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France becomes the first European country to legalise biometric surveillance

EDRi member and Reclaim Your Face partner La Quadrature du Net charts out the chilling move by France to undermine human rights progress by ushering in mass algorithmic surveillance, which in a shocking move, has been authorised by national Parliamentarians.

Open letter: Hundreds of scientists warn against EU’s proposed CSA Regulation

Over 300 security researchers & academics warn against the measures in the EU's proposed Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR), citing harmful side-effects of large-scale scanning of online communications which would have a chilling effect on society and negatively affect democracies. The letter remains open for signatures.

March 5, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Poland searches for silver bullet for CSA Regulation

The Polish Council Presidency attempts to break the deadlock on the controversial 'Chat Control' proposal. We analyse the new approach and what could happen if Member States approve it.

#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.

Booklet: How online ads discriminate

The risks and harms that are associated with hyper-targeted online ads have been widely documented. Yet, the same amount of attention has not been shown to the many ways in which harms and risks of online advertising are unequally distributed, and how targeted online advertising can have discriminatory effects. This is the focus of EDRi’s newly launched report.

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.

May 25, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

How a Hollywood star lobbies the EU for more surveillance

The European Union debates a new law that could force platforms to scan all private messages for signs of child abuse. Its most prominent advocate is the actor Ashton Kutcher.

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.

May 13, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Google: seizing a crisis to legitimise mass surveillance?

Even in times of Corona, Google follows you wherever you go. The company collects and processes all our location data en masse and can thus graph how well we adhere to the imposed measures.

December 14, 2022 · Blogs | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

TERREG implementation in Romania: the Intelligence Service wants to become the police officer, prosecutor, judge and supervisor of the bailiff

An online publication discovered that another law proposal was used as a "vehicle" by the Senate Committee on National Security to propose new changes of the law for the TERREG implementation in Romania.

March 29, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Mapping the impact of biometric surveillance and social media platforms on civic space

The European Center for Not-for-Profit Law is concerned about safeguarding human rights and limiting the negative impacts of security technology on civil society. Therefore, they launched a report with partners as a step to investigate how technologies introduced in the name of security and counter-terrorism will impact civil society.

October 20, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Inclusive technologies

If you want digital policy done right, propose it yourself

Fed up with the digital policies in Germany or the lack thereof in the past decades, EDRi member Chaos Computer Club e.V. (CCC) submitted their own proposal for a digital agenda of the new German government. Digital policy has been severely neglected by past governments. This explains the extended list of topics being tackled in this proposal.

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France becomes the first European country to legalise biometric surveillance

Open letter: Hundreds of scientists warn against EU’s proposed CSA Regulation

Poland searches for silver bullet for CSA Regulation

#PrivacyCamp21: Event Summary

Booklet: How online ads discriminate

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

How a Hollywood star lobbies the EU for more surveillance

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

Google: seizing a crisis to legitimise mass surveillance?

TERREG implementation in Romania: the Intelligence Service wants to become the police officer, prosecutor, judge and supervisor of the bailiff

Mapping the impact of biometric surveillance and social media platforms on civic space

If you want digital policy done right, propose it yourself