Today, our efforts to see the bad proposals for a european eID implementation fail could convince a blocking minority of EU Member States in the Comitology meeting. Because the Commission saw that they would not have a majority for their proposal among the Member States, they took the vote off the a...
Complain, shame or otherwise deal with companies that leak personal data
I use a unique email address whenever I signup for a service. Occasionally a service provider will (legally) forward the email address and a other data points to a third party on a need-to-know basis.
Since about I year I'm receiving spam / promotional email / phishing to such addresses from unrelated entities. This allows for two interpretations
I tried emailing some company that leaked my email and got a canned response, not understanding the issue.
If their is a government agency or NGO where I can file report regarding a likely data leak?
Following a noyb complaint and litigation over inactivity, the Swedish Data Protection Authoirty (IMY) has issued a fine of about € 5 million against Spotify.
Chat Control: The EU's CSEM scanner proposal
🇫🇷 French: Traduction du dossier Chat Control 2.0 🇸🇪 Swedish: Chat Control 2.0🇳🇱 Dutch: Chatcontrole The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence Take action to stop Chat Control now! The Chat Control 2.0 proposal in detail Changes proposed by the European Parliame...
Nextcloud is an alternative to Big Tech solutions, keeping their documents and communication safe in Europe. Join us!
Nextcloud is currently used by many public services in Europe (universities, governments, cities etc.) as an alternative to Big Tech solutions, keeping their documents and communication safe in Europe. The European Commission’s Open Source Programme Office is organising a hackathon to enhance Nextcloud with additional features so that more public administrations can include such solutions as part of their digitalisation journey.
Help us build and protect Europe’s digital sovereignty!
Universal income for open source maintainers - Conference on the Future of Europe
This is your opportunity to speak up, to say what kind of Europe you want to live in and to help shape our future.
Use FOSS OSes (e.g. Linux) in EU administration
This is your opportunity to speak up, to say what kind of Europe you want to live in and to help shape our future.
Let's endorse this idea in the EU : OpenAccess, OpenData and OpenSource for artefacts created by research financed by government
This is your opportunity to speak up, to say what kind of Europe you want to live in and to help shape our future.
Criticizes boom in biometric mass surveillance in Germany
Ein heute veröffentlichter Forschungsbericht, der von dem internationalen Netzwerk digitaler Bürgerrechtsorganisationen EDRi in Auftrag gegeben wurde, enthüllt das schockierende Ausmaß der rechtswidrigen biometrischen Massenüberwachungspraktiken und -technologien in Deutschland, den Niederlanden und
Legislation to "strengthen the integrity of UK elections and protect our democracy" through the Elections Integrity Bill was introduced to parliament this week.
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 ...
Preventing online child abuse, while protecting personal data
The European Parliament is set on combatting online child sexual abuse. This means using technology to scan and remove content. But how does this square with EU data protection rules? Learn more from the author of Parliament's report, Birgit Sippel.
Joint Civil Society Statement Urges IMCO Committee to Uphold Fundamental Rights in the DSA
On 1 July 2021, along with 6 leading civil society organisations EDRi signed a joint statement urging Members of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) in the European Parliament to uphold fundamental rights and democratic principles in the final Digital Services Act (DSA) regu...
