May 25, 2020 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | 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 3, 2024

HOPE XV – The fifteenth Hackers On Planet Earth event

This event promises to be memorable. It is open to all hackers, makers, tinkerers, experimenters, artists, educators and anyone else with an interest in exploring and improving the world we live in and sharing knowledge with others.

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August 7, 2025 · Blogs

#PrivacyCamp25: The draft programme is out now

PrivacyCamp25 will take place on 30 September, 2025 online and at La Tricoterie, Brussels. Curious about what we have planned? Check out the draft programme.

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September 9, 2024

News Impact Summit: Fighting climate misinformation

Since 2014, the EJC has organised 36 News Impact Summits. The Summits have inspired communities of journalists and media organisations in 29 cities in 20 countries across Europe and the Middle East, featuring 400+ speakers from leading international news organisations.

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February 27, 2025

The 16th Hackers On Planet Earth conference – HOPE_16

The HOPE conferences are known for their creativity and diversity, not to mention a whole lot of hacker fun. We've been at this for over three decades now - the first HOPE conference was in 1994.

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May 7, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics

When technology is the problem, not the solution: Lessons from harmful consequences of techno-solutionism in digital surveillance

AI-powered surveillance systems are being deployed globally - from Israel and Russia to EU member states. These systems target marginalised communities under the guise of improving security and efficiency. To rectify these harms, we must challenge techno-solutionist narratives and rethink why and how technology is used, and center human rights.

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May 30, 2024 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Be scanned – or get banned!

In the latest in a string of alarming developments, the Belgian government has proposed a new supposed 'solution' to the Chat Control deadlock in the Council. Read why this new proposal undermines people's security across the European Union.

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July 8, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality

Spain: Catalan government agrees to improve privacy in schools

The Catalan Department of Education has signed an agreement accepting the plan proposed by Xnet, EDRi member from Spain, titled “Privacy and Democratic Digitization of Educational Centers,” to guarantee the privacy of data and the democratic digitization of schools. The plan foresees the creation of a software-pack and protocols that ensure the educational establishments have alternatives to what until now seemed the only option: the technological dependence on Google and its attached elements, with worrying consequences on individual data.

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November 12, 2020 · Campaigns | Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention | Transparency

Campaign “Reclaim Your Face” calls for a Ban on Biometric Mass Surveillance

Civil society across Europe launches the “Reclaim Your Face” campaign, demanding that local and national authorities  listen to their communities about the serious risks of using facial recognition and other biometric technologies in public spaces. The newly formed coalition calls to ban biometric mass surveillance, in reaction to the rapid and secretive roll out of invasive and unlawful technologies by police forces and local authorities in many European countries.

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