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An eventful and successful year: that was 2024 in network policy.

Education , Government Spyware , Privacy and Data Protection , Digital Euro - Right to Cash , eID , Face Recognition , Internal , IT-Security , AI , Net Neutrality , Platform Regulation , Rule of Law , Transparency/Open Government , Surveillance , UN-Cybercrime-Convention , Whistleblowing

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We are constantly fighting for user rights and protection in the upcoming eID Wallet. But the latest draft of implementing acts leaves us torn once again. On the one side the commission adapted important safeguards that we recently demanded in an open letter but at the same time bringing back…

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Health, finances, online behaviour: Digital IDs are poised to become an integral part of very sensitive aspects of our lives. Together with an international coalition we make it clear: Citizens will put no trust in the European Digital Identity Wallet without transparency and users being in control…

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After committing to protect users from excessive data requests in the European eID, the European Commission undermines this important improvement only two weeks later with a legal sleight of hand.

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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…

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From a visit to the doctor to public transport tickets: The European eID will handle our most sensitive personal data in a wide range of every-day applications. Yet, speed seems more important to the European Commission than a properly functioning eID system that is safe & secure to use.

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The current plans for the technical implementation of the European Digital Identity Wallet would make it unsafe for citizens to use. In a joint statement, we urge policy makers to pay full justice to the complexity of the eID system’s technical implementation.

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We analysed the new technical framework for the European Digital Identity Wallet, revealing severe shortcomings that threaten user privacy and contradict the regulation's intent.

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On 29 February 2024, the EU Parliament adopted the eIDAS Regulation, which creates the framework for a "European Digital Identity Wallet". This digital wallet will enable citizens to identify themselves in a legally binding manner - both online and offline. By August 2026, every member state must…

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06/19/2025 Netzpolitik.org Web yes
06/18/2025 5min.at Web yes
06/18/2025 wienerinfo.at Web yes
06/18/2025 heise.de Web yes
06/18/2025 bvz.at Web yes
06/18/2025 Salzburger Nachrichten Web yes
06/18/2025 Kleine Zeitung Web yes
06/18/2025 Die Presse Web yes
06/18/2025 Vorarlberg Online Web yes
06/18/2025 ORF Web yes

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