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November 14, 2023 · Blogs | Campaigns | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

EU Parliament committee rejects mass scanning of private and encrypted communications

On 14th November, Members of the European Parliament’s ‘Civil Liberties’ committee voted against attempts from EU Home Affairs officials to roll out mass scanning of private and encrypted messages across Europe. It was a clear-cut vote, with a significant majority of MEPs supporting the proposed position.

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June 8, 2022 · Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Freedom of expression online | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality | Surveillance and data retention

European Commission must uphold privacy, security and free expression by withdrawing new law, say civil society

In May, the European Commission proposed a new law: the CSA Regulation. If passed, this law would turn the internet into a space that is dangerous for everyone’s privacy, security and free expression. EDRi is one of 134 organisations calling instead for tailored, effective, rights-compliant and technically-feasible alternatives to tackle this grave issue.

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February 18, 2025 · EDRi Jobs

Call for Nomination – EDRi Board elections 2025

EDRi is looking for interested candidates to become a member of the EDRi Board. As an EDRi Board Member, you will help shape the future of the organisation and the network and advance our mission to promote and protect human rights in the digital environment. You will have a responsibility as an employer of the EDRi office and vis-à-vis the members.

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December 9, 2015 · Blogs

FAQ: Passenger Name Records (PNR)

The European Union will adopt soon a Directive on the long-term storage and use of “Passenger Name Records” (PNR) for the purpose of profiling individuals as possible serious criminals or terrorists.

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July 7, 2021 · Blogs | Highlights | On the ground | Publications | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

New EDRi report reveals depths of biometric mass surveillance in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland

In a new research report, EDRi reveals the shocking extent of unlawful biometric mass surveillance practices in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland which are taking over our public spaces like train stations, streets, and shops. The EU and its Member States must act now to set clear legal limits to these practices which create a state of permanent monitoring, profiling and tracking of people.

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September 22, 2021 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Inclusive technologies

Building a coalition for Digital Dignity

In 2020 EDRi started to build the ‘Digital Dignity Coalition’, a group of organisations and activists active at the EU level dedicated to upholding rights in digital spaces and resisting harmful uses of technology. We’ve been organising to understand and resist how technological practices differentiate, target and experiment on communities at the margins - this article sets out what we’ve done so far.

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July 4, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices

Despite warning from lawyers, EU governments push for mass surveillance of our digital private lives

Whilst several EU governments are increasingly alert to why encryption is so important, the Council is split between those that are committed to upholding privacy and digital security in Europe, and those that aren’t. The latest draft Council text does not go anywhere near far enough to make scanning obligations targeted, despite clear warnings from their own lawyers.

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September 11, 2024 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Disinformation and electoral interference | Platform regulation

Croatian TikTok: A battleground between pro-EU and anti-EU narratives

Gong, a Croatian democracy watchdog organisation and EDRi member, published an analysis of the political narratives on TikTok during the national 2024 election campaign. The research explores the political narratives and environment on TikTok in the pre-campaign and campaign period for the Croatian parliamentary elections. It highlights a vibrant and intricate political landscape on TikTok in Croatia, marked by a division between democratic and anti-democratic narratives aimed at swaying the platform's younger audience.

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September 13, 2023 · Blogs | Campaigns | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Privacy and confidentiality

Open letter: EU countries should say no to the CSAR mass surveillance proposal

Today, EDRi and 81 organisations have sent an open letter to EU governments to once again urge them to say no to the CSA Regulation until it fully protects online rights, freedoms, and security.

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May 13, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Artificial intelligence (AI) | Biometrics | Surveillance and data retention

Ban biometric mass surveillance!

44 civil society organisations call for a ban on biometric mass surveillance in EDRi's new paper, "Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance: A set of fundamental rights demands for the European Commission and EU Member States"

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April 19, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Biometrics | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices | Surveillance and data retention

France becomes the first European country to legalise biometric surveillance

EDRi member and Reclaim Your Face partner La Quadrature du Net charts out the chilling move by France to undermine human rights progress by ushering in mass algorithmic surveillance, which in a shocking move, has been authorised by national Parliamentarians.

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October 11, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

The UK data bridge: a sneak peek at the UK privacy race to the bottom to come

The UK extension to the EU – US Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework will come into force on 12 October. Its adoption provides a sneak peek at the future of UK international data transfers, and the erosion of essential guarantees against surveillance measures that the UK data protection reform would bring.

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