EU HLG “Going Dark” - Open Letter

The High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement, also known as HLG Going Dark, presented its final report and recommendations for an agenda of maximal access to personal data. Their suggestions include new data retention rules across the EU and would mainstream backdoors in technologies and undermine encryption. The HLG's recommendations fail to do anything but foster dangerous policies that have been rejected by experts & courts before. We, a broad coalition of 55 civil society organisations, industry and professional associations, warn of these dangers and propose a better policy alternative in an open letter.