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October 12, 2021

CIF Seminars

A monthly series of interdisciplinary seminars around legal and technical topics related to cybersecurity and online privacy, organised by the CiTiP, COSIC, and DistriNET research groups of KU Leuven. Various seminar dates.

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October 10, 2024 · Blogs | Just and open internet and technologies | Age verification | Equal access to the internet

Protection through empowerment and not exclusion: EDRi’s response to DSA Article 28 call for evidence

On 30 September, EDRi and its members submitted a response to the European Commission’s call for evidence for the DSA Article 28 guidelines for the protection of minors online. The submission focused on the importance of a holistic approach and relying on empowering young people, rather than excluding them.

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June 14, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Snowden revelations: ten years on

Ten years ago, the first revelations about US mass surveillance were published in the UK and USA. The revelations swiftly widened to encompass details about the role of the UK’s GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) in the global gathering of vast amounts of communications data.

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July 7, 2021 · Blogs | Publications | Just and open internet and technologies | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Booklet: Depths of biometric mass surveillance in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland

In a new research report, EDRi reveals the shocking extent of unlawful biometric mass surveillance practices in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland which are taking over our public spaces like train stations, streets, and shops. The EU and its Member States must act now to set clear legal limits to these practices which create a state of permanent monitoring, profiling and tracking of people.

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May 9, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

PEGA Committee does not go all the way on spyware regulation

On 8 May 2023, the Committee of Inquiry of the European Parliament investigating the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) adopted its final report and recommendation, after 14 months of hearings, studies and fact-finding missions.

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May 1, 2024 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and surveillance | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

The future of our fight against biometric mass surveillance

The final AI Act is disappointingly full of holes when it comes to bans on different forms of biometric mass surveillance (BMS). Despite this, there are some silver linings in the form of opportunities to oppose BMS in public spaces and to push for better protection of people’s sensitive biometric data.

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April 25, 2022 · Blogs | Press releases | Information democracy and participation | Just and open internet and technologies | Privacy and surveillance | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

EU negotiators approve good DSA, but more work is needed to build a better internet

Friday night’s political agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA) is a good first step towards protecting people’s rights on the internet and to some extent limiting the immense power that Big Tech companies have over people and democracies.

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April 19, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices

Police cameras won Big Brother Awards in Czechia

EDRi member in the Czech Republic Iuridicum Remedium handed out its anti-prizes for the eighteenth time in March 2023. 2022 was exceptional: one of the "awardees" came for the award, and the others had to express themselves under the pressure from the media.

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May 25, 2020 · Open letters | Privacy and surveillance | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Open Letter: EDRi urges enforcement and actions for the 2 year anniversary of the GDPR

On 25 May 2020, for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2 year anniversary, EDRi sent a letter to Executive Vice-President Jourová and Commissioner Reynders to highlight and urge action to the tackle the GDPR’s vast enforcement gap.

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July 7, 2021 · Blogs | Press releases | Just and open internet and technologies | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Biometric mass surveillance flourishes in Germany and the Netherlands

In a new research report, EDRi reveals the shocking extent of biometric mass surveillance practices in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland which are taking over our public spaces like train stations, streets, and shops. The EU and its Member States must act now to set clear legal limits to these practices which create a state of permanent monitoring, profiling and tracking of people.

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June 2, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and surveillance | Data protection standards

noyb aims to end “cookie banner terror” and issues more than 500 GDPR complaint

EDRi's member noyb.eu sent over 500 draft complaints to companies who use unlawful cookie banners - making it the largest wave of complaints since the GDPR came into force. "Some companies are clearly trying everything to make privacy a hassle for users, when they have a duty to make it as simple as possible."

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May 13, 2026 · Blogs | Just and open internet and technologies

Ireland investigates Meta for breaching the DSA – a year on from our complaint

The Irish Digital Services Coordinator Coimisiún na Meán (CnaM) has announced a formal investigation last week into whether Meta breaches the DSA’s obligation to offer users access to alternative news feeds without profiling – a promising step towards tackling toxic platform design. The investigation comes after Bits of Freedom, EDRi, GFF and Convocation Research + Design filed a complaint about the issue. At the same time, Meta’s abuses have already gone on for too long. We need a fast resolution from the CnaM in order to protect the digital rights of people across Europe and to show that the EU stands ready to enforce its platform laws.

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