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May 23, 2024 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

It’s time for a heart-to-heart about the EU’s surveillance agenda

The EU prides itself on its worldwide norm-setting influence in the fields of data protection and artificial intelligence regulation. Still, it is not always for the best when it comes to digital state surveillance. Privacy is safety. As we approach the European elections in June, it’s time to discuss the EU's role in shaping how technologies are developed and used.

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November 17, 2021 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

New RESOURCE PAGE helps supporters BAN biometric mass surveillance

The Reclaim Your Face collective has put together a brand new Resource Page, helping all activists spread the word and take action easily, online, offline – at all times, wherever they are.

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November 23, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

AI Act: What happens when lawmakers’ faces get scanned with face recognition algorithms?

EDRi member in Italy Hermes Center simulates face recognition on lawmakers to pressure them for a total ban of remote biometric identification (RBI) in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.

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July 5, 2022 · Blogs | Publications | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

Take a virtual look back with EDRi’s interactive Annual Report: How did the EDRi network protect your digital rights in 2021?

You know privacy matters but not sure what this means in practice? Do you sense much happened in Europe last year to challenge private and state actors abusing their power in the digital age? The pandemic has left you wondering what you can do to ensure technologies work for people? Then check out EDRi’s interactive 2021 Annual Report to better understand the challenges imposed on your digital rights, and how the EDRi network addressed them. Learn and engage with our strong community so we can enjoy an inclusive and equitable digital environment.

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February 16, 2023 · Blogs | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi 2.0: The European Digital Rights network turns 20

This year, EDRi turns 20, marking two decades of building a movement of NGOs, experts, advocates, technologists, academics and impacted communities. Together, we have been defending and advancing digital rights across Europe. Read about our 20-year impact below and join us in celebrating our anniversary.

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February 2, 2022 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Cross border access to data | Surveillance and data retention

UK can join EU surveillance schemes with no parliamentary scrutiny, warns new report

The UK can join intrusive EU surveillance schemes including a pan-European network of police facial recognition databases with no need for parliamentary debate or scrutiny, says a new report published by EDRi member Statewatch.

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September 9, 2024 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Platform regulation | Surveillance and data retention

Enforcing the European Union’s new digital platform laws: How it is going so far

It’s already September and the European Parliament’s summer break is officially over. While the legislature was sleeping, the European Union’s (EU) tech enforcers and their counterparts—Big Tech lobbyists—have been busy plotting their next moves. If you have been away over the summer, here is what you might have missed and what that means for the state of digital rights in the EU

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May 27, 2024 · Blogs | Campaigns | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

How to fight Biometric Mass Surveillance after the AI Act: A legal and practical guide

The EU's Artificial Intelligence Act has been adopted, laying out an in-principle ban on live mass facial recognition and other public biometric surveillance by police. Yet the wide exceptions to this ban may pave the way to legitimise the use of these systems. This living guide, for civil society organisations, communities and activists, charts a human rights-based approach for how to keep resisting biometric mass surveillance practices now and in the future

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July 17, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

IBM’s facial recognition: the solution cannot be left to companies

On 8 June 2020, IBM’s CEO announced to the US Congress that – on the grounds of “justice and racial equity” – the company would “sunset” its “general purpose” facial recognition technologies. EDRi has addressed the company through a letter, but IBM's response suggests the organisation is motivated by public relations, instead of fundamental rights.

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September 25, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Why EU passenger surveillance fails its purpose

The EU Directive imposing the collection of flyers’ information (Passenger Name Record, PNR) was adopted in April 2016, the same day as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The collection of PNR data from all flights going in and out of Brussels has a strong impact on the right of privacy of individuals and it […]

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July 27, 2021 · Blogs | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Joint open letter by civil society organizations and independent experts calling on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology

In this joint open letter, 156 civil society organizations and 26 independent experts worldwide call on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology.

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July 27, 2020 · Highlights | On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

SHARE Foundation presents #hiljadekamera : A documentary on biometric mass surveillance

SHARE Foundation has recently released a short documentary on the controversial use of the mass surveillance system in Belgrade, Serbia. Various digital experts and activists took part in the documentary, including the national Data Protection Authority in Serbia and EDRi's own  Policy and Campaigns Officer, Ella Jakubowska.

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