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Estelle Massé

Europe Legislative Manager and Global Data Protection Lead

Estelle is Europe Legislative Manager and Global Data Protection Lead at Access Now. Her work focuses on data protection, privacy, surveillance and telecoms policies. In particular, Estelle leads the work of the organisation on data protection in the EU and around the world.
She is a member of the Multistakeholder Expert Group of the European Commission to support the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Data Policy and of the Reference Panel of the Global Privacy Assembly.
She graduated with a Master in European Law from the University of Granada, Spain.

Access Now and EDRi testimony on the Safe Harbour ruling to the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Subgroup on the Future of Privacy

12 Apr 2017
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Access Now and EDRi testimony on the Safe Harbour ruling to the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Subgroup on the Future of Privacy
12 Apr 2017
Access Now and EDRi testimony on the Safe Harbour ruling to the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Subgroup on the Future of Privacy
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Mobile World Congress can do better on human rights

14 Mar 2017

The largest conference on mobile technology should more inclusive, and demonstrate more awareness of how the tech impacts human rights.

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Mobile World Congress can do better on human rights
14 Mar 2017
Mobile World Congress can do better on human rights
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EU Commission to keep watch on Belgium’s rights-harming, disproportionate Passenger Name Record system

27 Feb 2017

We need real security, not what amounts to security theatre.

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EU Commission to keep watch on Belgium’s rights-harming, disproportionate Passenger Name Record system
27 Feb 2017
EU Commission to keep watch on Belgium’s rights-harming, disproportionate Passenger Name Record system
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End the Privacy Shield: Access Now urges the European Commission to suspend Privacy Shield due to changes in US policies

8 Feb 2017

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.

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End the Privacy Shield: Access Now urges the European Commission to suspend Privacy Shield due to changes in US policies
8 Feb 2017
End the Privacy Shield: Access Now urges the European Commission to suspend Privacy Shield due to changes in US policies
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The state of EU-US data transfer, in a tweet

8 Feb 2017

The Privacy Shield was flawed from the beginning and the recent changes in US law and policy only add insult to injury.

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The state of EU-US data transfer, in a tweet
8 Feb 2017
The state of EU-US data transfer, in a tweet

Time’s up! …for data retention mandates across the EU

25 Jan 2017

Our take on what the CJEU ruling on data retention means for the future of privacy in Europe.

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Time’s up! …for data retention mandates across the EU
25 Jan 2017
Time’s up! …for data retention mandates across the EU
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Chronicle of an EU e-Privacy Foretold: What the different drafts for reform tell us

24 Jan 2017

We hope the troubling tale told by draft proposals for e-Privacy reform does not portend doom for the right to privacy.

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Chronicle of an EU e-Privacy Foretold: What the different drafts for reform tell us
24 Jan 2017
Chronicle of an EU e-Privacy Foretold: What the different drafts for reform tell us
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Launch of digital initiatives in the EU: the good, the bad, and the ugly

10 Jan 2017
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Launch of digital initiatives in the EU: the good, the bad, and the ugly
10 Jan 2017
Launch of digital initiatives in the EU: the good, the bad, and the ugly

EU’s ‘Smart Borders 2.0’ increases risks of surveillance and privacy abuses

20 Dec 2016

The revised proposal is no better than the first, with dangerous new provisions to collect biometric data to “prevent” crimes.

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EU’s ‘Smart Borders 2.0’ increases risks of surveillance and privacy abuses
20 Dec 2016
EU’s ‘Smart Borders 2.0’ increases risks of surveillance and privacy abuses

Smart Borders Policy Analysis

9 Dec 2016
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Smart Borders Policy Analysis
9 Dec 2016
Smart Borders Policy Analysis