Tag: privacy
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 Meta …
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) in …
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 MEPs. …
Leak on Data Retention: What are the EU Governments planning for 2023?
At the end of November 2022, the »Working Party on Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN)« of the Council of the European Union met for an informal video conference. They discussed …
Clear lines against chat control: Liberals’ paper puts German Interior Minister Faeser on the spot
Original article here. This article was translated by Patrick Breyer’s team with the consent of the original authors from Netzpolitik.org.
Screening chat messages, scanning private photos: For the German …
Conservation “ciblée” des données : cartographier ce que le gouvernement belge veut cacher
Le Parlement belge s’apprête à voter en commission ce jeudi 09/06/2022 sur la nouvelle proposition de conservation des données, qui comprend un système de conservation des données prétendument géographiquement “ciblé”. …
“Targeted” Data Retention: Online map shows what the Belgian government wants to hide
The Belgian Parliament is set to vote in committee this Thursday 09/06/2022 on the new data retention proposal which includes an allegedly geographically “targeted” data retention scheme. With an …
Members of the European Parliament warn against Commission’s chat control mass surveillance plans
On the occasion of tomorrow’s European Data Protection Day, EU lawmakers are addressing the European Commission in a cross-party letter: They warn that the …
EDPS sanctions European Parliament for illegal data transfer to the US
Following a complaint by six MEPs, including Patrick Breyer of the Pirate Party, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has confirmed that the European Parliament‘s COVID test website violated data …