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October 28, 2020 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Disinformation and electoral interference | Platform regulation

How can “interoperability” strengthen our choices and privacy online?

Brussels is moving into high gear on internet regulation, as the text of the much-anticipated Digital Services Act (now with an additional Digital Markets Act) is due to be published by the European Commission on 2 December.

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July 1, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Platform regulation

Joint Civil Society Statement Urges IMCO Committee to Uphold Fundamental Rights in the DSA

On 1 July 2021, along with 6 leading civil society organisations EDRi signed a joint statement urging Members of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) in the European Parliament to uphold fundamental rights and democratic principles in the final Digital Services Act (DSA) regulation.

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April 20, 2022 · Blogs | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

UK High Court rules blanket seizure of asylum seekers’ phones breached Article 8 ECHR

On 25 March 2022, the UK High Court ruled that the Home Office acted unlawfully and breached human rights and data protection laws by operating a secret, blanket policy of seizing, retaining and extracting data from the mobile phones of asylum seekers arriving by small boat to UK shores between April and November 2020.

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November 17, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation | Surveillance and data retention

Platform Regulation: Key takeways from Haugen’s hearing

On 8 November 2021, Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, participated in a hearing of the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO). While her testimony brought extremely important insights into Facebook’s opaque operations, it also showed that Haugen’s thinking of what the digital world in Europe should look like is influenced by her expertise in data science rather than public policy, as well as by her professional experience working with Silicon Valley’s centralised mega-platforms.

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April 1, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Competition law: what to do against Big Tech’s abuse?

This is the second article in a series dealing with competition law and Big Tech. The aim of the series is to look at what competition law has achieved when it comes to protecting our digital rights, where it has failed to deliver on its promises, and how to remedy this.

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March 1, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Data protection standards

The secret services’ reign of confusion, rogue mayors, racist tech and algorithm oversight (or not)

Have a quick read through January’s most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands.

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June 8, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

DSA should promote open and fair digital environment, not undermine the rule of law

The Rapporteur of the European Parliament Committee leading one of the most important legal initiatives to regulate platforms has spoken. The Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee's draft report on the Digital Services Act (DSA) turns online platforms into judge, jury and executioner when it comes to removing online content. This follows the same logic as the Copyright Guidelines that were presented last week. It also gives vast powers to the European Commission and national governments to suppress opposing voices.

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October 4, 2023 · Press mentions | Privacy and data protection

Will the European Parliament walk the talk and protect journalists?

In a democratic society, where we rely on journalists to act as public watchdogs, we cannot have them worried about becoming a target of government-sanctioned spying.

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February 26, 2024 · Blogs | Campaigns | Open internet and inclusive technology | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation

Civil society complaint raises concern that LinkedIn is violating DSA ad targeting restrictions

On 26 February, EDRi and its partners Global Witness, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte and Bits of Freedom have submitted a complaint to the European Commission regarding a potential infringement of the Digital Services Act (DSA).

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April 20, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Spyware is only the tip of the iceberg: we need to protect journalists from all forms of surveillance

The EDRi network published amendments and recommendations for the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) proposal calling for comprehensive protection for journalists, journalistic sources and human defenders against surveillance measures.

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April 3, 2018 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data

Nearly 100 public interest organisations urge Council of Europe to ensure high transparency standards for cybercrime negotiations

In light of the passing of the CLOUD Act in the United States that undermines the rights to privacy and other rights, the forthcoming proposal of the European Union on e-evidence, and other initiatives, it is vitally important that the T-CY listens to and engages with civil society proactively and in a timely manner. Civil society wants to engage in this process to ensure the new protocol will uphold the highest human rights standards.

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

Microsoft Office 365 banned from German schools over privacy concerns

In a bombshell decision, the Data Protection Authority (DPA) of the German Land of Hesse has ruled that schools are banned from using Microsoft’s cloud office product “Office 365”. According to the decision, the platform’s standard settings expose personal information about school pupils and teachers “to possible access by US officials” and are thus incompatible […]

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