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January 10, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Data protection standards | Digital rights in trade agreements

EU-Japan trade agreement not compatible with EU data protection

The EU and Japan have announced the conclusion of the final discussions on a trade agreement, the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Regarding cross-border data flows and data protection, the European Commission’s press release states that recent reforms of their respective privacy legislation offer new opportunities to facilitate data exchanges, including through a simultaneous finding […]

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September 24, 2008

The EU commissioners ask for a friendly environment in online retailing

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A roundtable on online retailing with the interested private companies, including online music providers, and consumers organisations took place at the European Commission in Brussels on 17 September 2008 with competition commissioner Neelie Kroes and internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy. Ms Kroes expressed her concern regarding the […]

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January 10, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Platform regulation

Copyright reform: State of play

In 2016, the European Commission (EC) launched its proposal for a new Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. This reform was supposed to update the previous Directive, to adapt it to the digital world. Since the previous Directive was adopted in 2001 (after a four-year legislative process), technology and the online ecosystem have […]

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February 21, 2019 · Blogs | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Profiling practices

Google and IAB: Knowingly enabling intrusive profiling

On 28 January, EDRi member Panoptykon joined a complaint against Google and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) in Poland, after it had become clear that the advertising categories provided by these entities are enabling the processing of extremely sensitive data of European citizens. On 20 February, new evidence was published proving that the IAB was […]

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November 4, 2015 · Blogs

Minister of Interior and National Police Force win Dutch BBA 2015

Amsterdam hosted four big privacy conferences in October 2015: the Amsterdam Privacy Conference and the Privacy Law Scholars Conference, both for academia, the International Privacy Conference for regulators, and the Dutch Big Brother Awards, organised by EDRi member Bits of Freedom on 29 October in Stadsschouwburg. The winner of the Big Brother Audience Award is […]

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March 1, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online

Internet restrictions in Turkey violate fundamental rights

After the major earthquake that took place in Turkey on 6 February, covering 10 provinces and a population of approximately 15 million, bandwidth restriction for social media platforms such as Twitter and Tiktok was implemented. Whenever the current government was criticised for not meeting its obligations, throttling was used as an option to filter and prevent the flow of information.

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March 24, 2010

UK is one step closer to blocking access to Internet

Article corrected on 31.03.2010 This article is also available in: Deutsch: [GB macht einen Schritt auf die Unterbindung von Internetzugängen zu | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1793] The most controversial Digital Economy Bill has advanced one more step having been passed by the British House of Lords on 15 March 2010. The bill allows for the “temporary suspension” of […]

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August 4, 2004

Opinion European Court of Justice: perpetual rights for databases

On 8 June 2004, the European Court of Justice issued an opinion on four (similar) cases regarding the database directive ‘sui generis’ right. The opinion seems to grant perpetual protection to databases, and confirms grave public concerns about the impact of the directive on the use and re-use of online information. Though the opinion of […]

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February 2, 2022 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Transparency

Orwell’s Wallet: European electronic identity system leads us straight into surveillance capitalism

In June 2021 the European Commission launched a reform of the 2014 eIDAS Regulation to overhaul Europe’s framework for electronic identity (eID) systems. This ambitious reform tries to create a counterbalance to the widespread login systems of Google, Facebook and Apple, as well as to provide widely-adopted eID systems for eGovernment and eCommerce applications to the population.

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July 10, 2025 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Platform regulation

New research shows online platforms use manipulative design to influence users towards harmful choices

New research by Bits of Freedom investigated social media platforms Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok, and e-commerce platforms Shein, Zalando and Booking.com for their use of manipulative design. The worrying findings indicate that these platforms continue to nfluence the choices of users to their detriment despite being prohibited by laws.

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November 18, 2015 · Blogs

EU and US NGOs propose privacy reforms post Schrems

On 12 November 2015, leading human rights and consumer organisations issued a letter to urge the US and the EU to protect the fundamental right to privacy. After the Schrems ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in October 2015, the parties are now attempting to negotiate a revised Safe Harbor […]

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September 27, 2006

Italian authorities messed up by the wiretapping scandal

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Italian wiretapping scandal has continued since this summer, showing that Telecom Italia internal security service has tapped phone calls from their own employees, business partners, competition, but also from political and football circles. The wiretapped phone calls database was apparently used to blackmail various people. According […]

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