July 1, 2024 · Blogs | Campaigns | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Joint statement on the future of the CSA Regulation

On 1 July, EDRi and 47 civil society organisations sent a joint statement to the Hungarian Council Presidency and a number of member state permanent representatives. We call on the Council and European Parliament to demand that the European Commission withdraw the draft CSA Regulation.

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October 24, 2007

Online Police searches adopted also in Austria

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Austrian authorities have announced that the police will start from 2008 to use online searches as an investigation tool in order to keep up with the use of new technologies for terrorist and serious crimes. Austria is joining in this way Germany and Switzerland that are working […]

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November 5, 2008

The European Parliament says no to airport body scanners

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) MEPs will not support the European Commission plans to include body scanning procedures within the airport security systems. The new system planned by the European Union to be introduced in airports allows security personnel to see an outline of passengers’ bodies beneath their clothes, in order to […]

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February 7, 2018 · On the ground | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

Germany: Constitutional complaint against intelligence agency BND

EDRi observer Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) has filed a constitutional complaint against surveillance by Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND). A new law that the German Parliament passed in October 2016 allows the BND to spy on foreign journalists. This destroys trust between journalists and their sources precisely in places where investigative journalism is […]

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March 20, 2024 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Will the Brussels spyware scandal finally convince the EU to act?

In February, Brussels was rocked by reports of phone hacking and spyware attacks on members of the European Parliament’s defence and security committee. Such intrusions are a huge threat to EU democracy — interfering with decision-making and allowing obstructive disruptions to public debate. Three weeks on, nothing seems to have changed with the EU’s approach to spyware.

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November 8, 2006

IGF Outcome : Dynamic Coalition on Privacy

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) At the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) a diverse group of stakeholders has agreed to launch a Dynamic Coalition on Privacy, which will address emerging issues of internet privacy protection such as digital identities, the link between privacy and development, and the importance of privacy and anonymity for […]

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November 5, 2008

US visa waiver program questioned by the Hungarian President

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 20 October 2008, Hungarian President László Sólyom sent back to the Parliament for reconsideration the adopted law on sharing criminal data that was to be the final agreement between the United States and Hungary on the US visa-waiver program. Concerned with data protection issues, the President […]

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February 4, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation Could Curtail Freedom of Expression across Europe

Counter-terrorism laws that have continued to pile up in the past years in Europe have constantly eroded the rule of law and reinforced executive powers of the state to the detriment of judicial oversight.

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February 16, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Surveillance and data retention

EU to provide training on “covert techniques” to abusive police forces

The European Police College is to train a host of states with miserable human rights records on the use of “covert techniques in forensics and mobile telecommunications” and will provide “training activities related to cyber-attacks in order to build capacities for law enforcement, judicial authorities and other relevant bodies.”

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March 29, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

Unprecedented appearance by European Commissioner for Home Affairs, innovating on quicksand, and the cabinet vs. online confidentiality

Read through the most interesting developments at the intersection of human rights and technology from the Netherlands. This is the second update in this series.

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November 3, 2005

French minister: copyright above privacy

After the French data protection authority CNIL published a strong rejection of the systematic collection of IP-addresses by the music and film industry, the French minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, said he would look at the current implementation of the Copyright Directive to override these privacy-hurdles. The proposal for implementation will be discussed […]

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January 11, 2021 · EDRi-gram | Press releases | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Press release: EDRi network launches public initiative against biometric mass surveillance

On 7 January, the European Commission registered a new European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), the ‘Civil society initiative for a ban on biometric mass surveillance practices’.

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