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EDRi-gram, 20 March 2024

On March 13, following years of tireless advocacy, the EU Parliament finally passed the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. But there’s not much to celebrate – the law missed the mark when it comes to protecting our human rights, especially those of migrants and people on the move. On the same day, the Parliament also passed the European Media Freedom Law (EMFA) which aims to protect journalists and media workers. Another legislation with lofty ambitions that did not live up to its goals. Despite the Brussels spyware scandal that shocked up in February 2024, EU’s approach to surveillance technology remains lackadaisical at best. What will finally convince them to take action?

#PrivacyCamp21: Event Summary

The theme of the 9th edition of Privacy Camp was "Digital rights for change: Reclaiming infrastructures, repairing the future" and included thirteen sessions on a variety of topics. The event was attended by 250 people. If you missed the event or want a reminder of what happened in the session, find the session summaries below.

May 5, 2022 · Blogs | Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Europol’s ever-increasing mandate: European Parliament failed to stand up for fundamental rights

Today, 4 May, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) approved the revision of Europol’s mandate and the Schengen Information System. This supports a massive, unchecked expansion of Europol’s powers, posing a threat to people’s rights through over-policing, mass surveillance and discrimination.

June 2, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

UK: European Court decision in Big Brother Watch case does not go far enough to protect free expression and privacy

The finding of a violation is testimony to the doggedness of civil society in holding the UK government to account in the wake of the Snowden revelations about mass surveillance programmes. EDRI's member ARTICLE 19 welcomes the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (European Court) in Big Brother and others vs the UK, which ruled that the United Kingdom’s bulk interception of communications violated the right to privacy and failed to protect journalists in breach of the right to freedom of expression.

March 1, 2018 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

EU Commission’s Recommendation: Let’s put internet giants in charge of censoring Europe

On 1 March 2018, the European Commission proposed a "Recommendation" on the surveillance and filtering of the internet by online companies.

May 13, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Austria’s biggest privacy scandal: residential addresses made public

Nobody took data protection into account for the so-called “Supplementary Register for Other Concerned Parties” (Ergänzungsregister für sonstige Betroffene). The Ministry for the Economy and the Finance Ministry are responsible for a data breach to which the Austrian Economic Chambers were an accomplice.

March 9, 2022 · Blogs | Open letters | Open internet and inclusive technology | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online

French deputies must reject online censorship without a judge in one hour

On 9 February 2022, the Law Commission of the French National Assembly discussed the bill concerning the "dissemination of terrorist content online", transposing the European regulation on terrorist content online into French law. European Digital Rights (EDRi) and EDRi’s members La Quadrature du Net and Wikimedia France sent the following letter to the members of this Commission to call for the rejection of the bill prior to the discussion.

March 6, 2018 · Campaigns | Freedom of expression online | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation

European policy makers want faulty filters to rule the internet: Your action is needed!

Policy makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen. A filter will decide which of your uploads will be seen by the rest of the world and which won’t. But these filters often fail. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Julia Reda published some examples of where filters got it wrong. Here […]

Missing: people’s rights in the EU Digital Decade

In June 2023, the European Union (EU) will adopt its first report on the state of the ‘Digital Decade’ – a plan launched in 2022 with digitalisation targets for business, public services and people’s digital skills. The Digital Decade reads more like a business plan than a policy programme.

October 20, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Press “Accept” to let companies know every step you take

When you download a free app and accept their privacy statement, did you know that you may just have allowed data about your movement to be sold freely to anyone who’s willing to pay? EDRi's member Elektronisk Forpost Norge (EFN) shares more.

May 27, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

German Constitutional Court stops mass surveillance abroad

The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has so far been able to spy on foreign citizens abroad en masse and without cause—even on sensitive groups such as journalists.

Competition law: Big Tech mergers, a dominance tool

This is the third 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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EDRi-gram, 20 March 2024

#PrivacyCamp21: Event Summary

Europol’s ever-increasing mandate: European Parliament failed to stand up for fundamental rights

UK: European Court decision in Big Brother Watch case does not go far enough to protect free expression and privacy

EU Commission’s Recommendation: Let’s put internet giants in charge of censoring Europe

Austria’s biggest privacy scandal: residential addresses made public

French deputies must reject online censorship without a judge in one hour

European policy makers want faulty filters to rule the internet: Your action is needed!

Missing: people’s rights in the EU Digital Decade

Press “Accept” to let companies know every step you take

German Constitutional Court stops mass surveillance abroad

Competition law: Big Tech mergers, a dominance tool