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 …
Category: European Parliament
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 …
Twitter takeover by Elon Musk: Patrick Breyer warns against mandatory authentication plans
Today it became known that Twitter is accepting Elon Musk’s takeover bid for 44 billion dollars. In the run-up, the Tesla boss had announced: “If our twitter bid succeeds, we will …
Partial success against Internet censorship: Top EU Court severely restricts upload filters
EU Digital Services Act: Industry and government interests prevail over citizens’ digital rights
After 16 hours of discussion, negotiators from the European Parliament and EU governments have just made deal on a new EU Digital Services Act. Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer sat at …
Showdown on DSA: Pirates demand protection of fundamental digital rights against censorship and espionage
On Friday, representatives of the EU Parliament, Commission and Council will meet for what is expected to be the last round of negotiations on the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). After …
Comeback of data retention? Former EU judge dismisses Commission’s plans
On 8 April 2014 the European Court of Justice annulled the EU Data Retention Directive which required the bulk collection of any citizens call detail records and location. 8 years later …
Right to Repair must bring more rights for consumers, say Pirates
Today, MEPs vote in plenary on a resolution for the “right to repair”, which was presented and adopted by the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) …
Patrick Breyer: „Data retention is dead. Stop trying to resurrect it!”
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today in Luxembourg that general and indiscriminate data retention is inadmissible even for the purpose of combating serious crimes. MEP …
Digital cash: EU Parliament attacks anonymous payments in cryptocurrencies
Two committees of the European Parliament today approved a shared report on the regulation of cryptocurrencies. Pirate Party MEPs strongly oppose the text, since it would effectively prohibit anonymous payments and …