Author: Patrick Breyer
In fight against coronavirus, governments embrace surveillance | POLITICO [extern]
The European Commission has gone further, asking all such data to be centralized to speed up prevention across the bloc, three people involved in the talks told POLITICO . But epidemiologists …
COVID-19 Threatens More Than Your Health – Civil Liberties Are About to Be Slashed | CPO Magazine [extern]
COVID-19 Threatens More Than Your Health – Civil Liberties Are About to Be Slashed CPO Magazine
EU parliament moves to email voting during COVID-19 pandemic | TechCrunch [extern]
The European Parliament will temporarily allow electronic voting by email as MEPs are forced to work remotely during the coronavirus crisis.
Blanket communications data retention: EU Commission orders biased study
The Home Affairs department of the EU Commission has ordered a study on the EU-wide reintroduction of blanket communications data retention. The contract for the study, which Pirate Party MEP Patrick …
Patrick Breyer on Coronavirus: No justification for tracking the movements of all citizens!
Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) criticises telecommunications providers such as Deutsche Telekom, the Austrian A1 and the Belgian Proximus for their bulk disclosure of location data in …
Lifting the veil on the secretive EU terror filter negotiations: Here’s where we stand [updated 07/12/2020]
On 10 December, the sixth and probably final “Trilogue” meeting will be held on the EU’s proposed terrorist content online law infamous for its “upload filter”/”preventive measures” and “one hour removal …
MEPs: ‘Mass surveillance’ still possible under US privacy deal | EUobserver [extern]
A delegation of MEPs from the parliament’s civil liberties committee (LIBE) have voiced their concerns over the remaining “deficiencies” of the EU-US ‘privacy shield’ framework, after examining the data agreement with …
It’s Feast or Famine With the EU’s New Trio of Digital Strategy Docs | CPO Magazine [extern]
It’s Feast or Famine With the EU’s New Trio of Digital Strategy Docs CPO Magazine