ePrivacy regulation: Trilogue negotiations start today
The negotiations on the EU‘s ePrivacy regulation on data protection in telecommunications and on the Internet are entering the next round after years of deadlock. After the EU governments …
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Political stand-off over controversial EU e-Privacy directive | Brussels Morning [external]
Brussels (Brussels Morning): Last week, the Portuguese EU presidency resuscitated the dormant debate on the protection of privacy and confidentiality in the use of electronic communication. An updating of the obsolete …
France ‘got its way’ as Portugal ends e-Privacy deadlock | EU Observer [external]
The new regulation also extends confidentiality rules for traditional telecommunications providers, to internet-based services such as WhatsApp or Zoom, and services involving an automated transfer of data, such as fitness trackers …
Attack on digital privacy: Council position on ePrivacy does not deserve its name!
Today’s agreement by EU governments on a position on privacy in electronic communications (ePrivacy) is met with sharp criticism by MEP Dr. Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party), shadow rapporteur for the …
Safer Internet Day: Education is the key for young generations to user the Internet safely, not surveillance
On 9 February, the world is celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID). The MEPs of the European Pirates fully support the annual initiative, which aims at making the internet a safer …
Mass surveillance to protect children? Opposition to new EU private messaging upload filter plans
The EU Commission wants to legalise the mass screening and surveillance of all private electronic communications in search of possible ‘child pornography’, which is currently only practised by some US …
Data protection supervisor to assess legality of blanket analysis of private communications in search for illegal content
Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party), Member of the European Parliament, has filed a complaint with the data protection authority of Schleswig-Holstein against the practise of large US corporations such as Facebook …
Child protection through scanning of private messages? Investigation instead of monitoring!
The European Parliament today debated a draft legislation by the EU Commission that would allow the screening without suspicion of all private electronic communication via messenger or e-mail to …
Protect children without spying on citizens! Patrick Breyer warns against EU proposal on filtering of all private online communications
The EU Commission is proposing to screen and monitor all private electronic communications without suspicion in order to search for possible child pornographic content. Today it presented draft legislation …
EU internet law: MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) presents plan against surveillance capitalism, internet censorship and fake news online
As rapporteur of the Legal Affairs Committee, MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) has presented a 6 points plan to regulate digital services such as Facebook, which aims to tackle surveillance capitalism, …
