Tag: European Parliament
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EU takes minimal steps to regulate harmful AI systems, must go further to protect fundamental rights
The European Commission just launched its Regulation on a European approach for Artificial Intelligence. Unfortunately, the new proposal falls short of meeting the minimum requirements needed to safeguard human rights in the EU.…
21 April 2021
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Looking tough, but hampering rights: civil society organisations say no to online Terrorism Regulation
Access Now, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Civil Liberties Union for Europe, and 58 other civil society organisations are urgently calling on Members of the European Parliament to reject the proposed Terrorism Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online.…
25 March 2021
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Terrorist Content Regulation: the fight for fundamental rights isn’t over
Ahead of a meeting of shadow rapporteurs in the trilogue discussions on the EU Terrorist Content Regulation, we provide recommendations to ensure the final text remains in line with human rights standards.…
7 October 2020
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European Parliament shows (again) its stance on Artificial Intelligence
The ongoing work on this topic signals both an awareness of the issues to be addressed and a commitment to address them. We hope to see regulatory initiatives turn “Trustworthy AI” into more than a slogan.…
14 February 2020
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The European Parliament is fighting to strengthen the rules for surveillance trade
On 23 November 2017 the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee (INTA) voted to implement stronger rules for “dual-use” technology exports from the European Union to third countries under the “EU dual-use recast”. Now, the European Parliament’s plenary will have to…
8 December 2017
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End the Privacy Shield: Access Now urges the European Commission to suspend Privacy Shield due to changes in US policies
Our letter asks for suspension of the Privacy Shield agreement in light of developments in the United States that cast new doubt on its capacity for protecting Europeans’ rights. …
8 February 2017
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E.U. and U.S. reach deal on new Safe Harbor data-transfer arrangement
The European Commission has announced a new agreement to allow companies like Facebook to transfer users’ data between the E.U. and U.S. It’s not clear whether this “E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield” — formerly the “Safe Harbor” agreement — will protect privacy and withstand legal scrutiny or challenge.…
2 February 2016
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European Parliament approves new rules for data protection in the EU
The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee has approved the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a text that solidifies the EU’s leadership in developing user-centric data protection rules.…
17 December 2015
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European Parliament seeks surveillance reform, asks member states to drop charges against Snowden
Today, the European Parliament adopted the second report on the implementation of a “European Digital Habeas Corpus” examining the state of play of surveillance programmes. The non-binding report finds that there hasn’t been sufficient action taken to reform surveillance practices that affect individual rights. It also criticises the establishment of new surveillance measures in a large number of EU countries. Finally, the report calls for member states to drop charges against Edward Snowden and grant him whistleblower protection.…
29 October 2015
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Civil society groups urge European Parliament to take final steps to real Net Neutrality
Brussels, Belgium – After lawmakers reached an unclear compromise on Net Neutrality and mobile phone roaming charges earlier this year, the proposed Telecoms Single Market regulation has been submitted to the European Parliament for a final vote. In the vote…
6 October 2015
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Protecting human rights in third countries: Access Now submits input to European Parliament
Access has submitted input to the European Parliament (EP) Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) on a draft report on human rights and technology. This report focuses on “the impact of intrusion and surveillance systems on human rights in third countries.”…
10 April 2015
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Parliament votes to push forward its agenda on EU-PNR
On February 11th, the European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution in which it commits to work toward finalising, by the end of the year, a directive on EU Passenger Name Records (PNR). Despite serious privacy concerns raised by civil society organisations, discourses privileging the need to reinforce EU anti-terrorism measures seem to have prevailed over European citizens’ fundamental rights.…
13 February 2015
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Leaked: European Parliament long awaited legal study on data retention
Tomorrow morning, the European Parliament legal services will release its long-awaited study on the Court of Justice of the EU’s ruling on the Data Retention Directive. Access obtained a copy of the document, which concludes that the EU’s powers to legislate on data retention matters are now limited.…
7 January 2015