Results for node/retention

October 5, 2005

NL: 50.000 ID fines in 9 months

Since the introduction of compulsory identification in the Netherlands on January 1st 2005, the police have fined 50.000 people that could or would not present a valid ID. Almost 4.000 of those who were fined were children aged 14 and 15. The statistics are provided by the Central Judicial Collection office. About 25% of the […]

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October 8, 2008

The European Union wants to introduce virtual body screening in airports

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A draft European Commission regulation has in view the introduction of millimetre wave imaging scanners in airports to be used “individually or in combination, as a primary or secondary means and under defined conditions”. The scanner will provide a “virtual strip search” of travellers within the EU. […]

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March 9, 2011

Final call for petition on government use of citizens' biometrics

This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Последен повик за петиција за владина.. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/mk/vesti/edri/1894-posleden-povik-za-peticija-za-vladinata-upotreba-na-biometriski-podatoci-na-gragjanite] Deutsch: [Petition gegen die Nutzung biometrischer Daten durch den Staat | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.5_Petition_gegen_Nutzung_biometrischer_Daten] By means of a petition, the international Alliance ‘Hands off biometrics’ will urge the Council of Europe to start an investigation on the collection and storage of biometric […]

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December 6, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Spyware attack attempts on civil society in Serbia

On 30 October 2023, two members of civil society from Serbia received an alert from Apple that they were potential targets of state-sponsored technical attacks. They immediately contacted EDRi member SHARE Foundation after receiving the warning, in order to check if their devices were attacked by any known spyware. These were the first documented cases of attempted sophisticated spyware attacks known to us in Serbia.

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

Most Internet users would use DNT settings if easily available

According to a survey by IT service analysts Ovum, 68% of the Internet users would use “do-not-track” (DNT) settings to restrict the use of their personal data, if such a tool was “easily available”. Websites and third-parties, such as advertisers, may record Internet users’ behaviour in order to serve targeted, personalised ads. Such user-specific data […]

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August 25, 2004

New US demands on European postal services

According to a publication in the Austrian e-zine Futurezone the USA have demanded extensive advance information from European postal services about packages before they are being shipped to the United States. The US border control system US-VISIT is already being fed with data about airline passengers before they enter the territory, but must now be […]

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February 27, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Surveillance and data retention

New UK counter-terrorism law limits online freedoms

The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 became law in the United Kingdom (UK) in February, after passing through UK parliament with less debate than many had hoped, while Brexit dominated the political agenda. The new law is problematic in many ways, including the way in which it limits freedom of expression and access to […]

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September 26, 2007

Recommanded Reading

Data Protection Framework Decision: EDPS concerned about dilution of Data Protection standards http://edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/EDPS/PressNews/Press/2007/EDPS-2007-10-EN_DPFD.pdf Nuffield Council on Bioethics : The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues. This Report considers whether current police powers in the UK to take and retain bioinformation are justified by the need to fight crime. Executive Summary http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/The_forensic_use_of_bioinformation_-_Executive_Summary.pdf Full Report http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/fileLibrary/pdf/The_forensic_use_of_bioinformation_-_ethical_issues.pdf

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October 8, 2008

Social Networks – on the European Commission's Agenda

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, gave her first public speech on social networks at the Safer Internet Forum on 26 September 2008, which confirms the interest of the EU bodies on this topic. The commissioner emphasized the growth of the social networks in Europe: […]

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

US privacy groups believe US officials lobby to weaken EU privacy

A coalition of 18 US privacy groups sent a letter on 30 January 2013 to US politicians such as the Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of State John Kerry and the Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank, asking for assurances that US policy makers in Europe “advance the aim of privacy” and do not hinder […]

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January 24, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

ENDitorial: Living as if being at an airport

The internet is starting to look more and more like an airport. Not only because of the ubiquitous surveillance, but also in the way that advertising is trying to steal our attention. Should we start working on a right to not be addressed?

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December 14, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

EU watchdog finds European Commission failed to protect human rights from its surveillance aid to African countries

The European Ombudsman has found that the European Commission failed to take necessary measures to ensure the protection of human rights in the transfers of technology with potential surveillance capacity supported by its multi-billion Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.

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