Results for node/retention

October 20, 2005

International jurists on human rights and (counter-)terrorism

Today the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has launched a new 18 month panel on terrorism, counter-terrorism and human rights. “The legal community worldwide must now take a leadership role in articulating how the rule of law can be respected in addressing terrorism in its many complex global and local forms.” The ICJ has formulated […]

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October 25, 2006

EU study on RFID tags shows major privacy concerns

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar.) After a 6-month consultation period, an EU study initiated after Cebit trade show in March 2006 shows concerns related to the use of RFID (radio frequency ID) tags and reveals the necessity to assure the public that these tags will not lead to a large-scale surveillance system. […]

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February 15, 2012

Irish ISP puts its customers' personal data at risk

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irischer ISP setzt die persönlichen Daten seiner Kunden aufs Spiel | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.3_Irischer_ISP_setzt_die_persoenlichen_Daten_seiner_Kunden_aufs_Spiel?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120221] Personal data of more than 6 800 current and former customers of Eircom’s (biggest Irish ISP) mobile divisions may be at risk after three unencrypted laptops have been stolen, two from the company offices in Parkwest […]

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June 8, 2022 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

European Commission must uphold privacy, security and free expression by withdrawing new law, say civil society

In May, the European Commission proposed a new law: the CSA Regulation. If passed, this law would turn the internet into a space that is dangerous for everyone’s privacy, security and free expression. EDRi is one of 134 organisations calling instead for tailored, effective, rights-compliant and technically-feasible alternatives to tackle this grave issue.

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October 22, 2008

Freedom not Fear Prague: Do It Yourself Carnival burst in the city center

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 11 October 2008 Prague hosted the DIY Carnival which marched through the city centre in the name of the worldwide initiative “Freedom not Fear”. Starting with a concert of several music groups on the river island Stvanice, more than 1000 people wearing masks outnumbered crowds of […]

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February 15, 2012

ENDitorial: EU DP Regulation Proposal: The French CNIL defends its turf

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: EU-Entwurf zur Datenschutzverordnung – Französische Datenschutzbehörde CNIL verteidigt ihr Revier | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.3_ENDitorial_EU-Entwurf_zur_Datenschutzverordnung_Franzoesische_Datenschutzbehoerde_CNIL_verteidigt_ihr_Revier?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120221] The French CNIL was one of the first national Data Protection Authority (DPA) to react to the publication, by the European Commission, of its Data Protection Framework Proposal on 25 January 2012. In a very […]

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March 24, 2021 · Blogs | Information democracy | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

No faces left to hack: #ReclaimYourFace Now!

We cannot let power-hungry and profit-orientated technologies manipulate our future, take away our dignity and treat us like walking, breathing barcodes. We have the right to exercise our autonomy and self-determination free from abusive practices undermining our agency. The Reclaim Your Face’s ECI empowers Europeans to move and shape the public debate on the use of these AI-powered biometric technologies. The EU has the chance to show that people sit at the center of its values, by taking the lead to ban biometric mass surveillance that endangers our freedoms, democracies and futures.

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June 2, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Human rights groups win European Court of Human Rights claim on UK mass surveillance regime

Eight year legal battle against UK mass surveillance programmes exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden culminates in victory for privacy. EDRi's member Privacy International worked actively to make this happen.

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October 20, 2005

EFF research into hidden codes colour prints

The US based digital rights organisation EFF has started extensive research into the hidden codes some laser colour printers and photo copiers add to every page they print or copy. In 2004 printer-manufacturer Canon was awarded a Big Brother Award in Germany for secretly adding a unique code to every print-out. Soon after, it turned […]

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October 10, 2007

German DP Commissioner against Google-Doubleclick deal

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Data Protection Commissioner of the German state of Shleswig-Holstein Thilo Weichert publicly opposed the Google’s acquisition of Doubleclick in a letter to EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes. Mr. Weichert declared that: “At present we have to assume that in the event of a takeover of DoubleClick […]

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February 16, 2012

SABAM vs Netlog – another important ruling for fundamental rights

SABAM (Société Belge des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs), the Belgian collecting society for music royalties, is in the spotlight again. A few months after the Scarlet/SABAM case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has released a new decision on the legality of filtering systems on the Internet, this time with regard to […]

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February 7, 2018 · Blogs | On the ground | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

Chaos Communication Congress 2017

The 34th annual four-day hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress (34c3), organised by EDRi member Chaos Computer Club, took place in Leipzig, Germany on 27-30 December 2017. The congress offered lectures, workshops and other events on various topics related to information technology and its effects on the society. For the first time, we also organised an […]

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