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December 18, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Casual attitude in intelligence sharing is troubling

A recent report by Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service CTIVD shows that the Dutch secret services regularly violate the law when sharing intelligence with foreign services. For the sake of privacy and freedom of communication, it is crucial that data sharing safeguards are both tightened and more strictly enforced.

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May 5, 2021 · Blogs | Press mentions | Information democracy | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

EU’s new artificial intelligence law risks enabling Orwellian surveillance states

When analysing how AI systems might impact people of colour, migrants and other marginalised groups, context matters. Whilst AI developers may be able to predict and prevent some negative biases, for the most part, such systems will inevitably exacerbate injustice. This is because AI systems are deployed in a wider context of systematic discrimination and violence, particularly in the field of policing and migration.

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March 1, 2022 · Blogs | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Civil society calls on the EU to ban predictive AI systems in policing and criminal justice in the AI Act

40+ civil society organisations, led by Fair Trials and European Digital Rights (EDRi) are calling on the EU to ban predictive systems in policing and criminal justice in the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA).

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September 12, 2018 · On the ground | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Big Brother Awards 2018 Italy

The 2018 Italian edition of the Big Brother Awards was held in Bologna on 8 June 2018, with the support of a grant from the European Digital Rights Fund. The award ceremony took place during the 23rd edition of the E-privacy conference.

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June 11, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Cross border access to data | Surveillance and data retention

LIBE vote on Europol reform blow to the Commission, but still legitimises an expanding surveillance regime

European Parliament's LIBE committee vote on a reform of the Europol Regulation was a mixed bag. Although it was a blow to the European Commission's original proposal, it still legitimised an expanding surveillance regime thanks to Europol's ever-growing power and resources. Read the Protect Not Surveil coalition’s statement.

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March 16, 2021 · Blogs | Press mentions | Information democracy | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

This is the EU’s chance to stop racism in artificial intelligence

Human rights mustn’t come second in the race to innovate, they should rather define innovations that better humanity. The European Commission's upcoming proposal may be the last opportunity to prevent harmful uses of AI-powered technologies, many of which are already marginalising Europe's racialised communities.

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October 6, 2021 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Serbia withdraws a proposed Biometric Surveillance Bill following national and international pressure

On 23 September, the Serbian Minister of Interior Aleksandar Vulin announced that the Draft Law on Internal Affairs, which contained provisions for legalising a massive biometric video surveillance system, was pulled from the further procedure. This turn of events presents a key victory in SHARE Foundation’s two and a half year-long battle against smart cameras in Belgrade, which were installed by the Ministry of Interior and supplied by Chinese tech giant Huawei.

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June 11, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

All Eyes on my Period? Period tracking apps and the future of privacy in a post-Roe world

Privacy International investigated eight of the most popular period-tracking apps to analyse how they function and process users’ reproductive health data. Their findings raised concerns for users’ privacy, given the sensitive nature of the health data involved. These findings come within the context of the global roll back on reproductive rights and fears over law enforcement forcing apps to hand over data.

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June 12, 2025 · Blogs | EDRi-gram | Highlights | Information democracy | Open internet and inclusive technology | Privacy and data protection

EDRi-gram, 12 June 2025

What has the EDRis network been up to over the past two weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter. In this edition: UK data adequacy under scrutiny, ProtectEU strategy a step further towards digital dystopia, and more!

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September 24, 2020 · Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

Surveillance on the seas: Europe’s new Migration Pact

Instead of coming up with a meaningful plan, the EU’s new migration pact explicitly doubles down on containment and border security and opens the door to increasingly more draconian tools of surveillance using new technologies, write Petra Molnar and Kena-Jade Pinto, who recently travelled to the Moria refugee camp in Lesvos.

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May 31, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Surveillance and data retention

Romania: CSA Regulation will make journalistic investigations of child abuse impossible

The back door to people’s private communications that only the authorities can access is a mythical creature that lives in the imagination of those dismissing the consequences of malware, spyware attacks and software exploits. Experts and affected people have spoken up about the dangers of creating a back door to secure communication even if it is to be accessed only by police and security services. The Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Regulation has revived the age-old debate.

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August 29, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

Is this the most criticised draft EU law of all time?

An unprecedentedly broad range of stakeholders have raised concerns that despite its important aims, the measures proposed in the draft EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation are fundamentally incompatible with human rights.

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