Europe Privacy
- epicenter.works Finally a NO to Overreaching eID Systems?
Today, our efforts to see the bad proposals for a european eID implementation fail could convince a blocking minority of EU Member States in the Comitology meeting. Because the Commission saw that they would not have a majority for their proposal among the Member States, they took the vote off the a...
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EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/13481277
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/13481220 > > > How to contact your MEP: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/contact > > > > Source: https://snort.social/nevent1qqsvcedd6dg39eh6633uqqff0p9h2zqyhu3zd6kwyyhzqj7da02x4pszyqe2wpknmwkyd0t295d5ezvtaxr00ngxjtcfuct8pfvyec3snckpwqcyqqqqqqgz2f7lp
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Complain, shame or otherwise deal with companies that leak personal data
I use a unique email address whenever I signup for a service. Occasionally a service provider will (legally) forward the email address and a other data points to a third party on a need-to-know basis.
Since about I year I'm receiving spam / promotional email / phishing to such addresses from unrelated entities. This allows for two interpretations
- the original company sold my data; thus, violating GDPR
- the original company failed to keep the data secure, and did not notify the public / affected clients about breach; which also violates GDPR or other regulations.
I tried emailing some company that leaked my email and got a canned response, not understanding the issue.
If their is a government agency or NGO where I can file report regarding a likely data leak?
- noyb.eu Spotify fined € 5 Million for GDPR violation
Following a noyb complaint and litigation over inactivity, the Swedish Data Protection Authoirty (IMY) has issued a fine of about € 5 million against Spotify.
- www.patrick-breyer.de Chat Control: The EU's CSEM scanner proposal
🇫🇷 French: Traduction du dossier Chat Control 2.0 🇸🇪 Swedish: Chat Control 2.0🇳🇱 Dutch: Chatcontrole The End of the Privacy of Digital CorrespondenceChat control 2.0 on every SmartphoneThe current proposal Analysis of recent EP draft report The negotiations: Timeline T...
- nextgov-hackathon.eu Nextgov Hackathon
Nextcloud is an alternative to Big Tech solutions, keeping their documents and communication safe in Europe. Join us!
> Nextcloud is currently used by many public services in Europe (universities, governments, cities etc.) as an alternative to Big Tech solutions, keeping their documents and communication safe in Europe. The European Commission’s Open Source Programme Office is organising a hackathon to enhance Nextcloud with additional features so that more public administrations can include such solutions as part of their digitalisation journey. > > Help us build and protect Europe’s digital sovereignty!
- yewtu.be Should citizens in Belgrade be concerned by newly installed surveillance cameras?
The installation of some 1200 smart surveillance cameras on the streets of Belgrade has raised concerns both in Serbia's capital and among some European Union institutions. What are they being used for and why are they upsetting digital rights activists? READ MORE : https://www.euronews.com/2021/07...
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Universal income for open source maintainers - Conference on the Future of Europe
futureu.europa.eu Conference on the Future of EuropeThis is your opportunity to speak up, to say what kind of Europe you want to live in and to help shape our future.
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Use FOSS OSes (e.g. Linux) in EU administration
futureu.europa.eu Conference on the Future of EuropeThis is your opportunity to speak up, to say what kind of Europe you want to live in and to help shape our future.
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Let's endorse this idea in the EU : OpenAccess, OpenData and OpenSource for artefacts created by research financed by government
futureu.europa.eu Conference on the Future of EuropeThis is your opportunity to speak up, to say what kind of Europe you want to live in and to help shape our future.
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Criticizes boom in biometric mass surveillance in Germany
www-patrick--breyer-de.translate.goog Europaabgeordneter kritisiert Boom der biometrischen Massenüberwachung in DeutschlandEin heute veröffentlichter Forschungsbericht, der von dem internationalen Netzwerk digitaler Bürgerrechtsorganisationen EDRi in Auftrag gegeben wurde, enthüllt das schockierende Ausmaß der rechtswidrigen biometrischen Massenüberwachungspraktiken und -technologien in Deutschland, den Niederlanden und
- privacyinternational.org The UK Government should drop plans for compulsory ID presentation at the polling station
Legislation to "strengthen the integrity of UK elections and protect our democracy" through the Elections Integrity Bill was introduced to parliament this week.
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New EDRi report reveals depths of biometric mass surveillance in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland
edri.org New EDRi report reveals depths of biometric mass surveillance in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland - European Digital Rights (EDRi)In a new research report, EDRi reveals the shocking extent of unlawful biometric mass surveillance practices in Germany, the Netherlands and Poland which are taking over our public spaces like train stations, streets, and shops. The EU and its Member States must act now to set clear legal limits to ...
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Amazon facing potential record GDPR fine
www.privacy-ticker.com Amazon facing potential record GDPR fine | privacy-ticker.comLuxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection, the CNPD, has proposed a $ 425 million (€ 348.7 million) fine against Amazon.com Inc. for alleged GDPR violations, the Wall Street Journal reports. It would be the highest penalty to date under EU data protection law, exceeding the current record...
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Belgian DPA approves first EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers
www.privacy-ticker.com Belgian DPA approves first EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers | privacy-ticker.comOn May 20th, 2021, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Belgian DPA) announced that it had approved the EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers (EU Cloud CoC). The EU Cloud CoC is the first transnational EU code of conduct since the entry into force of the EU General Data Pr...
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EDPB adopts final Recommendation 01/2020 on Supplementary Measures for Data Transfers to Third Countries
www.privacy-ticker.com EDPB adopts final Recommendation 01/2020 on Supplementary Measures for Data Transfers to Third Countries | privacy-ticker.comOn June 21st, 2021 during its 50th plenary session, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a final version of its recommendations on the supplementary measures for data transfers. In its recent judgment C-311/18 (Schrems II) the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided th...
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CJEU ruling on One-Stop-Shop mechanism
www.privacy-ticker.com CJEU ruling on One-Stop-Shop mechanism | privacy-ticker.comOn June 15th, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that “under certain conditions, a national supervisory authority may exercise its power to bring any alleged infringement of the GDPR before a court of a member state, even though that authority is not the lead supervisory a...
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European Commission Adopts UK Adequacy Decisions
www.privacy-ticker.com European Commission Adopts UK Adequacy Decisions | privacy-ticker.comOn June 28, 2021, the European Commission adopted two adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom, one under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and another under the Law Enforcement Directive. This means that organizations in the EU can continue to transfer personal data to organizations in...
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Joint Civil Society Statement Urges IMCO Committee to Uphold Fundamental Rights in the DSA
edri.org Joint Civil Society Statement Urges IMCO Committee to Uphold Fundamental Rights in the DSA - European Digital Rights (EDRi)On 1 July 2021, along with 6 leading civil society organisations EDRi signed a joint statement urging Members of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) in the European Parliament to uphold fundamental rights and democratic principles in the final Digital Services Act (DSA) regu...
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Belgian government obliges chat apps such as WhatsApp to store metadata
The Belgian government will oblige communication services such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Telegram to store metadata. The services must keep track of who was in contact with whom and where this happened. Legislation for this should come into effect at the end of this year.
According to De Standaard, the obligation to keep metadata is contained in a draft law of the Belgian government. That draft has already been approved by the federal government and it is planned that the law can be introduced in the autumn. Other Belgian newspapers, such as De Morgen and De Tijd, also write about this.
The bill would emphasize that encryption of communications is allowed, but that this should not prevent chat services from storing identification, traffic and location data. The content of the communication traffic does not have to be saved; it's only about metadata. Telecom providers must also store such metadata.
The new law replaces the data retention law, which was overturned by the Belgian Constitutional Court earlier this year. Privacy and human rights organizations had successfully challenged that law; they believed that the preventive maintenance and mass storage of data was in violation of the right to privacy.
In the new law, the government would take into account the 'legitimate concerns about the right to privacy'. When the data retention law was annulled, the Constitutional Court set conditions that such a law must meet, and this would have been taken into account in the new bill.
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/183702/belgische-overheid-verplicht-chatapps-zoals-whatsapp-metadata-op-te-slaan.html
- www.cnil.fr Inria and the CNIL award the 2020 Privacy Protection prize
On 28th January, 2021 Bruno Sportisse, Chairman and CEO of Inria and François Pellegrini, Vice-president of the CNIL, presented the CNIL-Inria Prize at the CPDP conference which took place remotely. This European prize, created by the CNIL and Inria in 2016 as part of the partnership between the two...
- www.theguardian.com EU rules UK data protection is ‘adequate’ in boost for business
Decision that allows information to continue to flow to and from UK could be revoked ‘immediately’
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GRPD Complains
www.gdprtoday.org GDPRhubGDPRhub is a wiki with GDPR-related decisions and knowledge, enabling anyone to find and share GDPR insights across Europe!
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GDPR explained
www.gdprexplained.eu GDPR | GDPR explained. What’s the GDPR? What does the new regulation mean for you as an individual? What does it mean for you as a company or organisation? Read our FAQs to find out more, or send us a question and we’ll try and answer it here!GDPR explained. What’s the GDPR? What does the new regulation mean for you as an individual? What does it mean for you as a company or organisation? Read our FAQs to find out more, or send us a question and we’ll try and answer it here!
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GDPRhub is a free and open wiki that allows anyone to find and share GDPR insights across Europe!
gdprhub.eu GDPRhubGDPRhub is a wiki with GDPR-related decisions and knowledge, enabling anyone to find and share GDPR insights across Europe!
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Annual Report 2020 out now - noyb
noyb.eu Annual Report 2020 out nowRead all about our new and ongoing projects, financials and plans for 2021 in noyb’s Annual Report 2020!
- www.theverge.com Google’s ad tech services hit by formal EU antitrust investigation
‘We are concerned that Google has made it harder for rival online advertising services to compete’
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Router Freedom is the right of customers of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to choose and use a private router instead of a router that the ISP forces them to use.
fsfe.org Router Freedom - FSFEIt should go without saying that in our society we should be able to freely choose technical devices for use in our homes like we are free to choose what m...
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NGI Zero is a idea-driven coalition of not-for-profit organisations from across Europe. It was set up to provide the Next Generation Internet
www.ngi.eu NGI ZeroNGI Zero Discovery supports improving search and discovery. NGI Zero PET supports privacy and trust enhancing technology.
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Building a European initiative for a Human Internet that respects the fundamental values of privacy, participation and diversity.
www.ngi.eu Next Generation InternetNGI fosters a vibrant, open Internet that links research, policy and technology for the benefit of society.
- en.epicenter.works Five reasons to claim victory on the EU Digital COVID Certificate
Today, the European Parliament votes on the interinstitutional compromise text on the regulation(s) on the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC, also known as the Digital Green Certificate and the European Green Pass). The proposed legislation regulates the “framework for the issuance, verification ...
- www.accessnow.org Regulating online platforms: how EU Member States are undermining the Digital Services Act - Access Now
The EU's DSA for regulating online platforms is no mean feat, but it is striking that EU Member States establishing their own national solutions would prove to be the biggest obstacle.
- shared-digital.eu A Vision for a Shared Digital Europe
A Shared Digital Europe is a, society-centric vision of the digital space that is intended to guide European policymakers and civil society organisations involved with digital policymaking in the direction of a more equitable and democratic digital environment.
