EU court ruling further dents UK’s hopes of Brexit data-adequacy decision | Mlex [extern]
The UK already had a high wall to climb for it to win an adequacy decision that will let it continue data flows to the EU after Brexit. More bricks have …
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Coronavirus contact-tracing apps put users at risk, EU lawmaker says | DW Online [extern]
Several nations around the world are developing smartphone apps to alert people if they met someone infected by the coronavirus. But EU lawmaker Patrick Breyer told DW the apps are …
Patrick Breyer on Cryptoleaks: Never trust non-transparent encryption products!
Patrick Breyer, Member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party, comments the revelations of back doors in encryption products sold by the Swiss Company “Crypto AG” which was set up …
No right to anonymous communications? European Court of Human Rights rubber-stamps mandatory SIM card registration laws
The European Court of Human Rights today ruled the general and indiscriminate compulsory identification of all users of SIM cards for mobile phones and smartphones compatible with human rights (case no. …
European Pirates voted against the new European Commission
In today’s vote, Pirates MEPs voted against the new European Commission under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen. Neither the digital policy, nor the personal composition, nor the process of …
“Video lie detector” for travelers: Patrick Breyer sues EU for keeping the iBorderCtrl project secret
The EU is funding the development of a “video lie detector” to detect deception by immigrants through video recordings of their faces. Because the EU is keeping information on this scientifically …
