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October 13, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Europe’s governments win the Big Brother Awards 2017 for opening the pandora’s box of surveillance

On Friday 13 October, the annual Belgian Big Brother Awards – a negative prize for the worst privacy abuser of the year – took place in Brussels. The jury awarded the European trend of state hacking, European Digital Right’s (EDRi) nomination, the title of the ultimate privacy villain. The public voted Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) […]

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December 1, 2021 · Blogs | Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

New German government calls for European ban on biometric mass surveillance

The newly-agreed German government coalition has called for a Europe-wide ban on public facial recognition and other biometric surveillance. This echoes the core demands of the Reclaim Your Face campaign which EDRi has co-led since 2020, through which over 65 civil society groups ask the EU and their national governments to outlaw biometric data mass surveillance.

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March 17, 2022 · Blogs | Highlights | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Open letter: Protecting digital rights and freedoms in the Legislation to effectively tackle child abuse

EDRi is one of 52 civil society organisations jointly raising our voices to the European Commission to demand that the proposed EU Regulation on child sexual abuse complies with EU fundamental rights and freedoms. You can still add your voice now!

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July 2, 2008

ICAAN supports custom domains and discusses whois privacy issues

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During its 32nd International Public Meeting in Paris of 22-26 June, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the proposal to expand the world’s Domain Name System. Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN’s president and CEO, said in a statement: “The Board today accepted a recommendation […]

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January 28, 2009

UK: Phorm threat

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) One particular commercial threat to internet privacy should be looked at very closely by our fellow European Digital Rights campaigners. That threat is Phorm: an invasive and probably illegal web advertising technology that could soon be coming to you. Phorm works by looking at the web traffic […]

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February 27, 2004

EU to promote research track & trace technology

According to a new Communication on the research into security, the European Commission plans to fund research on “tagging, tracking and tracing devices … that improve the capability to locate, identify and follow the movement of mobile assets, goods and persons”. The Commission announces the launch of a new funding program entitled ‘Enhancement of the […]

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October 21, 2022 · Blogs | Position papers | Privacy and confidentiality

Position Paper: State access to encrypted data

EDRi’s new policy paper on encryption highlights that our privacy and security must be strongly protected, keeping into account the recent policy developments on encryption and law enforcement. Trust in communication systems is vital for our lives and connections with others. This allows us to work, socialise, organise, express ourselves, and care for each other safely.

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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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