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

A threat to privacy and democracy. Biometric real-time surveillance systems create an infrastructure of constant control and not only threaten fundamental rights such as data protection and privacy. Despite a general EU ban, exceptions open the door to far-reaching intrusion. Austria must set a good…

AI , Surveillance

For months, the Ministry of the Interior and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution have been calling for more options for monitoring messenger services such as Signal, Whatsapp, Telegram etc. By now, several supreme courts have categorised the interception of encrypted communication as a…

Government Spyware , Surveillance , Privacy and Data Protection

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

This article follows the publication of La Quadrature du Net’s investigation ʻCriminalization of encryption: the 8 december caseʼ. It has been signed by more than 130 individuals and organisations. The full list of signatories is available here. It has also been published on the website of the…

Surveillance

One single app to rent a hotel room, prove your age, your educational, financial or health certificates, or to access digital public and private services? Sounds convenient? Well, it is. But if done wrong, it will be equally easy for corporations, authorities or even bad actors to create highly…

Privacy and Data Protection , eID , Surveillance

The rapid speed at which digital technologies are becoming increasingly connected and penetrate all areas of life also requires constant adaptation of legal regulations. This development also extends to the fighting of crime. Despite existing regulations at the regional level (for example, the…

Government Spyware , Data Retention , Privacy and Data Protection , Surveillance , UN-Cybercrime-Convention

As internet activists who work to promote a free and open internet, we are watching the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the reactions around the world very closely. A free and open internet essentially allows a global exchange between all people, regardless of national borders,…

Surveillance

At the start of the trial against security adviser Julian Hessenthaler, who played a key role in the making of the so-called Ibiza video1, 18 Austrian and international human rights organisations express their concern that his excessive criminal prosecution could – intentionally – have a deterring…

Privacy and Data Protection , Surveillance , Whistleblowing

Press mentions on this topic

Title Date Publication Publication details Type of publication Mentioned
04/16/2023 Kronen Zeitung Print yes
04/14/2023 Krone.at Web yes
04/14/2023 derStandard.at Web yes
04/14/2023 msn.com Web yes
04/14/2023 Die Presse Print yes
04/13/2023 coindesk.com Web yes
04/08/2023 ORF Web yes
04/08/2023 Salzburger Nachrichten Web yes
04/08/2023 Heute Web yes
04/08/2023 derStandard.at Web yes

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