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February 2, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Online Safety Bill: Kill Switch for Encryption

Of the many worrying provisions contained within the draft Online Safety Bill, perhaps the most consequential is contained within Chapter 4, at clauses 63-69. This section of the Bill hands OFCOM the power to issue “Use of Technology Notices” to search engines and social media companies.

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July 21, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Council poised to endorse mass surveillance as official position for CSA Regulation

The Council of EU Member States are close to finalising their position on the controversial CSA Regulation. Yet the latest slew of Council amendments – just like the European Commission’s original – endorse measures which amount to mass surveillance and which would fundamentally undermine end-to-end encryption.

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April 4, 2024 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic: Belgium’s latest move doesn’t solve critical issues with EU CSA Regulation

The EDRi network has long-urged European Union (EU) lawmakers to ensure that efforts to combat OCSEA (online child sexual exploitation and abuse) are lawful, effective and technically feasible. The goal to protect children online is vital. This can only be done if the proposed measures work and are compatible with human rights, including privacy and the presumption of innocence.

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March 26, 2008

Italian DPA: It's illegal to spy on P2P users

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) issued a press release on 13 March 2008, explaining that the private companies can’t systematically monitor the activities of peer-to-peer (P2P) users that share files on the Internet, for the purpose of identifying and suing […]

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September 10, 2003

German anonymiser raided by police

The legal victory for privacy was short-lived for the German web anonymiser AN.ON. Only 2 days after a German Court suspended a previous verdict to build a back door in the anonymiser, German police obtained a new court order to raid the offices. On Friday 29 August, the Lower District Court in Frankfurt /Main gave […]

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January 16, 2023 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

Looking back at 2022: Protecting and advancing digital rights in times of crisis

In moments where we should be urgently tackling the climate crisis and working towards peace and justice worldwide, state funds and efforts seem to reinforce militarisation, fuel the climate crises and injustice. In response to increased surveillance and control practices coming from governments and private companies, EDRi members and partners have put forward a vision in which people live with dignity and vitality. What have we collectively achieved in 2022?

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June 28, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Warnings from the UK: 24/7 racialised GPS surveillance

Campaigners assembled outside Capita PLC’s Annual General Meeting in the City of London on Thursday 11 May are contesting the outsourcing company’s £114m contract to deliver 24/7 GPS monitoring services, used by the Home Office to surveil people without British citizenship.

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March 26, 2008

UK: Phorm targeted advertising practices – under pressure

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A large controversy has been lately spurred in the UK by the new technology Phorm, which can track users’ online surfing habits in order to better target ads. The Phorm system is apparently meant to assign a unique identifying number to a user’s browser, which, according to […]

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December 4, 2019 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Serbia: Unlawful facial recognition video surveillance in Belgrade

On 3 December 2019, EDRi member SHARE Foundation, together with two other organisations, published a policy brief concerning a new “smart video-surveillance system” in Belgrade. The brief highlights that the impact assessment of video surveillance on human rights, conducted by the Serbian Ministry of Interior did not meet the legal requirements, and the installation of […]

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March 26, 2008

Czechs became Trojan horses for new US visa waiver programme

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Czech Republic Interior Minister Ivan Langer and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff signed on 26 February 2008 in Washington D.C. the Memorandum of Understanding which is the first step in introducing new electronic visa programme for all EU countries. In this Memorandum Czech authorities agreed to […]

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September 7, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

European Parliament’s CULT committee set to greenlight controversial amendment to the EMFA in today’s vote

The European Parliament’s CULT committee is set to vote on the EMFA. The committee is likely to approve the contentious 24-hour must-carry amendment that could make it harder to fight disinformation, and would undermine the Digital Services Act.

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September 7, 2011

DigiNotar breach leads to grave security concerns

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [DigiNotar-Panne führt zu schwerwiegenden Sicherheitsbedenken | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.17_DigiNotar-Panne_fuehrt_zu_schwerwiegenden_Sicherheitsbedenken?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110907] A breach in the computer systems of Dutch certificate company Diginotar led to grave concerns regarding the security of internet users in Iran and Dutch government communications. On 2 September 2011, the Dutch government denounced their trust in certificates issued by […]

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