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April 17, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Data protection standards

Greek Ministry of Asylum and Migration face a record-breaking €175,000 fine for the border management systems KENTAUROS & HYPERION

On 3 April, the Greek Data Protection Authority (DPA) slapped the Ministry of Asylum and Migration with a record-breaking €175,000 fine under the General Data Protection Regulation for the border management systems KENTAUROS and HYPERION. The DPA’s investigation started back in 2022, following a strategic complaint filed by the EDRi member Homo Digitalis and its partners in Greece.

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October 15, 2022 · Blogs | Highlights | Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

News from Ireland question effectiveness and lawfulness of online scanning for tackling child sexual abuse: Lessons for the EU

An investigation in Ireland published today shows that tools for scanning private communications to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online suffer not only from low accuracy and high rates of false alarms but have led to people’s data and privacy being put in danger without reasonable suspicion.

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October 25, 2023 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Surveillance and data retention

Unchecked AI will lead us to a police state

Across Europe, police, migration and security authorities are seeking to develop and use AI in increasing contexts. From the planned use of AI-based video surveillance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, to the millions of EU funds invested in AI based surveillance at Europe’s borders, AI systems are more and more part of the state surveillance infrastructure.

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September 13, 2023 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi-gram, 13 September 2023

Are you ready to catch up on the recent digital rights developments in Europe after a nice summer break? The latest EDRi-gram has got you covered. From a fake social network that is spooking people in Warsaw to activists celebrating encryption, this edition brings you the hottest updates on everything digital. Stay informed and up to speed with the latest digital rights updates in Europe.

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January 19, 2022 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Profiling practices

Hide and Seek: Polish DPA agrees that people should be able to access their advertising profiles, but there’s no way to do so

Following EDRi member Panoptykon’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaint against one of the biggest Polish news website, Interia.pl - the Polish Data Protection Authority has confirmed that online publishers should give users access to their advertising profiles generated for the purposes of delivering behavioural ads.

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February 28, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

2023: Important consultations for your Digital Rights!

Public consultations are an opportunity to influence future legislation at an early stage, in the European Union and beyond. They are your opportunity to help shaping a brighter future for digital rights, such as your right to a private life, data protection, or your freedom of opinion and expression.

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October 24, 2018 · On the ground | Information democracy | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation

ENDitorial: YouTube puts uploaders, viewers & itself in a tough position

A pattern is emerging. After blocking a controversial video, YouTube nonpologises for doing so, and reinstates the video... just to block it again a few months later. The procedures around content moderation need to improve, but that's not all: more needs to change.

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June 2, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Challenge against Clearview AI in Europe

This legal challenge relates to complaints filed with 5 European data protection authorities against Clearview AI, Inc. ("Clearview"), a facial recognition technology company building a gigantic database of faces.

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November 7, 2018 · Highlights | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Disinformation and electoral interference | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation | Profiling practices

Facebook fails political ads tests several times

On 28 June 2018, Facebook announced it had set forth a compulsory “Paid for by” feature, limiting anonymity by requiring to submit a valid ID and proof of residence. This had been introduced in reaction to a series of election interference in the past year through foreign political advertising on social media platforms.

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September 30, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

LQDN fights to protect French citizens from biometric mass surveillance

In August, La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) filed a complaint before the Conseil d’État (France’s highest administrative court) against provisions of the French code of criminal procedure which authorise the use of facial recognition to identify people registered in a criminal record police file – called “TAJ” for “Traitement des antécédents judiciaires” – by the police.

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April 17, 2024 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

Privacy is not for sale: Meta must stop charging for people’s right to privacy

Ahead of a crucial opinion by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) – a grouping of the EU’s chief privacy regulators - on Meta’s plan to charge for privacy, the European Commission has opened an investigation that we hope will cast light on the unlawfulness of Meta’s so-called ‘Pay or Okay’ model, which has become the ‘talk of the town’ in Brussels.

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March 25, 2021 · Open letters | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online

Coalition of human rights and journalist organisations express concerns for free speech

On 25 March, 61 human rights and journalist organisations sent a joint letter to Members of the European Parliament, urging them to vote against the proposed Regulation on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online.

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