Tag: EU

The European Commission has announced an ill-considered “code of conduct” for countering hate speech online.

A coalition of 72 NGOs from 25+ countries today call on European regulators to uphold strong Net Neutrality rules across all 28 member states.

Holland and India now have some of the strongest rules in the world to protect Net Neutrality, the principles that keep the internet open and free. Will Europe follow their lead?

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.

The EU wants to create databases of information about everyone flying into, out of, or across Europe—no matter where you’re from or why you’re travelling.

The “Schrems” ruling in Europe invalidated the EU-US “Safe Harbour” agreement that allowed companies like Facebook to transfer data overseas. Here’s how the law needs change before a new agreement can be reached that would resist legal challenge.

The European Union has finalized its first pan-European cybersecurity rules. Here’s a look at the security and privacy implications of the Directive on the Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS).

Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here. We take a close look at the provisions and what the implications are for privacy in the E.U.

Access Now provided testimony for the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) on Net Neutrality, working to keep the internet open and free all across Europe.