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Statement before the European Parliament hearing on "Spyware used in third countries and implications for EU foreign relations"

PI Opening Statement at PEGA Hearing on "Spyware used in third countries and implications for EU foreign relations"   Thank you very much for offering me the opportunity to give evidence before this Committee for another time on behalf of Privacy International (or PI) – a London-based non-profit that researches and advocates globally against government and corporate abuses of data and technology. My opening statement will first briefly touch on the EU foreign policy’s priorities. I will…
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Content Type: Press release

EU Watchdog Finds Commission Failed to Protect Human Rights From its Surveillance Aid to African Countries

The decision by the EU’s oversight body follows a year-long inquiry prompted by complaints outlining how EU bodies and agencies are cooperating with governments around the world to increase their surveillance powers filed by Privacy International, Access Now, the Border Violence Monitoring Network, Homo Digitalis, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and Sea-Watch. The complainants welcome the decision by the European Ombudsman and call on the Commission to urgently review its…