ECJ ruling on Meta browsing records: Breakthrough for online privacy
Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer, who has sued in court for more than 10 years against the clickstream logging, celebrates today’s ECJ ruling against the U.S. Internet company …
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Data protection enforcement must strengthen citizens’ rights, not weaken them!
Today, the European Commission presented a draft regulation to improve cooperation between European data protection authorities. MEP and digital freedom fighter Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) warns:
“My data must …
Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU: U-turnon civil liberties needed!
On 1 July, Spain holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the fifth time. In his welcome address, the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, …
European Digital Identity: Permanent personal identification number is off the table!
Representatives of the EU Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a political agreement on the core elements of a new framework for a European digital identity (eID) …
The “Digital Euro” does not deserve its name!
Pirate Party MEP and digital freedom fighter Dr Patrick Breyer criticises yesterday’s draft bill by the EU Commission to introduce a “Digital Euro”:
“The introduction of digital cash would …
Committee recommendation on chat control: Some poisonous fangs will be pulled, but indiscriminate chat control still looming
Today, the Internal Market Committee in the European Parliament (IMCO) recommended some far-reaching amendments to the draft EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR), also known as …
Pegasus spyware: Pirates call for urgent action after parliamentary Committee concludes
Today, the PEGA Committee of the European Parliament, tasked with investigating the use of spyware against journalists, activists, and politicians, concludes its mandate with the adoption of its recommendations by …
Historic vote: EU Parliament to ban biometric mass surveillance
Strasbourg, 14/06/2023 – Today, the European Parliament voted to ban real-time facial surveillance in public spaces in the EU’s new Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). Automated behavioural surveillance, on the other hand, …
Artificial intelligence: We are no longer free under constant surveillance!
On the day before the crucial vote on the European Parliament‘s negotiating mandate on artificial intelligence, Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer levelled serious accusations against EU governments, the EU Commission …
Leak: Data retention and encryption: EU Government’s “Going Dark” program to attack citizen’s rights with PR
A German diplomatic correspondence that was leaked by netzpolitik.org on Friday and other documents reveal the insistence by EU member state governments in blanket mass surveillance in the form …