European Digital Rights (EDRi)

EDRi is Europes largest network of digital human rights organisations working for fundamental rights, justice and the public interest in EU tech policy. We use this consultation to raise our serious concerns about the Commissions Digital Omnibus package.

EDRi is Europes biggest network of over sixty civil society groups working together for the protection of human rights in the digital age. Whilst EDRi has always called for clear, coherent and enforceable tech and data laws, we are extremely concerned that the Commissions simplification push will undermine the EUs digital acquis and erode the legal certainty and vital protections it provides.

Europe is at a crossroads. The new, painful geopolitical reality requires us to adapt quickly. The EU will not achieve digital self-determination and sovereignty by trying to replicate the predatory and harmful business models of Silicon Valley, which followed the move fast and break things mantra. We have broken enough things.

European Digital Rights (EDRi) is Europe’s biggest network defending rights and freedoms online. EDRi welcomes the European Commission’s globally significant step towards regulating the development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems.

Aims: 1. EDRi argues that promoting AI uptake should not be an end in itself, rather a detailed framework to ensure all AI is lawful and fundamental rights compliant. Problem definition: 2. The definition of “remote biometric identification” is overly narrow. All mass surveillance uses of biometrics invoke severe fundamental rights implications, and therefore should be in scope. 3.

The EDRi (European Digital Rights) network is a collective of 44 civil society organisations, as well as advocates and academics, working to defend and advance digital rights across Europe. We work to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public.

We are glad that the Commission recognises that the EUs digital rulebook has brought significant benefits to businesses and people in the EU alike. It is a strong competitive advantage for businesses who want to innovate in an ethical and fundamental rights-respecting manner; whereas in many other jurisdictions with weaker standards, we witness peoples most sensitive data being commodified, and used to track…

EDRi finds that the proposed Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Regulation fails to meet EU requirements of necessity, proportionality and lawfulness. As an association of 56 organisations working to protect people’s rights including privacy, data protection and free expression, we warn that this legislation will cause irrevocable harm to online communications, as well as to the very children that the legislation aims to…

European Digital Rights welcomes the initiative launched by the European Commission aimed at strengthening and improving the application and enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With the GDPR, the European Union has successfully increased data protection standards, bolstered awareness and created a ripple effect beyond the EU.

The attached document comprises the analysis of, and the amendments proposed by European Digital Rights (EDRi), to the three simultaneous but separate consultations (drafts Implementing Acts for 5b relying parties, 5a electronic attestation of attributes and 5a standards and technical specifications).

EDRi is Europe's biggest network of digital human rights groups, representing over fifty national and international civil society organisations. Please find our full consultation response in the attached document.

The attached document comprises the analysis of, and the amendments proposed by European Digital Rights (EDRi), to the three simultaneous but separate consultations (drafts Implementing Acts for 5b relying parties, 5a electronic attestation of attributes and 5a standards and technical specifications).

European Digital Rights (EDRi) is an association representing 44 human rights organisations from across Europe that defend rights and freedoms in the digital environment. This submission has been developed with the contributions from our members Statewatch (UK) and IT-Pol Denmark.

European Digital Rights (EDRi) welcomes the opportunity to submit its analysis of the implementation of the Law Enforcement Directive (LED), based on independent research conducted in five Member States (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece and Slovenia).

The attached document comprises the analysis of, and the amendments proposed by European Digital Rights (EDRi), to the three simultaneous but separate consultations (drafts Implementing Acts for 5b relying parties, 5a electronic attestation of attributes and 5a standards and technical specifications).