European Digital Rights was founded in June 2002. Currently 35 privacy and civil rights organisations have EDRi membership. They are based or have offices in 21 different countries in Europe.
Members of European Digital Rights have joined forces to defend civil rights in the information society. The need for cooperation among organisations active in Europe is increasing as more regulation regarding the internet, copyright and privacy is originating from European institutions, or from international institutions with strong impact in Europe.
News & announcements
CSISAC decision not to endorse draft OECD Internet Communiqué
28 June, 2011
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Update: 29 June Press Release from CSISAC
http://csisac.org/CSISAC_PR_06292011.pdf
As a founding member and Steering Committee member of CSISAC (The Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD), European Digital Rights (EDRI) strongly supports CSISAC's decision not to endorse the draft Communiqué currently under discussion by the OECD. EDRi was directly involved in the discussions that led to this decision.
Provisional conclusion of negotiations on blocking
22 June, 2011
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The European Parliament, Council and Commission negotiations on the proposed child exploitation Directive - which originally proposed the introduction of mandatory EU-wide blocking - have provisionally reached a compromise. The text now needs to be approved by the Parliament's political groups before being voted in in the Civil Liberties Committee in July and in a plenary session of the Parliament in September.
Press Statement: UN voices concern about online censorship
Time:
3 Jun 2011 - 09
UN voices concern about online censorship
Commission plans to present flawed, illegal PNR proposal as "fait accompli"
Time:
23 May 2011 - 14
Last week, DG HOME of the European Commission internally distributed a copy of the upcoming Passenger Name Record(PNR) agreement with the United States. The purpose of the text is to agree terms for sending air traveller data to the USA for the purpose of profiling citizens as a method of fighting crime.
DG HOME presented the current text (not yet public) as almost final and explained that this far-reaching document will soon be given to the Member States and European Parliament on a "take it or take it" basis.
Press release on EU IPR Strategy
Time:
24 May 2011 - 10
European IP policy is crippling the European digital economy
Brussels — European policy makers are strangling the digital economy, hurting consumers and putting Europeans' fundamental rights at risk, according to a report into the failures of IP policy making in Europe.
The report, by European Digital Rights, sets out how the EU has been making policy 'blind',
building their strategies on faith not fact and ignoring objective, robust evidence.
