Region: Europe

One year later: NGOs renew pressure over EU-Israel data adequacy
EU urged to reconsider Israel’s data adequacy due to new laws, human rights violations in Gaza, and failure to meet GDPR and CJEU standards.

Paragon: stop spyware abuse and deliver justice to victims

Paragon must answer for spyware use against civil society and journalists
Access Now calls on Paragon to answer for the use of its spyware in Italy against journalists, and to address oversight failures.

The EU must stop the digitalisation of the deportation regime and withdraw the new Return Regulation
On March 11, 2025, the European Commission published a new legislative proposal for a ‘Return Regulation’ which is set to expand the detention and deportation of migrant people, including children, in the EU.

No normalising spyware: Italy admits use, but not the full extent

LIBE vote on Europol reform blow to the Commission, but still legitimises an expanding surveillance regime

Access Now to EU: protect rights, make the GDPR enforceable
Access Now demands action on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Procedural Regulation, ahead of its final trilogue.

IOM’s digital tool aims to speed up migrant removals, but at what cost?

AI will help make ‘life-or-death’ calls in rammed UK asylum system

#KeepItOn: Кремль должен воздержаться от отключений во время национальных праздников и мероприятий
Ниже подписавшиеся решительно осуждают отключения интернета, введённые российскими властями накануне и во время празднования 80-летия Победы во Второй мировой войне.