Tomorrow: Belgian mass surveillance proposal on data retention
Tomorrow, Wednesday 18 May, the members of the Committee on the Economy, Consumer Protection and Digital Agenda in the Belgian Parliament will debate for the second time and then vote …
Author: Julia Weber
EU chat control bill: fundamental rights terrorism against trust, self-determination and security on the Internet
Today, the European Commission presented publicly for the first time an EU draft law on mandatory chat control. With the stated intention of fighting against “child …
“Destruction of digital privacy of correspondence”: lawsuit filed against chat control
Yesterday, Member of the European Parliament and digital freedom fighter Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) filed an action for an injunction against the so-called chat control against Facebook’s …
Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance plan on May 11
Next week on Wednesday (May 11), the EU Commission will present an EU draft law on mandatory chat control to the public for the first time. Similar to Apple’s highly controversial …
European Parliament opposes plan to fingerprint all MEPs for a “biometric attendance register”
Yesterday, a large majority of Members of the European Parliament opposed the Parliament’s plans to register their presence by processing their fingerprints. By 420:202:15 votes they called …
Plenary vote on Europol upgrade: legalization of illegal activities is a scandal
Today, Members of the European Parliament voted on revising Europol’s mandate and upgrading the EU police agency. The adoption of the report will give the agency expanded …
European Health Data Space: Proposal not designed in the interest of patients
Yesterday, the EU Commission presented a draft law to create a “European Health Data Space” (EHDS). The proposal aims to connect patients‘ health data across Europe. For …
Pirates strongly oppose undemocratic threshold in European elections
Today, the European Parliament approved a legislative initiative for new electoral rules to be applied to European elections. Pirate Party Members of the European Parliament strongly oppose the implementation of a …
Que signifie réellement la conservation de données “géographiquement ciblées” en Belgique
Aujourd’hui, un projet de nouvelle loi sur la conservation des données a été discuté à la Chambre des députés belge. Ce projet prévoit …
Belgium: What “geographically targeted” data retention would really mean
Today, a draft for a new law on data retention has been discussed in the Belgian Chamber of Deputies. Among other things, the …