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April 17, 2024 · Blogs | Campaigns | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Open letter: Mass surveillance and undermining encryption still on table in EU Council

Today, 17 April, EDRi, in a coalition with 50 civil society organisations and 26 individual experts, call on Member State representatives not to agree to the proposed EU Council position on the Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Regulation whilst so many critical issues remain.

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October 8, 2008

Third Phorm trials started, but privacy concerns remained

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following a complaint placed in July 2008 by campaigners against the British companies BT and Phorm for their allegedly illegal secret ISP-level adware trials, the London Police decided not to investigate the case arguing there had been implied consent of their customers. BT started its third trial […]

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March 23, 2011

French DPA fines Google for its Street View case with 100k Euro

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Französische Datenschutzbehörde straft Google Street View ab | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.6_Frankreich_Geldstrafe_f%C3%BCr_Google_Street_View] CNIL (the French DPA – Data Protection Authority) has recently performed a series of inspections related to the conformity with the French legislation of Google’s gathering data from Wi-Fi networks for its Google Maps, Street View and Latitude services […]

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August 25, 2004

UK Information commissioner criticises ID-card

In an interview with The Times newspaper on 16 August, the UK Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, has warned against the danger of ‘sleepwalking into a surveillance society’, as a result of ID cards and other plans. Mr Thomas said he was also uneasy about plans for a population register and a database of every child. […]

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

UN Security Council mandates worldwide air traveller profiling

In the name of “preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offenses and related travel”, all United Nations (UN) Member States should develop systems for processing and analysing Passenger Name Record (PNR), Advance Passenger Information (API) and “fingerprints, photographs, facial recognition, and other relevant identifying biometric data”, according to a UN Security Council resolution (no. 2396) on […]

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April 15, 2020 · On the ground | Information democracy | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

Control ©: defending free online communication through litigation

Former Member of the European Parliament Felix Reda has joined the EDRi member German Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF, Society for Civil Rights). The copyright reform activist will coordinate control ©, a new project to defend freedom of communication.

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October 14, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Germany asks what should the EU do about encryption for law enforcement?

On 22 September, Statewatch released a document issued by the German Presidency of the Council to help establish a common EU position on finding ways around encrypted communications for the needs of law enforcement.

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August 25, 2004

Call for nominations Swiss Big Brother Awards

On 31 August the deadline closes for nominations for the Swiss Big Brother Awards. The organising committee has already received over 100 nominations and will publish a selection at the end of September 2004. The 5th annual Swiss ceremony of the Big Brother Awards will take place on 16 October in the city of Emmen. […]

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February 10, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Huawei captures Balkan’s hearts and minds

EDRi member Citizen D reveals Huawei's lobbying practices in Slovenia, where media outliets are siding with the Chinese tech company, whilst ignoring the company's human rights violations in China and the development of a city surveillance system in Belgrade.

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February 22, 2024 · Blogs | Press releases | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Press Release: Brussels rocked by major spyware scandal: Urgent call for ban

Now, when push has come to shove, policymakers at the European Union (EU) must act to ban spyware in Europe. Yesterday, the media reported a major attack on EU democracy with members of the European Parliament Defense Committee being the target of phone hacking.

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February 13, 2013 · Blogs

Human rights orgs ask OECD to investigate surveillance companies

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Überwachungsfirmen: Menschenrechtsorganisationen fordern OECD-Untersuchung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.3_Ueberwachungsfirmen_Menschenrechtsorganisationen_fordern_OECD-Untersuchung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130224] In the beginning of February 2013 several human rights organisations, including Privacy International, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Bahrain Watch and Reporters without Borders, filed formal complaints against surveillance software firms Gamma International […]

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February 10, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention | Transparency

12 benchmarks for the reform and oversight of intelligence services in Austria

EDRi member epicenter.works presents the benchmarks against which the new reform of the Austrian Federal Agency for State Protection and Counterterrorism must be measured. With these criteria, guided strongly by international standards and jurisdiction, epicenter.works expect the legislative proposals on the reform in the next few weeks, ready to defend fundamental human rights.

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