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The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel

The leaked draft text suggests that the Commission significantly caved in to US’s excessive demands for unfettered information access.

Leaked document: EU Presidency calls for massive internet filtering

A Council of the European Union document leaked by Statewatch on 30 August reveals that during the summer months, that Estonia (current EU Presidency) has been pushing the other Member States to strengthen indiscriminate internet surveillance, and to follow in the footsteps of China regarding online censorship…

CSAR: European Parliament rejects mass scanning of private messages

This marks a positive development for human rights in one of the most controversial draft European Union (EU) laws in recent memory.

Microsoft’s new small print – how your personal data is abused

Microsoft has renewed its Privacy Policy and Service Agreement. The new services agreement goes into effect on 1 August 2015, only a couple of days after the launch of the Windows 10 operating system on 29 July. The new “privacy dashboard” is presented to give the users a possibility to control their data related to…

Young people in 13 EU countries refuse surveillance of online communication

Poll: the 80% would not feel comfortable being politically active or exploring their sexuality if authorities can monitor their communication.

Santa Claus Confirms NSA Attack on Naughty or Nice Database

A press conference was organised this morning on behalf of Mr Santa Claus. At the conference, a spokes–elf confirmed that there had been repeated attempts to hack the “naughty or nice (NON)” database. The NON-database was thought to be used by Mr Claus to keep records of young inhabitants of planet earth, in order to…

Campaign “Reclaim Your Face” Calls for a Ban on Biometric Mass Surveillance

Civil society across Europe launches the “Reclaim Your Face” campaign, demanding that local and national authorities listen to their communities about the serious risks of using facial recognition and other biometric technologies in public spaces. The newly formed coalition calls to ban biometric mass surveillance, in…

Leak shows EU's plans for large scale surveillance of all communications

Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition cameras at the Prague airport

The shutdown of the facial recognition cameras at the Václav Havel Airport in Prague came after years of criticism from EDRi member IuRe.

EU legislation allows emails, messages and other communications to be scanned

On 6 July, the European Parliament adopted in a final vote the derogation to the main piece of EU legislation protecting privacy, the ePrivacy Directive, to allow Big Tech to scan your emails, messages and other online communications.

Finland: New surveillance law threatens fundamental rights (2015)

Finnish EDRi member Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi) is gravely concerned over a draft law on Internet surveillance. The bill that the country’s current government is in the process of preparing will grant the military and the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) the authority to conduct electronic mass…