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2017 – another extremely challenging year for digital rights
The agenda of the year 2016 for the protection of digital rights was filled with challenges, and it looks like 2017 is not going to be any easier.
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#5 Freedom not to be labelled: How to fight profiling
This is the fifth blogpost of our series dedicated to privacy, security and freedoms. In the next weeks, we will explain how your freedoms are under threat, and what you can do to fight back.
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Corporate-sponsored privacy confusion in the EU on trade and data protection
After the “Privacy shield” was adopted on 12 July 2016, the European Commission started internal discussions about whether or not to include “data flows” and “data localisation” clauses in Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and in the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). It appears that the European Commission Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG […]
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e-Privacy Directive: Frequently Asked Questions
(This article is available as well in German and French) What is the e-Privacy Directive? The e-Privacy Directive (ePD) is a Directive covering specific privacy and data protection issues in the electronic communications sector. It was adopted in 2002 and revised in 2009. The official text of the current version can be found here.
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Die ePrivacy-Reform: Häufig gestellte Fragen
Original version here (English) Was ist die ePrivacy-Reform? Die Datenschutzrichtlinie für elektronische Kommunikation (auch: ePrivacy-Richtlinie) ist eine Richtlinie, die sich mit bestimmten, die Privatsphäre und den Datenschutz betreffenden Themen im Bereich der elektronischen Kommunikation auseinandersetzt. Sie wurde 2002 verabschiedet und im Jahre 2009 überarbeitet. Der offizielle Wortlaut der aktuellen Version kann hier abgerufen werden. Sie […]
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Massive lobby against personal communications security has started
Since 2002, European citizens’ freedom of communication, the security of our communications devices, and the protection of our personal data in the online world have been safeguarded by the so-called e-Privacy Directive. This Directive is now up for renewal. Unsurprisingly, after the big online companies launched probably the biggest ever lobbying campaign to undermine the […]
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PROCEED WITH CAUTION: Flexibilities in the General Data Protection Regulation
We regret that much of the ambition of the original data protection package was lost, due to one of the biggest lobbying campaigns in European history. However, we congratulate the European Parliament — for saving the essence of European data protection legislation.[1] On 14 April 2016, the European Parliament adopted two legal instruments that will regulate […]
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The lobby-tomy 7: Not all roads lead to privacy
Within the privacy world, different schools of thought exist. Connecting different viewpoints to a seemingly positive ideology is also sales technique. The new European data protection regulation is the most lobbied piece of legislation thus far. This is because the subject is very important and touches upon almost every aspect of our daily lives. Therefore […]
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The lobby-tomy 6: Not in my backyard
Something you’ll hear in policy debates on the environment: windmills are a great idea and obviously good for the environment, but we don’t want them in our backyard. This argument doesn’t just apply to the debate on the environment, but apparently also in the debate on privacy protection. Representatives from industry speak convincingly about what […]
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EU Data Protection Package – Lacking ambition but saving the basics
Statement of European Digital Rights (EDRi), Bits of Freedom, Digitale Gesellschaft e.V, Open Rights Group (ORG), Digital Rights Ireland and Privacy International following the vote of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee on the Data Protection In January 2012, the European Commission, following extensive consultations, published a draft Regulation and a Directive to create a […]
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Data protection package concluded – 1420 days after being launched
On 15 December 2015, three years and ten months after the package was launched, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Directive on Data Protection in Police and Justice matters were finally completed. The reform package was launched in order to enhance data protection rights and improve their enforcement. Up until now, data protection in […]
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Data Protection Package – The bare essentials appear to have been salvaged from the lobby storm
Following the final EU trilogue negotiations yesterday, where an agreement was reached on the proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Directive for Law Enforcement, and waiting for the provisional texts to be made public, EDRi would like to present the following statement: In January 2012, the European Commission, following extensive consultations, […]
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