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(Questions/Réponses) La plus haute Cour de justice de l’UE a jugé que les régimes de surveillance de masse du Royaume-Uni, de la France et de la Belgique doivent respecter la vie privée

La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a rendu ses décisions concernant trois affaires au Royaume-Uni, en France et en Belgique. Voici quelques réponses aux questions principales.

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Q&A: EU's top court rules that UK, French and Belgian mass surveillance regimes must respect privacy

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued judgments in three cases in the UK, France and Belgium. We answer some of the main questions.

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Spanish elections under the new data protection law: use of personal data by political parties?

This image was found here. Spain is holding a national general election on April 28 (its third in four years). Four weeks later Spaniards will again go to the polls to vote in the European Parliament elections. At Privacy International we are working to investigate and challenge the exploitation of

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Project Hunter: The UK Programme Exporting its Border Abroad

The UK border authority is using money ring-fenced for aid to train, finance, and provide equipment to foreign border control agencies in a bid to “export the border” to countries around the world. Under the UK Border Force’s “Project Hunter”, the agency works with foreign security authorities to

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Q&A: European Court of Human Rights Rules UK Mass Surveillance Laws Violate Rights (from 2018)

Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgement in Big Brother Watch & Others V. the UK. Below, we answer some of the main questions relating to the case. What's the ruling all about? In a nutshell, one of the world's most important courts, the European Court of Human Rights

Report

Teach 'em to Phish: State Sponsors of Surveillance

Countries with powerful security agencies are spending literally billions to equip, finance and train security and surveillance agencies around the world — including authoritarian regimes. This is resulting in entrenched authoritarianism, further facilitation of abuse against people, and diversion

News

13th September 2019

Privacy International Joins Call to Stop EU Militarisation

2nd May 2019

BREAKING: following PI investigation into exploitation of data, Quantcast is under investigation by Irish Data Protection Commission

30th April 2019

GDPR loopholes facilitate data exploitation by political parties

25th April 2019

European Parliament elections – protecting our data to protect us against manipulation

15th April 2019

New faith in privacy regulation? We need proof of conversion

13th February 2019

EDPB reminds national data protection authorities to exercise their powers proportionally and in respect of fundamental rights

19th December 2018

The EU’s Next Budget Threatens Privacy Around the World for Decades to Come

5th December 2018

Consumer groups, NGOs and industry call jointly for the Council of the EU to advance ePrivacy reform

Examples of Abuse

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Denmark embraces wellbeing audits in schools

Data-driven wellbeing audits are becoming common in classrooms in Denmark, which has long invested heavily in digital teaching aids and interactive learning. In the last few decades, depression among Danish children has sextupled, and a quarter of ninth-graders report having attempted self-harm

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Our Advocacy

The EU needs to provide assistance to migrants affected by Covid-19: our briefing to the European Parliament

Summary

The EU urgently needs to step up and provide assistance to protect the health and safety of people trapped in camps on the Greek islands: our briefing to the European Parliament.