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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.…
Today, the European Parliament will vote in first reading on conferring new powers to the EU police agency, Europol. Despite a reprimand from…
In the run-up to tomorrow’s Global Encryption Day, Members of the European Parliament from almost all political groups have sent a cross-party letter…
The EU is currently drafting legislation to increase cyber security (revised NIS Directive, in short “NIS 2”). According to this directive, the registration…
Artificial Intelligence Members of the European Parliament have adopted a report on the use of Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Law. The file includes…
Aujourd’hui, le Parlement européen a rejeté par 259 :403 :30 , une tentative[1] visant à supprimer l’appel à l’interdiction de la surveillance biométrique de masse…
Today, the European Parliament by 259:403:30 votes rejected the attempt to remove the call for a ban on biometric mass surveillance, such as by…
Brussels/Strasbourg, 05/10/2021 – Pirate MEPs agreed that yesterday’s outage of Facebook and other networks could have been avoided. The solution would have been…
The Pandora Papers are the most wide-ranging leaked documentation of tax evasion and money laundering in history. Documents obtained by the International Consortium…
Tomorrow, members of the European Parliament will vote on a resolution on Artificial Intelligence in criminal law. In advance of the vote, an open letter…
Today, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) adopted its recommendations on the Digital Services Act, as proposed by French opinion rapporteur Geoffroy…
The campaign for a ban on the controversial deployment of facial recognition systems in public spaces is gaining supporters: The European Parliament’s…
On Thursday, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) will vote on the compromise proposals drafted by French opinion rapporteur Geoffroy Didier…
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Today, MEPs at the European Parliament in Strasbourg discussed the scandal surrounding “Pegasus”, a spyware program developed in Israel. Sadly, Pegasus is not…
In today’s speech, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen failed to give a complete picture of the state of the European Union. While…
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It is now been 20 years since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center that cost thousands of lives. And to this…
Next week, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will hear a case concerning the German law on the general, indiscriminate and comprehensive retention…
With the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union is to adopt landmark legislation that will create a framework to regulate online platforms…
German lawmakers are making the case for tighter obligations for online platforms in the upcoming EU legislation, as they fear that it could…
The EU Commission wants to ban cash payments above 10,000 euros and anonymous payments with “virtual cash” (cryptocurrencies). MEP and digital freedom fighter…
On Sunday, it became known that with the help of the Israeli technology company NSO‘s spy software “Pegasus”, about 50,000 mobile phones of…
Brussels, 16/07/2021 – Today, the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament launches the social impact video game ‘The Biometric Outrun’ to raise awareness…
In reaction to the Advocate General’s opinion on the compatibility of Article 17 of the Copyright Directive with fundamental rights published today, MEP…
According to a leaked discussion paper, the European Commission is working on scenarios to reintroduce indiscriminate and general retention of traffic, location and…
Today, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) adopted its Opinion on the EU‘s upcoming Digital Services Act.[1]…
European flags in front of the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European commission in Brussels. getty. The European Parliament has approved emergency measures…
Today, the European Parliament approved the ePrivacy Derogation, allowing providers of e-mail and messaging services to automatically search all personal messages of each…
Media representatives fear a ban on targeted advertising would undercut their business model already hurt by the COVID crisis, with potentially dramatic consequences…
After a debate tonight, the European Parliament will vote tomorrow (6 July) on the Chat Control Regulation, which will allow e-mail and messaging…
The date for the vote on the chat control regulation has been set: On 6 July, all Members of the European Parliament will…
Today, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) adopted a report on the use of artificial intelligence by police and…
Between April and June 2021, we were very honoured to welcome Henning to our team as a trainee in public communications and administration.…
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The date for the vote on the chat control regulation has been set: On 6 July, all Members of the European Parliament will…
The European Pirates Delegation in the Greens/EFA group supported a TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccine patents in yesterday’s vote. The MEPs have decided…
With a broad majority in the final vote, the European Parliament ratified the regulation on COVID-19 travel certificates, aiming at restoring freedom of…
Three days ahead of the implementation deadline, the European Commission published its guidance on the application of Article 17 of the Directive on…
Among its uses, the commission cited accessing public services such as requesting birth certificates, medical prescriptions, reporting a change of address, opening a…
Today, the EU Commission proposed a single “European Digital Identity” with which EU citizens would be able to access public and private digital…
Today (starting at 9.25 a.m.), the European Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee will discuss the amendments to the EU‘s Digital Services Act proposed by…
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On 26 May, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) approved a regulation that will allow e-mail, messaging…
Today, the Commission published its guidance on how the Code of Practice on Disinformation should be strengthened to become a more effective tool…
Tomorrow, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will vote on a legislative proposal that would allow e-mail,…
Today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the U.K. and Sweden‘s legislation on mass surveillance programmes violate human rights. In…
European lawmakers on Wednesday (19 May) adopted a resolution urging the European Commission to combat illegal online broadcasts of sports events and strengthen…
After weeks of negotiations, the EU Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on COVID-19 travel certificates, aiming at restoring freedom of movement…
The negotiations on the EU‘s ePrivacy regulation on data protection in telecommunications and on the Internet are entering the next round after years…
Yesterday, the European Parliament by a large majority called for stricter measures against unauthorised livestreams of sports events (e.g. football matches) (479+/171-/40 abstentions).…
In April, 40 Members of the European Parliament called on the European Commission to include in its AI regulation a ban on the…
EU Council and Parliament agreed tonight to allow providers to automatically search all personal electronic mail and messages of each citizen for presumed…
The European Parliament finalised its official position on the „EU Covid-19 Certificate”, which aims at ensuring freedom of movement within the EU during…
An EU regulation to prevent the dissemination of the terrorist content online (TERREG) threatens freedom of expression, warns Vice-President of the European Parliament,…
Yesterday evening, the European Parliament endorsed an Interinstitutional Agreement for a Mandatory Transparency Register, aiming at implementing stricter rules for lobbying within Parliament,…
A great majority of EU citizens oppose the EU‘s plans for blanket messaging and chat control. This is the result of an opinion…
After the European Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) agreed to a new EU regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online (TERREG)…
Part of the EU-funded “iBorderCtrl” research project was about lobbying for new legislation required for the deployment of the highly controversial system that…
The French “Conseil d’Etat” court decided today to uphold the collection of information on everybody’s contacts and movements for 12 months due to…
Today, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). While the Pirate Delegation in the…
The European Commission on Wednesday announced tough draft rules on the use of artificial intelligence, including a ban on most surveillance, in an…
Today, the European Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) agreed to a new EU regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online (TERREG).…
Tomorrow the European Commission will propose legislation to regulate artificial intelligence technology. According to a leaked draft of the legislation obtained by POLITICO,…
In a cross-party letter 40 Members of the European Parliament call on the European Commission to revise the proposed regulation on Artificial Intelligence…
Today, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee adopted a call to crack down on unauthorised live streams of sports events (e.g. football games).…
The European Parliament is considering a draft resolution that requires online services to take pirated sports streams offline within 30 minutes. This includes…
The EU Commission is drafting permanent legislation on the automatic searching of all online activities, including personal electronic mail and messages of each…
On Monday, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will vote on a call to crack down on unauthorised live streams of sports events…
The EU plans to allow to continue the free transfer of personal data from EU countries to the UK after having concluded that…
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…
There has been some harsh criticism of plans by the European Parliament‘s Bureau to fingerprint all Members of Parliament in order to register…
In search of “child pornography”, the EU wants to have all private digital communications automatically analysed and, in case of a suspicion, reported…
At the end of April, the European Parliament will vote on the regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online (TERREG). In…
Digital Green Pass raises privacy concerns. The Commission’s plans this week to establish a Digital Green Pass in order to help lift coronavirus…
Today, the European Commission presented its draft regulation on digital vaccination and testing certificates to restore freedom of travel in the EU in…
The MEPS adopted on Tuesday the draft resolution evaluating the functioning of the GDPR and called for effective enforcement, and adequate resources for…
The Internet used to be considered a place of free expression, allowing for unhindered communication across national borders. Today, these freedoms are being…
The great majority of EU justice ministers yesterday once again called a new Europe-wide, suspicionless collection of traffic and location data of the…
The Commission’s plan to introduce a “Digital Green Pass” for EU citizens threatens fundamental rights in several respects. While the European Pirates in…
In spite of repeated rulings by the European Court of Justice against data retention, a group of EU governments insist that new legislation…
Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) accuses Google of misleading the public in a recent communication[1] on its approach to…
The term “geo-blocking” refers to a technique used on the internet to block online content regionally by the provider. Geo-blocking thus means that,…
The second trilogue negotiation between Parliament, Commission and Council on the planned e-privacy derogation, which would allow providers of e-mail, messaging and chat…
and lyrics came back to haunt him, as the anti-establishment musician was imprisoned last Tuesday on charges of insulting Spain’s monarchy and glorifying…
Naively at best, our governments are setting up the perfect conditions for the anti-democratic mass surveillance of entire populations. Now, Europeans are fighting…
Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer calls for signing the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Reclaim Your Face”. The initiative advocates for a ban on…
Brussels (Brussels Morning): Last week, the Portuguese EU presidency resuscitated the dormant debate on the protection of privacy and confidentiality in the use…
An expert assessment published on February 8 by the European Parliamentary Research Service found that the automated screening of private emails and messages…
The new regulation also extends confidentiality rules for traditional telecommunications providers, to internet-based services such as WhatsApp or Zoom, and services involving an…
Today, the European Parliament debated the democratic scrutiny of social media and the protection of fundamental rights. The power of social media platforms…
Today’s agreement by EU governments on a position on privacy in electronic communications (ePrivacy) is met with sharp criticism by MEP Dr. Patrick…
On 9 February, the world is celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID). The MEPs of the European Pirates fully support the annual initiative, which…
The indiscriminate and error-prone automated screening of private emails and messages in search of child pornography and grooming by US corporations such as…
A lawsuit to force the European Union’s Research Executive Agency (REA) to release documentation for the funding of a trial of face biometrics-based…
Today, the European Court of in Luxembourg heard a case brought by MEP and civil liberties activist Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) against the…
Happy Data Protection Day! This international day was established in 2007 in order to raise awareness for how our personal data is used…
Patrick Breyer – Digitaler Freiheitskämpfer und Spitzenkandidat der Piratenpartei zur Europawahl 2019