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September 28, 2017 · Blogs | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

Commission’s position on tackling illegal content online is contradictory and dangerous for free speech

Today, on 28 September, the European Commission published its long-awaited Communication “Tackling Illegal Content Online”. This follows a leaked copy we previously analysed. The document puts virtually all its focus on internet companies monitoring online communications, in order to remove content that they decide might be illegal. It presents few safeguards for free speech, and […]

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June 21, 2006

UK DNA database shared with other countries

The UK Home Office has admitted that DNA stored in the UK National DNA Database has been shared with other countries. UK has today one of the largest law enforcement DNA database with profiles from 3.5 million people, including 500 000 children under 16 years old. The database was established in 1995. Privacy concerns regarding […]

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June 20, 2007

Update on a Council Framework Decision on the protection of personal data

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Council of the European Union disscused again in its Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on 12-13 June 2007 the Council Framework Decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters, without making any clear steps […]

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January 14, 2009

ENDitorial: Everyone can eavesdrop in Macedonia

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Eavesdropping devices that are being sold through adverts are mostly used by pupils for cheating at their school exams, and by men who doubt their wives’ fidelity. “Hey, let’s meet, we should not discuss this over the phone.” This sentence has long been used among friends, colleagues […]

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November 7, 2012

Increased Internet surveillance in Russia

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Zunehmende Überwachung des Internets in Russland | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Zunehmende_Ueberwachung_des_Internets_in_Russland?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Several normative acts that have entered into force or are being prepared in Russia bring forth an increased state surveillance over the Internet and a blacklist of blocked websites and internet addresses. In spite of strong criticism, the Russian Duma […]

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September 27, 2023 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

Open Letter: European Parliament must protect journalists and ban spyware in the European Media Freedom Act

As the European Parliament gets set to vote on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) next week, 80 civil society and journalists’ associations are calling on Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to ensure meaningful protection for journalists in the regulation by including a total ban on spyware.

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October 3, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Battle lines drawn between citizens and internet giants in EU e-Privacy Regulation

On 2 October, the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and the Industry Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) voted on the e-Privacy Regulation, the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) voted on 28 September. These votes will feed into the final decision to be taken by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice […]

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November 7, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Brussels up close – Experiences from the EDRi exchange programme

Learning and knowing abstractly how the EU works is one thing, seeing it up close and doing advocacy work right there is quite another! I am a Policy Advisor for the Austrian EDRi member organisation "epicenter.works – for digital rights" and, in October 2018, I spent two weeks with the EDRi office in Brussels. My aim was to get a better understanding of EU law making and advocacy.

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June 20, 2007

Prüm's Treaty is now included into the EU legal framework

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The EU has adopted as its own law, with very little alterations, the so-called Prüm Treaty, signed on 27 May 2005 by Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Austria, which allowed the police forces of their countries to compare and exchange data more easily. The […]

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February 11, 2004

Spy-chips discovered in German loyalty cards

After a tour in the Future Store of the German Metro concern, privacy advocate Katherine Albrecht discovered spy-chips with unique numbers in the customer loyalty cards. She also found RFID tags on products sold in the store that were not completely de-activated after the purchase. Albrecht, founder of CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and […]

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November 9, 2020 · Highlights | Press releases | Publications | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Technological Testing Grounds: Border tech is experimenting with people’s lives

The European Union is increasingly experimenting with high risk migration management technologies.

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November 3, 2021 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Human Rights Groups Submit Complaint to European Ombudsman Calling for Investigation into EU Surveillance Aid

Privacy International (PI), together with 5 other human rights groups, has submitted a complaint to the European Ombudsman calling for an investigation into EU surveillance aid to non-EU countries.

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