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January 15, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Data protection standards | Equal access to the internet | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Platform regulation | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention | Transparency

Our New Year’s wishes for European Commissioners

EDRi wishes all readers a happy new year 2020! In 2019, we had a number of victories in multiple fields. The European Parliament added necessary safeguards to the proposed Terrorist Content Online (TCO) Regulation to protect fundamental rights against overly broad and disproportionate censorship measures. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled […]

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November 12, 2020 · Blogs

Member in the Spotlight: Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights)

Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights) focuses on the balance between freedom and security; the rights of prisoners; privacy; and non-discrimination. The organisation has a strong track record with respect to privacy, including government surveillance, counterterrorism and policing.

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October 24, 2012

Google needs to improve its privacy practices

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Google muss seine Datenschutzpraxis verbessern | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.20_Google_muss_seine_Datenschutzpraxis_verbessern?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121024] On 16 October 2012, a letter signed by the 27 European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) was sent to Google, asking for better privacy practices of the company, accusing Google of illegality and putting into question the viability of the company’s operations […]

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July 27, 2015 · Document pools

EU PNR document pool

The proposal for a EU PNR Directive  (Fight against terrorism and serious crime: use of passenger name record (PNR) data (procedure file 2011/0023(COD) ) was adopted by the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee on 15 July 2015. The narrow vote (32 in favor, 26 against, no abstentions) in favour happened despite the rejection of this […]

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November 7, 2012

Irish DPA announces action on failed police self-regulation

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Fehlgeschlagene Selbstregulierung bei der Polizei: Irische Datenschutzbehörde kündigt Maßnahmen an | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Fehlgeschlagene_Selbstregulierung_bei_der_Polizei?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] Apparently illegal abuses of the Irish police (“An Garda Síochána”) database show no sign of being brought to an end, despite repeated announcements on the issue by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC). Problems with the […]

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November 16, 2011

2011 Public Voice Civil Society Conference: "Privacy is Freedom"

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [2011 Public Voice Konferenz der Zivilgesellschaft: “Privacy is Freedom” | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.22_2011_Public_Voice_Konferenz_der_Zivilgesellschaft?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111116] The Public Voice meeting that took place on 31 October 2011 in Mexico City began with a discussion of the 2009 Madrid declarations (both those from DPAs and civil society). Most participants felt there had been little […]

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November 7, 2012

Privacy rights as a global challenge

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Datenschutz als globale Herausforderung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.21_Datenschutz_als_globale_Herausforderung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] With more than 100 on-site participants and almost 4000 remote attendees through the live webcast, the 2012 Public Voice Conference was, this year again, a full success. The 2012 edition was held on 22 October 2012 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in […]

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August 5, 2015 · Blogs

Our internships at EDRi: We made digital rights matter

During the last couple of months, as EDRi’s interns, through advocacy, campaigning and reporting, we were given a unique opportunity to challenge threats to fundamental rights posed in the context of net neutrality, privacy, personal data and copyright. It was a fruitful and rewarding experience that allowed us to put our theoretical skills into practice […]

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July 4, 2007

Final agreements between EU and USA on PNR and SWIFT

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After a long and difficult period of negotiations, on 28-29 June 2007, final agreements were reached between EU and USA on the data regarding European financial transactions operated by Belgian consortium SWIFT and on the passenger name records (PNR) issue respectively. Regarding the access to financial data […]

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July 2, 2008

ENDitorial: Sweden is listening to all internet and phone conversations

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In Denmark we already have Data Retention in place and the rest of Europe will follow soon. That means that our own countries demand that Internet companies and phone companies log who we phone, email with, chat with, which websites we visit, etc. This is something that […]

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November 21, 2012

EDPS Opinion on EC communication on cloud computing

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDSB-Stellungnahme zu Cloud Computing | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.22_EDSB-Stelungnahme_zu_Cloud_Computing?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20121107] On 16 November 2012, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published his opinion on the European Commission’s communication on “Unleashing the potential of Cloud Computing in Europe” issued on 27 September 2012, in which the Commission proposes key actions and policy steps […]

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December 4, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Online tracking industry / AdTech | Surveillance and data retention

New European Commission confirmed: our takeaways on what to expect

On 1 December 2024, the new political leaders of one of the EU’s most powerful institutions – the European Commission – officially took office. As part of their nomination process, they shared their digital visions for the next five years. Spoiler alert: the fight for digital rights will be as important as ever, with data protection, encryption and privacy all on the chopping block.

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