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The companies in control of our secret identities

EDRi member Privacy International published a research on ad tech companies' data collection practices which are employed to create an assumed picture of you. The study shows that the profiles created for the data subjects are based on information pieced together from incomplete data and using marketing algorithms. Hence, this data forms an uncanny picture of yourself, one that you may not have voluntarily revealed, a digital shadow over which you have very little practical control.

September 28, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Rather delete than comply: how Europol snubbed data subject rights

On 8 September 2022, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued a decision ordering the EU law enforcement agency, Europol, to give Dutch activist Frank van der Linde access to the personal data the agency holds on him following a two-year investigation by the data protection watchdog. Findings of the inspection reveal that Europol tried to cover up the traces of the data processing and to avoid complying with the data access request by deleting van der Linde’s data.

When law enforcement undermines our digital safety, who is looking after our interests?

Imagine your friend sent you a private DM on Twitter. Now imagine, instead of the content remaining for your eyes only, Twitter letting the police also take a peek at it. Such intrusive practices of state actors accessing private messages have grave consequences for our lives. Some people can be physically harmed, and for some, it can mean that their families and friends could get prosecuted. At a collective level, the harm this does to our communities and society at large is immeasurable.

June 10, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Europol inches closer to increasing its powers despite lacking accountability

Europol was caught breaking the law and developing new initiatives without any proper legal basis (e.g. Europol’s innovation lab). Many proposed changes to Europol's mandate show an attempt to legalise the agency’s unlawful activities. In addition, this revision is happening even before the first implementation evaluation of Europol’s Regulation, planned for 2022, has been carried out. Without this evaluation, it is impossible to assess whether the current rules impede the fulfilment of the Agency’s missions and whether its working practices respect fundamental rights.

The future of our fight against biometric mass surveillance

The final AI Act is disappointingly full of holes when it comes to bans on different forms of biometric mass surveillance (BMS). Despite this, there are some silver linings in the form of opportunities to oppose BMS in public spaces and to push for better protection of people’s sensitive biometric data.

April 9, 2003 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Austria looses court case about surveillance costs

Telecommunication companies in Austria have won an important court case against the federal government. Though in general the wiretapping provisions in the new Telecommunications Law were not deemed unconstitutional, from 2004 onwards, government will have to reimburse providers for the costs of procuring and maintaining surveillance equipment. Full verdict in German (27.02.2003) http://www.vfgh.gv.at/vfgh/presse/G37-16-02.pdf

January 21, 2016 · Blogs

Access Now, EDRi on data protection: “No Safe Harbour 2.0 without reform on both sides of the Atlantic”

On January 12, Estelle Massé, Policy Analyst at Access Now, and Joe McNamee, Executive Director at EDRi, were invited by the committee of EU data protection authorities – the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party – to discuss the aftermath of the Safe Harbour ruling. Read our full submission to the Article 29 Data Protection […]

July 23, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Your family is none of their business

Today’s children have the most complex digital footprint in human history, with their data being collected by private companies and governments alike.

February 1, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Under surveillance: (mis)use of technologies in emergency responses

In the months following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half the world’s countries enacted emergency measures. Within this broader context, we have seen a rapid scaling up of governments’ use of technologies to enable widespread surveillance. How has this impacted civil society groups globally?

February 16, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

SERBIA: Government retracts again on biometric surveillance

Another attempt to legalise mass biometric surveillance in Serbia was ditched by the government in a sudden U-turn just as 2022 was drawing to a close. In a little over a year this was the second draft law on internal affairs failing to pass the public hearing stage before its formal introduction to the parliamentary vote.

Diego Naranjo becomes EDRi’s new Head of Policy

European Digital Rights is happy to announce that – following an open recruitment process – Diego Naranjo will step up from his role as Senior Policy Advisor, and start his work as EDRi’s Head of Policy in September 2019.

May 3, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Surveillance and data retention

Where artificial intelligence and climate action meet

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has a major influence on climate action, climate change mitigation and the work of environmental defenders. It offers potential benefits, for example when it is used to enhance high-resolution mapping of deforestation, coral reef loss, and soil erosion. On the other hand, it poses a threat to the climate and its defenders when it leads to extraction of natural resources and when automated online surveillance is used to enhance the power of states and corporations to suppress climate activism and grassroots resistance.

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The companies in control of our secret identities

Rather delete than comply: how Europol snubbed data subject rights

When law enforcement undermines our digital safety, who is looking after our interests?

Europol inches closer to increasing its powers despite lacking accountability

The future of our fight against biometric mass surveillance

Austria looses court case about surveillance costs

Access Now, EDRi on data protection: “No Safe Harbour 2.0 without reform on both sides of the Atlantic”

Your family is none of their business

Under surveillance: (mis)use of technologies in emergency responses

SERBIA: Government retracts again on biometric surveillance

Diego Naranjo becomes EDRi’s new Head of Policy

Where artificial intelligence and climate action meet