Results for node/retention

October 31, 2017 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Surveillance laws fall far short of fundamental rights standards

On 23 October, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published the second volume of its study on surveillance and its impact on fundamental rights. This study comes following the request of the European Parliament (EP) for information on the consequences of surveillance for fundamental rights. The Agency notes that “the mere existence of […]

Read more

 

June 26, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

European Court of Human Rights: Secret surveillance in Poland violates citizens’ privacy rights

On 28 May 2024, a precedent judgment was announced by the European Court of Human Rights. The court said that the operational control regime, the retention of communications data, and the secret surveillance regime under the Anti-Terrorism Act in Poland violate the right to privacy.

Read more

 

February 19, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Privacy and confidentiality

The ePrivacy Regulation proposal has been withdrawn, but the fight for your privacy is far from over

The European Commission's withdrawal of the ePrivacy Regulation proposal is a major setback for privacy rights in Europe, driven by pressure from industry interests and national security concerns. However, EDRi remains committed to advocating for stronger privacy protections, challenging commercial and state surveillance in future legislative efforts.

Read more

 

March 27, 2020 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality

Open letter: Civil society urges Member States to respect the principles of the law in Terrorist Content Online Regulation

On 27 March 2020, European Digital Rights (EDRi) and 12 of its member organisations sent an open letter to representatives of Member States in the Council of the EU. In the letter, we voice our deep concern over the proposed legislation on the regulation of terrorist content online and what we view as serious potential threats to fundamental rights of privacy, freedom of expression, etc.

Read more

 

October 24, 2024 · Blogs | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Inclusive technologies | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

EDRi and members take EU decision-makers through 20 years of digital policy

This September, EDRi, Access Now and ARTICLE 19 took Parliamentarians through a rollercoaster ride of all things digital policy in the European Union. From the early internet and initial experiments in platform regulation, through more recent regulatory innovations, and finally to questions of security and surveillance, we shared a digital rights perspective of the good, the bad and the ugly of digital policy in the EU.

Read more

 

April 15, 2020 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

COVID-Tech: Emergency responses to COVID-19 must not extend beyond the crisis

In EDRi's new series on COVID-19, we will explore the critical principles for protecting fundamental rights while curtailing the spread of the virus, as outlined in the EDRi network's statement on the virus. Each post in this series will tackle a specific issue at the intersection of digital rights and the global pandemic in order to explore broader questions about how to protect fundamental rights in a time of crisis.

Read more

 

June 14, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Snowden revelations: ten years on

Ten years ago, the first revelations about US mass surveillance were published in the UK and USA. The revelations swiftly widened to encompass details about the role of the UK’s GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) in the global gathering of vast amounts of communications data.

Read more

 

March 20, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

European Court of Human Rights confirms: weakening of encryption can violate the human right to privacy

In a milestone judgment - Podchasov v. Russia - the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that weakening of encryption can lead to general and indiscriminate surveillance of the communications of all users and violates the human right to privacy.

Read more

 

December 11, 2024 · Blogs | Open letters | Privacy and data protection

Shedding light: We address the flawed Going Dark Report

The “High Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement”, a.k.a. HLG Going Dark, presented its final report and recommendations for an agenda of maximal access to personal data. In an open letter we warn of the dangers and propose a better policy alternative.

Read more

 

May 27, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

France: First victory against police drones

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, French police has been using drones to watch people and make sure they respect the lockdown. Drones had been used before by the police for the surveillance of protests, but the COVID-19 crisis represented a change of scale.

Read more

 

May 5, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Information democracy | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

France’s highest court validates mass surveillance in the long term

On 21 April, the Conseil d’Etat, France’s highest administrative court, released its decision on mass telecom surveillance. EDRi's member La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) shares its first impressions on this disconcerting ruling which puts the European Union’s legal order at risk.

Read more

 

January 31, 2007

Romanian Prosecutors want easy access to communication data

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new normative act regarding the competence of the Prosecutors dealing with terrorism and organized crime adopted by the Romanian Government in the last days of 2006 created rumours among the press and civil society that accused the Ministry of Justice of breaching the citizens privacy. The […]

Read more

Page 73