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, write Chloé Berthélémy and Viktoria Tomova from European Digital Rights (EDRi), an association of civil and...
The European Digital Rights (EDRi), an association of civil and human rights organisations from across Europe, and Access Now coordinated an open letter supported by 11 civil society organisations that calls on the European Commissioner for Justice to provide further evidence and clarity on the decision to renew Israel’s...
A CCTV company owned by the municipality of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, had sued the Slovenian Data Protection Authority (DPA) in order to block the release of municipal CCTV system data. But the ruling of an administrative court made it clear that making the CCTV system data available is in the public’s interest, not...
As the EU’s new flagship tech laws, the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, are coming into full application, Big Tech is working hard to shoot them down. As of today, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) becomes fully applicable, following its counterpart the Digital Services Act (DSA) on 17 February....
Secondo le 109 organizzazioni, EURODAC si sta trasformando in un ampio e violento strumento di sorveglianza che tratterà le persone in cerca di protezione come sospettate di reato....
115 civil society organisations are calling on EU lawmakers to to regulate the use of AI technology for harmful and discriminatory surveillance by law enforcement, migration authorities and national security forces in the AI Act.
European Digital Rights (EDRi), an association based in Brussels, lists an unprecedented wide range of stakeholders, including child protection experts, survivors of CSA, police, national governments, UN officials, companies, NGOs and warning that the proposed measures are misguided and could do more harm than good.
The final EU Parliament position upholds all of the fundamental rights demands which were added at committee level. Despite efforts to overturn it, the final position also maintains the committees' strong stance against biometric mass surveillance practices. But it is disappointing that the plenary missed the opportunity to...
The CSA Regulation proposed by Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, would obliterate privacy, security and free expression for everyone online. Politicians across the political spectrum put forward amendments to safeguard the fundamental rights of users. Many of them expressly recognised the intrusiveness of the...