The European Union’s institutional data protection watchdog has voiced ‘critical concerns’ about the European Parliament’s plans to install a biometric register that will allow EU lawmakers to collect their daily allowance …
In search of “child pornography”, the EU wants to have all private digital communications automatically analysed and, in case of a suspicion, reported to the police (so-called chat control). A currently …
At the end of April, the European Parliament will vote on the regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online (TERREG). In a letter published today, the non-governmental …
Digital Green Pass raises privacy concerns. The Commission’s plans this week to establish a Digital Green Pass in order to help lift coronavirus travel restrictions have been met with concern from …
Today, the European Commission presented its draft regulation on digital vaccination and testing certificates to restore freedom of travel in the EU in the wake of the Corona pandemic: The so-called …
The MEPS adopted on Tuesday the draft resolution evaluating the functioning of the GDPR and called for effective enforcement, and adequate resources for supervisory authorities.
In the draft resolution adopted …
The Internet used to be considered a place of free expression, allowing for unhindered communication across national borders. Today, these freedoms are being increasingly restricted. For this reason, the non-governmental organisation …
The great majority of EU justice ministers yesterday once again called a new Europe-wide, suspicionless collection of traffic and location data of the entire population (data retention). In the course of …
In spite of repeated rulings by the European Court of Justice against data retention, a group of EU governments insist that new legislation is „urgently needed“. France, Spain and five other …
Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) accuses Google of misleading the public in a recent communication[1] on its approach to tackling the circulation of illegal depictions of …
