When you pay digitally today, your transaction most likely goes through Visa, Mastercard, or PayPal. All US companies. All subject to the CLOUD Act, which lets American authorities compel them to hand over user data with little recourse for you or for European regulators.

Europe's digital payment…

Digital Euro - Right to Cash

An eventful and successful year: This was our anniversary year 2025.

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

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

This was 2023 from a digital rights perspective: We look back on an eventful year.

Government Spyware , Chat Control , Privacy and Data Protection , Digital Euro - Right to Cash , eID , Net Neutrality , Platform Regulation , PNR , Transparency/Open Government , Surveillance , UN-Cybercrime-Convention , Data Retention , Whistleblowing

What are potential risks and benefits of a digital euro and the right to cash? Our first analysis of the European Commission’s proposals.

Digital Euro - Right to Cash

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04/17/2026 heise.de Web yes
04/16/2026 derstandard.at Web yes
04/16/2026 Reddit @EUDI-Wallet-Project Web yes
04/16/2026 Ö1 Mittagsjournal Radio yes
04/15/2026 derstandard.at Web yes

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