Tag: Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIP)
Victory! EU court rules that indiscriminate data retention is not permissible
Blanket data retention violates fundamental rights.
EU Commission takes note of NGO letter highlighting DRIP’s violations of EU law
This month, the European Commission responded to a letter sent on behalf of 21 digital rights organisations – including Access, Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), EDRi, Initiative für Netzfreiheit, AKVorrat, and EFF – outlining several violations of E.U. law in the passage of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIP) in the United Kingdom.
DRIP: The Commission acknowledges Access’ complaint
Access received a response from the European Commission acknowledging a notification of infringement sent two weeks ago in a letter to Michel Barnier, Commissioner in charge for Enterprise and Industry. The complaint addresses the United Kingdom’s breach of E.U. law through its adoption of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) on 18 July 2014.
Civil society groups alert European Commission to UK’s breach of EU Law
Today Access, together with 20 digital and civil rights organisations, sent the following letter (linked here and below) to E.U. Commissioners Michel Barnier and Cecilia Malmström to bring their attention to an infringement of E.U. law by the United Kingdom through the adoption of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (“DRIP”).
Is the UK Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act in breach of EU law?
This week the U.K. Parliament adopted the “Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act,” or DRIP, a bill that would dramatically expand the government’s surveillance powers. In the runup to the vote, the GCHQ, civil service, and coalition and opposition leaders showed a flagrant disregard for parliamentary procedure and failed to allow an informed and public debate. The result is a terrible bill that would treat all citizens, in the U.K. and abroad, as surveillance targets.
Access urges MPs to oppose Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (“DRIP”)
Today, Access sent a letter to Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom calling for the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act currently being rushed through under “emergency” procedures to be thrown out for its failure to comply with international human rights norms, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the recent decision of the Court of Justice of the EU invalidating the EU Data Retention Directive.