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March 10, 2021 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Information democracy | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea

Google is leading the charge to replace third-party cookies with a new suite of technologies to target ads on the Web. And some of its proposals show that it hasn’t learned the right lessons from the ongoing backlash to the surveillance business model. In this post, EDRi's member Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will focus on one of those proposals, Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), which is perhaps the most ambitious—and potentially the most harmful. 

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February 14, 2007

Bulgaria fails to protect citizen's personal data

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A recent report made public by the Bulgarian National Audit Office about the activity of the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) in Bulgaria in the period 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2005 shows that CPDP has failed in achieving its main purpose – to protect […]

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October 28, 2020 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention | Transparency

UK data regulator takes enforcement action to rein in data brokers’ use of people’s personal data

In a landmark decision that shines a light on widespread data protection failings by the entire data broker industry, the ICO has today taken enforcement action against Experian, based in part on a complaint Privacy International made in 2018.

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June 10, 2013 · Blogs

PRISM explains the wider lobbying issues surrounding EU data protection reform

The European Commission’s Communication on Cloud Computing (pdf) forecasts a spend of 45 billion Euro on such services in the EU in 2020. The stakes are therefore huge for the countries and regions that can show themselves to be trustworthy for the processing of both personal and business data. With no comprehensive federal privacy legislation […]

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July 16, 2003

Commission workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technology

On 4 July, the European Commission organised a technical workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETS) in Brussels. 39 experts, from Europe, the USA and Canada were invited to participate, ranging from Commission officials to academic experts, from data protection authorities to business representatives. Amongst the invitees were also 2 EDRI-members; FIPR and Bits of Freedom. […]

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April 20, 2016 · Blogs

CETA to get priority ahead of EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

CETA will undermine EU Charter of Fundamental Rights In February 2016, the European Commission and Canadian government published the final draft text of the EU – Canada trade agreement (CETA), prior to its approval or rejection by the Council, European Parliament and, possibly, national parliaments. The Court of Justice of the EU in October 2015 […]

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June 20, 2012

Article 29 WP’s opinion on the cookie exemptions

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Artikel 29 Gruppe über Ausnahmen für den Einsatz von Cookies | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.12_Artikel29_Gruppe_ueber_Ausnahmen_fuer_den_Einsatz_von_Cookies?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120620] On 12 June 2012, the Article 29 Working Party (WP 29) published an opinion on the issue, focusing on two exemption criteria established by the new cookie-related provisions in the ePrivacy Directive: A- the use of […]

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March 25, 2015 · Blogs

Denmark plans to preserve illegally collected medical data

In Denmark, a controversial plan to prevent illegally collected medical data from being deleted has become a hot topic for the government. The plan involves transferring the data to the National Archives, which has an exemption in the Danish data protection act. Under the Danish health care act, general practitioners can transfer medical data to […]

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October 17, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Surveillance and data retention

Trilogues on terrorist content: Upload or re-upload filters? Eachy peachy.

On 17 October 2019, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Commission started closed-door negotiations, trilogues, with a view to reaching an early agreement on the Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. The European Parliament improved the text proposed by the European Commission by addressing its […]

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February 28, 2007

From Schengen to Prüm: Data Protection under 3rd pillar a prerequisite

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) One of the main priorities of the current German presidency, the inclusion of the Prüm’s Treaty into the EU legal framework, is likely to be achieved before its end in 30 June 2007. During its last meeting on 15 February the EU JHA Council agreed on incorporating […]

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June 20, 2012

UK websites might have to identify “trolls”

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Websitenbetreiber sollen „Trolle“ identifizieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.12_Britische_Websitenbetreiber_sollen_Trolle_identifizieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120620] According to the new UK government proposals, website operators might soon have to identify users who have posted defamatory messages online, so that the victims of the respective messages may take legal action against the “trolls”. Presently in UK, a website […]

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June 19, 2013 · Blogs

EDRi letter to the US Embassy on PRISM

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [PRISM: EDRi-Schreiben an US-Botschafter | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.12_PRISM_EDRi-Schreiben_an_US-Botschafter?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130619] On 18 June 2013, EDRi delivered the following letter in a frank exchange of views with the US Embassy on PRISM & data protection: European Digital Rights would like to thank you for the invitation to meet with you today. We welcome […]

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