120 civil society organisations and 60 individual experts from around the world demand the immediate stop of facial recognition surveillance due to its wide-ranging dangers.

 

This policy paper analyses the legislative proposal from the European Commission on the establishment of a digital euro and the accompanying proposal on the legal tender of euro banknotes and coins, which were both released on 6th June 2023. Our analysis will focus on the fundamental rights aspects…

We were invited to an expert round table on the digital euro to the European Greens/EFA party in the European Parliament. These are the slides from our introductory presentation.

 

Police & migration authorities are increasingly using AI for harmful & discriminatory surveillance. Together with 114 civil society organisations, we are calling on EU lawmakers to regulate such uses & uphold fundamental rights in the AI-Act.

 

The use of such tech for policing and migration…

Together with over 80 human rights organisations we urge EU governments to say NO to the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation proposal until it fully protects online rights, freedoms & security.

 

The EU Commission has been exerting excessive pressure on EU States to adopt a technically dangerous…

We outline the most important changes from a citizen and data protection perspective. Other crucial issues remain open in trilogue and can be found in our open letter to the negotiators from 4. September.

 

We can expect major decisions in the next negotiation session on 15 September 2023.

 

Our annual transparency report.

 

Please find all annual and monthly transparency reports here.

 

 

Unser jährlicher Transparenzbericht.

 

Alle jährlichen und monatlichen Transparenzberichte findet ihr hier.

 

This paper explains the concept behind the DearMEP software. The online campaigning tool aims to make it easier for NGOs to connect citizens in their constituency to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). It's a white-label, privacy-by-design, free software solution that can be adopted by other…

On 4. September 2023 we sent this open letter to the negotiators of the digital identity reform of the EU (eIDAS) raising alarm about dangerous proposals put forward by the European Commission. In the current trajectory the European Digital Identity Wallet is not safe to use and we would caution…