Results for node/retention

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

European Court on Human Rights Bought Spy Agencies’ Spin on Mass Surveillance

For good or ill, and I believe for ill more than for good, with the present judgment the Strasbourg Court has just opened the gates for an electronic “Big Brother” in Europe. EDRi's member Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) discusses the recent European Court on Human Rights' decision that the British and Swedish surveillance regimes violate privacy.

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December 3, 2008

Changes in the telecom package adopted by the Council

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A political agreement on the telecom package was reached by the EU Council on 27 November 2008. Even though the final text does not support the 3 strikes measures proposed by the French Presidency, it has also deleted some important amendments adopted by the European Parliament in […]

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March 28, 2012

EU-US PNR Agreement: A bad day for civil liberties in Europe

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [PNR-Abkommen: Ein schwarzer Tag für die europäischen Bürgerrechte | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_PNR-Abkommen_Ein_schwarzer_Tag_fuer_die_europaeischen_Buergerrechte?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] On 27 March 2012, the Civil Liberties (LIBE) Committee of the European Parliament decided to back the new air passenger data deal with the United States. In her recommendation, the Dutch Liberal MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld called […]

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November 21, 2005

Petition closed: 58.000 signatures

The EDRI and XS4ALL petition against data retention has been closed. It has been offered to Jean Marie Cavada, the chairman of the Europarliament committee on civil liberties and Alexander Alvaro, Europarl rapporteur on data retention. The petition has attracted over 58.000 signatures, of which over 21.000 from the Netherlands (where the campaign was launched), […]

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May 18, 2011

EU and China adopt harmonised approach to censorship

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU und China harmonisieren ihre Zensurmaßnahmen | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.10_EU_und_China_harmonisieren_ihre_Zensurmassnahmen] The European Union and China appear to have agreed to share their preferred approaches to censorship, producing a model that is a perfect mix between current EU and Chinese policies. On 20 April 2011, at an event in the European […]

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April 11, 2012

New CoE recommendations for human rights in Internet services

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Empfehlungen des Europarats zur Wahrung der Menschenrechte im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.7_Neue_Empfehlungen_des_Europarats_zur_Wahrung_der_Menschenrechte_im_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120411] On 4 April 2012, the Council of Europe adopted two recommendations made by the Committee of Ministers related to the protection of human rights, particularly the freedom of expression, freedom of association, access to information and […]

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January 14, 2015 · Blogs

EDRi’s work in 2014

EDRi continued to go to strength in 2014, with a hugely significant victory on net neutrality in the European Parliament and an innovative and successful campaign to raise the profile of our issues in the elections in May. Our successes last year built on a strong development of the organisation in recent years. Since 2009, […]

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September 23, 2019 · Blogs | Campaigns | Information democracy | Privacy and data protection | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices

Your mail, their ads. Your rights?

In the digital space, “postal services” often snoop into your online conversations in order to market services or products according to what they find out from your chats. A law meant to limit this exploitative practice is stalled by the Council of European Union

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February 24, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention | Transparency

ePrivacy strikes back

“And when we woke up, the ePrivacy Regulation was still there”, could be the EU bubble version of the famous micro-tale. Four years after the main text protecting privacy and confidentiality of people in the EU was proposed, Member States have finally given the green light to finalise the adoption. But, where will this lead us?

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June 8, 2022 · Blogs | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Bits of Freedom files a complaint against intelligence services on behalf of millions of citizens

The Dutch secret services are illegally storing the data of millions of citizens. The supervisor does not have the means to do anything about this violation of the law, so EDRi member Bits of Freedom filed a formal complaint. It is high time that the secret services started to abide by the law. Our data should be removed from their servers.

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September 23, 2015 · Blogs

Safe Harbor: European Court Advocate General says Agreement should be declared invalid

This morning, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in his Opinion on the “Safe Harbor” Agreement with the United States, advised the Court to declare the entire Agreement invalid. The catalyst for the case was the mass surveillance practices of the United States. Sixteen years ago, the EU […]

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February 20, 2024 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Mass surveillance and encryption backdoors have no future in Europe

Today, 20 February, in a public consultation at the European Commission, the EDRi network calls on EU lawmakers to end all attempts to normalise dangerous surveillance practices that rip people off their safety and privacy online.

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