Results for node/retention

November 21, 2012

Surprise! Facebook doesn't Like the Data Protection Regulation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Überraschung: Facebook hält nichts von der geplanten Datenschutzverordnung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_Ueberraschung_Facebook_haelt_nichts_von_der_geplanten_Datenschutzverordnung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Facebook has recently issued a 40-page lobbying paper with the company’s position on the proposed European data protection regulation, opposing several of its provisions. “The new legislative framework should focus on encouraging best practice by companies like Facebook […]

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March 25, 2020 · Document pools | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Facial Recognition & Biometric Mass Surveillance: Document Pool

Despite evidence that public facial recognition and other forms of biometric mass surveillance infringe on a wide range EU fundamental rights, European authorities and companies are deploying these systems at a rapid rate. This has happened without proper consideration for how such practices invade people's privacy on an enormous scale; amplify existing inequalities; and undermine democracy, freedom and justice.

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July 4, 2007

OECD pushes for privacy co-operation

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new framework has been agreed by the 30 members of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) regarding the co-operation in the enforcement of privacy laws, updating a 27 year old statement (OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data). The […]

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November 21, 2012

DP Regulation to accidentally introduce voluntary “three strikes”?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Bringt uns die Datenschutz-Verordnung unabsichtlich “Three Strikes”? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_Bringt_uns_die_Datenschutz-Verordnung_unabsichtlich_Three_Strikes?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] The European Commission proposed a new framework for protection of personal data in the EU earlier this year. While it has been the subject of probably more lobbying than any other piece of legislation in this history of modern […]

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March 24, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Stop Spying on Asylum Seekers!

How would you feel if the government was literally able to cut off your access to your cash, because your buying habits were deemed suspicious? That's the reality for many UK based asylum seekers, spied on by the Home Office through their 'Aspen Card', the debit payment card they rely on for their basic subsistence and survival. Join our member Privacy International in their efforts to stop the government's harmful practices of spying on some of the most vulnerable members of our society.

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July 30, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

EDRi joins coalition demanding that states implement a moratorium on the sale, transfer & use of surveillance technology

In this joint open letter, 146 civil society organisations and 28 independent experts worldwide call on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology.

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March 9, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Building the biometric state: Police powers and discrimination

This report examines the development and deployment of biometric identification technologies by police and border forces in Europe, and warns that the increasing use of the technology is likely to exacerbate existing problems with racist policing and ethnic profiling.

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February 12, 2020 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Inclusive technologies | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Dangerous by design: A cautionary tale about facial recognition

In this fifth and final installment of EDRi's facial recognition and fundamental rights series, we consider an experience of harm caused by fundamentally violatory biometric surveillance technology.

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January 28, 2009

Towards International Data Protection Standards

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In October 2008, the 30th International Conference of Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners in Strassbourg adopted a resolution on the urgent need for protecting privacy in a borderless world, and for reaching a Joint Proposal for setting International Standards on Privacy and Personal Data Protection. Following this […]

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November 30, 2011

EU-US summit joint statement ignores European civil rights

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU-US Gipfel: Gemeinsame Erklärung missachtet Europäische Bürgerrechte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.23_EU-US-Gipfel_Gemeinsame_Erklaerung_missachtet_Europaeische_Buergerrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111130] A common statement issued at the EU-US summit that took place on 28 November 2011 at the White House in Washington included several aspects with direct impact on digital civil rights that shows the US have succeeded again in […]

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November 21, 2012

IE Domain Registry confirms hijacking of the DNS nameservers

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [IE Domain Registry bestätigt Angriff auf DNS Nameserver | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_IE_Domain_Registry_bestaetigt_Angriff_auf_DNS_Nameserver?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] On 9 October 2012, those who tried to visit Google.ie and Yahoo.ie were sent to an Indonesian webserver controlled by hackers. After having investigated the security incident, the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) confirmed on November 2012 that unauthorised […]

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March 11, 2004

Austrian court demands control military snooping powers

The Austrian Constitutional Court (VfGH) has declared parts of the military power law (Militaerbefugnisgesetz, MBG) unconstitutional, in a decision dated 23 January 2004. The case was instigated by Social Democratic members of the Austrian Parliament. The decision does not repair all points that critics have raised. The military law was adopted in the year 2000 […]

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