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Computers have been part of our Daily lives for almost two decades, but a lot has changed since the beige boxes of the 2000’s: they have come off our desks and …
Category: European Parliament
Transparency lawsuit against secret EU surveillance research: Judgement on 15 December in Luxembourg.
The EU supported trials of the use of “artificial intelligence” at its borders by testing a “video lie detector” on travellers. On 15 March 2019, MEP and civil liberties activist Dr …
Political advertising rules fail to stop personalised manipulation of elections and referendums
The rules on political advertising proposed today by the Commission fail to stop the manipulation of elections by way of personalised targeting, criticises Patrick Breyer, the LIBE Committee‘s rapporteur for the …
Rejection of indiscriminate data retention: ECJ Advocate General delivers opinion on German data retention law
Today, Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona, Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), presented his opinion in the legal dispute between SpaceNet AG and the Federal Republic of Germany on the …
EU interior ministers welcome mandatory chat control for all smartphones
Job offer: Data Retention Campaigner (part-time) (archived)
The office of MEP Patrick Breyer is looking for a campaigner on data retention and mass surveillance. The position will be offered on a freelance basis. The campaigner will support the …
Haugen testimony exposes EU‘s unwillingness to take back control of the digital sphere
Today‘s hearing of Facebook whistleblower Francis Haugen in the European Parliament has exposed the EU‘s unwillingness to take back control of the digital sphere, concludes Patrick Breyer, the Civil Liberties Committee‘s …
Greens/EFA study reveals alarming expansion of Biometric Mass Surveillance in Europe
Today, the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament published a study on Current Practices of Biometric Mass Surveillance in the European Union (e.g. facial surveillance or behavioural analysis in public …
Plenary vote: Europol’s illegal activities must not be made legal!
Today, the European Parliament will vote in first reading on conferring new powers to the EU police agency, Europol. Despite a reprimand from the European Data Protection Supervisor last year, …