

The European Union’s data protection package is supposed to achieve two key goals – the protection of citizens’ fundamental right to data protection and privacy and to avoid barriers to trade in the European single market. Reading some amendments proposed in the European Parliament, one might be forgiven for thinking that the purpose of the […]

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July 17, 2019 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

New privacy alliance to be formed in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe

Civil Society advocates from Russia, and Central and Eastern Europe have joined forces to form a new inter-regional NGO to promote privacy in countries bordering the EU.

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March 13, 2017 · Blogs

#NetCompetition wants an improved Electronic Communications Code

Today, on 13 March 2017, #NetCompetition, an alliance of consumer organisations, service providers and network operators, digital rights organisations and online content providers, adopted its position paper on the European Commission’s proposal for a European Electronic Communications Code. Despite some general positive aspects, we have concluded that the proposed Directive to establish a European Electronic Communications […]

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March 23, 2016 · Blogs

Loopholes creeping into the Italian proposal on net neutrality

The Italian legislative proposal on net neutrality is currently being discussed by the Italian Parliament. Notwithstanding general provisions on the equal treatment of traffic for Internet access services, its amended text contains loopholes and provisions that raise concerns. The text, now containing references to EU Regulation 2120/2015 on net neutrality (and mobile roaming), generally fails […]

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January 30, 2008

ECJ decision on handing traffic information in civil cases

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided on 29 January 2008 in the case of Productores de Música de España Promusicae vs. Telefónica de España considering that the European law “does not require member states to lay down an obligation to disclose personal data in the […]

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February 25, 2015 · Blogs

Did GCHQ spy on you? Find out now!

Since its launch on 16 February 2015, over 25 000 people have joined an international campaign to try to learn whether Britain’s intelligence agency, GCHQ, illegally spied on them. This opportunity is possible thanks to court victory in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), a secret court set up to hear complaints against the British Security […]

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March 8, 2023 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

#PrivacyCamp23: Event summary

In January 2023, EDRi gathered policymakers, activists, human rights defenders, climate and social justice advocates and academics in Brussels to discuss the criticality of our digital worlds. We welcomed 200+ participants in person and enjoyed an online audience of 600+ people engaging with the event livestream videos. If you missed the event or want a reminder of what happened in a session, find the session summaries and video recordings below.

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September 8, 2021 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation

Facebook’s dominance makes it difficult to question the truth

What we as a society understand as true is changeable, and questioning the truth can only be done with a healthy public debate. But the dominance of the platforms that facilitate our public debate makes difficult.

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July 8, 2020 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Equal access to the internet | Inclusive technologies | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Profiling practices

Digital rights for all

In this article we set out the background to EDRis’ work on anti-discrimination in the digital age. Here we take the first step to explore anti-discrimination as a digital rights issue, and then, what can EDRi do about it? The project is motivated by the need to recognise how oppression, discrimination and inequality impact the enjoyment of digital rights, and to live up to our commitment to uphold the digital rights of all.

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