Author: Julia Weber
Pirates: Common charger a win for users and the environment
Today, Members of the European Parliament approved the outcome of the trilogue negotiations on the Common Charger directive. A strong position of the European Parliament warrants that in addition to mobile …
Breyer on Europol lawsuit: Courts must protect us where politics is hostile to fundamental rights
Conservation des données : Pour une Europe où les gens sont « innocents jusqu’à preuve du contraire »
Dans un arrêt rendu aujourd’hui, la Cour de justice de l’UE a rejeté la législation allemande sur la conservation généralisée et indifférenciée des données relatives au trafic …
Data retention ruling: Let’s free Europe from mass surveillance and general suspicion!
In a ruling delivered today, the EU Court of Justice dismissed German legislation on general and indiscriminate retention of call data records and mobile phone location data …
UN Human Rights Commissioner warns against chat control
Cyber Resilience Act: Protecting digital security works differently
Today, the EU Commission presented the “Cyber Resilience Act”, draft legislation which would oblige manufacturers of products “with digital elements” to guarantee cyber security throughout the entire …
New Rules on political advertising to stop voter manipulation!
The new rules on political advertising need to be designed to stop the manipulation of elections and referendums through personalised advertising messages. Today, Dr. Patrick Breyer, Pirate Party MEP, …
IP data retention is no option: IPv6 addresses can be unique and persistent tracking identifiers – a new study finds
A study on IP addresses [1] by scientists from TU Delft in the Netherlands and the Max-Planck-Institut at Saarland University in Germany proves IP data retention threatens citizens’ privacy: IP addresses …
EU Rule of Law Report: Data Retention is a blind spot
Today, the European Union Commission will publish the annual Rule of Law Report. According to MEP and civil rights activist Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party, Greens/EFA Group in …