Under the banner of “simplification,” the European Commission plans to revise core pieces of digital protection: from data protection to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. What sounds like cutting red tape could, in reality, erode Europe’s digital safeguards. Instead of clarity and strategic…

eID , IT-Security , AI

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

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