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The voices of human rights defenders affected by the Pegasus spyware must be heard

EDRi and 22 civil society organisations urge the established European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware to ensure that the systematic targetting of human rights defenders with these technologies is fully examined by the Committee, and that the voices of human rights defenders affected are heard.

The EU should regulate AI on the basis of rights, not risks

EDRi's member Access Now explains why the upcoming legislative proposal on AI should be a rights-based law, like the GDPR. The European Commission must not compromise our rights by substituting a mere risk mitigation exercise by the very actors with a vested interest in rolling out this technology.

May 9, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Regulating Migration Tech: How the EU’s AI Act can better protect people on the move

As the European Union amends the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) exploring the impact of AI systems on marginalised communities is vital. AI systems are increasingly developed, tested and deployed to judge and control migrants and people on the move in harmful ways. How can the AI Act prevent this?

June 4, 2020 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Can the EU make AI “trustworthy”? No – but they can make it just

European Digital Rights (EDRi) submitted its answer to the European Commission’s consultation on the AI White Paper.

December 6, 2006

Campaign launched in UK to opt out of central medical database

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A campaign has been launched in the UK to get people to opt out of a government scheme to upload medical records from family doctors’ surgeries into a central health database. TheBigOptOut.org was launched in London on 29 November 2006 with support from NGOs such as Foundation […]

December 5, 2007

Public letter on data security sent by MEPs to Frattini

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Two members of the European Parliament (MEPs), rapporteurs on the European huge biometric databases Visa Information System (VIS) and the Schengen Information System II (SIS II), have addressed a public letter to commissioner Frattini asking for effective data protection and data security provisions and thus excluding the […]

December 17, 2008

Spanish collective society fined for making clandestine wedding video

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Spanish General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE) has been fined for having placed a private detective in a restaurant in Seville, in 2005, to film a wedding in order to prove that the restaurant was using music for which it had paid no royalties. The […]

April 24, 2013 · Blogs

25 April: Citizens stripped by EU Parliament proposals warns civil rights coalition

The coalition warns that proposals in the EU Parliament could strip citizens of their privacy rights A coalition of civil rights organizations is holding a press conference on 25 April at 11am to urgently draw attention to a report which shows the current danger to EU data protection. The coalition is worried that data protection […]

June 5, 2019 · Highlights | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Facebook fails to avoid CJEU judgment on NSA case

On 31 May 2019, the Irish Supreme Court decided over an unprecedented application by Facebook. The decision is part of an ongoing procedure on Facebook’s involvement with the United States Nationa Security Agency (NSA) under the so-called “PRISM” surveillance program before the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the Irish High Court.

December 5, 2005

NL supreme court ruling on internet anonymity

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on 25 November 2005 in a landmark case against the freedom of internet users to express their opinion anonymously. The Supreme Court upheld a previous court verdict in which internetportal Lycos was forced to hand over the personal data of one of its subscribers to the Dutch stamp […]

December 5, 2007

UK DNA database errors raise concerns

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The largest DNA database in the world covering details on about 4.5 million people including information on every person arrested, convicted or not, and on 900 000 children raises questions as inaccuracies and administrative errors have been found in its records. Incorrect dates, spelling mistakes and duplications […]

April 4, 2018 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

FIPR: Advocacy against the ‘Database State’

In this blogpost published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of EDRi we present our member FiPR.

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The voices of human rights defenders affected by the Pegasus spyware must be heard

The EU should regulate AI on the basis of rights, not risks

Regulating Migration Tech: How the EU’s AI Act can better protect people on the move

Can the EU make AI “trustworthy”? No – but they can make it just

Campaign launched in UK to opt out of central medical database

Public letter on data security sent by MEPs to Frattini

Spanish collective society fined for making clandestine wedding video

25 April: Citizens stripped by EU Parliament proposals warns civil rights coalition

Facebook fails to avoid CJEU judgment on NSA case

NL supreme court ruling on internet anonymity

UK DNA database errors raise concerns

FIPR: Advocacy against the ‘Database State’