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July 15, 2015 · Blogs

Press release: European Parliament pushes for more surveillance and profiling of EU citizens

Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) of the EU PNR proposal, European Digital Rights (EDRi) statement: Today, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties (LIBE) Committee adopted a proposal for the long-term storage of passengers on all flights entering and leaving the EU. The data will be used for profiling of innocent individuals as possible serious criminals. Two years […]

EDRi Liga Letter Draft Law Data Retention BE_FR

EDRi Liga Letter Draft Law Data Retention BE_FR

EDRi Liga Letter Draft Law Data Retention BE_EN

EDRi Liga Letter Draft Law Data Retention BE_EN

Civil Society Open Letter Swiss Ordinance Data Retention

Civil Society Open Letter Swiss Ordinance Data Retention

EDRi Liga Letter Draft Law Data Retention BE_NL

EDRi Liga Letter Draft Law Data Retention BE_NL

France’s highest administrative authority today partially struck down the country’s data retention regime

France’s highest administrative authority today partially struck down the country’s data retention regime

February 16, 2022 · Blogs | Highlights | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

#PrivacyCamp22: Event Summary

The theme of the 10th-anniversary edition of Privacy Camp was "Digital at the centre, rights at the margins" and included thirteen sessions on a variety of topics. The event was attended by 300 people. If you missed the event or want a reminder of what happened in a session, find the session summaries and video recordings below.

October 21, 2015 · Blogs

FNF15: Privacy advocates’ summit in Brussels

Civil society has a big role in keeping governments on the right track. This is not only true at the national level, but also important with regard to policy-making in the EU. To enable civil society to do so, the annual Freedom not Fear (FNF) conference on 16-19 October in Brussels gathered participants from over […]

May 25, 2022 · Blogs | On the ground | Open internet and inclusive technology | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online

Belgium wants to ban Signal – a harbinger of European policy to come

Last week, the Belgian government launched a proposal that would ban Signal. What's going on?

EDRi Answering Guide Commission Data Retention Questionnaire (1)

EDRi Answering Guide Commission Data Retention Questionnaire (1)

March 9, 2016 · Blogs

UK’s mass surveillance law being rushed through legislative process

Last week, the UK government published the Investigatory Powers Bill, a new surveillance law that has been heavily criticised by privacy and free speech activists, the technology industry, lawyers and academics. A draft version of the Bill was published in November 2015 and scrutinised by three parliamentary committees. Between them, they made 123 recommendations for […]

November 8, 2021

Enforcing Europe – Series 2: Quo vadis, data retention? The indeterminable quest for proportionality

The Series is organised by the joint research project MATIS of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Luxembourg (co-funded by FWO and FNR), in cooperation with the Brussels Privacy Hub.