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Not AI for Good

Session description: This civil society-led counter-event to the AI for Good Global Summit takes a critical look at the overhyped role of AI in solving humanity’s long-standing…

‘Anthropic doesn’t care about Europe’ — EU officials peeved after AI giant sends junior staffer to testify about safety

The U.S.-based company assigned a recently hired technical employee to testify remotely before the European Parliament, which left a series of key policy questions unanswered.

Don’t Repeat NY’s 3D Printing Blunder

This year the state of New York had the dubious honor of being the first to pass a controversial provision to mandate all 3D printers come with surveillance and censorship. That…

European Court: Apple Can Not Shirk Off its Interoperability Requirements

One of the best bulwarks against monopoly is interoperability—that is making a new product or service work with an existing product or service. Interoperability allows users, and…

Digital Rights and Equality Symposium

Oxfam Ireland is hosting the Digital Rights and Equality Symposium on 21 October 2026 at O’Reilly Hall, University College Dublin. This all-day event will bring together…

When the facts change, adequacy must be reviewed

Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Slaughter, EDRi and other 36 civil society organisations and academics have urged the European Commission to immediately reassess…

Sony Nerfs Videogame Ownership

Legal intern Suzanne Castillo co-authored of this post. Playstation’s decision to kill physical game discs is the latest attack on our diminishing rights to access and engage with…

EU sanctions Russian cyber spies for years-long hacking

Moscow's Federal Security Service is behind the cyber espionage and sabotage campaigns, EU says.

Bruxelles veut limiter à 13 ans l’accès aux réseaux sociaux

BRUXELLES — L’Union européenne va fixer un âge minimum à partir duquel les jeunes internautes pourront accéder aux réseaux sociaux sans la surveillance de leurs parents, a annoncé…

Building Our Future Together

In my first weeks as Executive Director of EFF, I’ve been reminded every day how consequential this moment is in determining what kind of future we will have. We are on the edge.…

Automated Moderation Is Here to Stay—Accountability Must Keep Pace

This post is part 2 in a series about automated content moderation. Read the first post here. When whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked a set of documents from Meta in 2020, among…

Revoir le webinaire : Nouveau téléservice santé et recherche, ce qui change pour vos demandes d’autorisation

La CNIL vous propose de décrypter un sujet ou une actualité en lien avec la protection des données à travers une série de webinaires. Retrouvez ce nouvel épisode consacré au…

The House Passed The KIDS Act—The Senate Should Reject It

Last week, the House voted on the KIDS Act, a disjointed package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing and private messaging. The package combines a revised…

"We Want Texans to Know Their Rights": Q&A with Mayday Health on the Impact of Surveillance on Abortion Care

Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of…

European Commission Chooses to Keep EU Users Locked Up Behind Big Tech’s Gates

Users are always seeking more control over their social networking experience to make it better, whether to improve privacy or enhance flexibility. Interoperability between social…

Europe’s AI moment: Four imperatives for business leaders

Business in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) moves with dizzying speed. More powerful models launch regularly, bringing new opportunities and risks. Fresh use cases emerge…

Google's New Remote Attestation Scheme is As Bad As Its Old One

Google owes its existence to the open web, but today, its technological “innovations” have much to do with locking users into a “walled garden.” The latest of these is “reCAPTCHA…

Le CEPD met en lumière l’anonymisation et le moissonnage pour l’IA générative et adopte la version finale des lignes directrices sur la chaîne de blocs

Le 7 juillet 2026, le CEPD a adopté des lignes directrices sur l’anonymisation et des lignes directrices sur le moissonnage dans le contexte de l’IA générative. Il a aussi adopté…

Travail, ressources humaines : le contrôle de l’activité des personnes employées

Un employeur a le pouvoir d’encadrer et de contrôler l’activité des membres du personnel ainsi que leur usage des équipements au travail. Il s’agit d’une contrepartie normale et…

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AI increases dangers of cyberattacks ⇄

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) increases the dangers of cyberattacks. There are rising risks of phishing and data breaches. This is the warning issued by the…

EU court hands Brussels win over Apple on Big Tech rules

The ruling by the General Court strengthens the European Commission’s enforcement of the Digital Markets Act.

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I am Nathalie Pangalos, an Applied Data Science student at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), based in Tenerife, Spain. My focus is data protection and privacy…

Discussion on the AI Act ⇄

Does your organization currently deal with, or will it in the future, deal with the AI Act? And do you have questions, for example, regarding how to comply with this regulation in…

Resisting anti-rights attacks on the LGBTQ+ movement in the digital age

Session description: The rise of the anti-rights movement is accelerating the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people and identity in Africa. In Senegal, the government’s amendment of…

Help EFF Cut the AI Hype

In the global race to build and dominate the AI industry, it can sure seem like the interests of ordinary people sit last on the agenda. It's just the opposite for EFF. While…

Automated Moderation Is Here to Stay

This blog post is part 1 of a 2-part series. The second part sets out recommendations for companies and policymakers.Six years ago—one month into a global pandemic—we argued that…

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Big EU banks must set out AI risk plan, top ECB official

BRUSSELS — The EU’s biggest lenders should set out how they will tackle risks from cutting-edge artificial intelligence models by the end of October, the bloc’s top banking…

Oral statement at the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance

Géolocalisation et applications mobiles : comment protéger vos données ?

Les applications météo, de sport ou de rencontres utilisent souvent votre localisation. Mais savez-vous qui peut accéder à ces données et pourquoi ? La CNIL vous aide à comprendre…

Géolocalisation et applications mobiles : quelles règles pour protéger les données des utilisateurs ?

La géolocalisation est devenue un outil central des applications mobiles. Mais sa collecte et sa réutilisation soulèvent des enjeux majeurs de protection des données personnelles.…

Joint Statement: Pegasus in the European Parliament, the EU Must Act Now

A joint statement with civil society organisations and individual signatories is calling on the EU institutions to regulate spyware technologies after the 2026 Citizen Lab…

Same government, more victims: Access Now calls for an urgent investigation into hacking of MEP

Access Now joins more than 20 human rights organizations and individuals in condemning Pegasus spyware attack against Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist and then-Member of the…

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EU pushes to beat airport delays caused by new biometric system

The new photo and fingerprint requirements are designed to stop criminals and visa overstayers — but they have left thousands stuck in line.

Le métier de DPO à l’heure de l’intelligence artificielle : publication des résultats de l’enquête

L’intégration de l’IA dans les pratiques professionnelles et l’entrée en application du règlement IA créent de nouveaux défis pour les DPO et leurs organisations. Afin de mieux…

Ordre du jour de la séance plénière du 2 juillet 2026

La Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés s’est réunie le jeudi 2 juillet 2026 à 9 h 30 avec l’ordre du jour suivant :

LGBT Q&A: How Can I Wipe Online Data That Points To My Queer Identity?

This Pride, we’re answering all your digital rights questions in season two of our initiative, LGBT Q&A. You Asked: Is there a way for me to wipe data about me online that could…

Jeux d’argent et de hasard : appliquer le RGPD aux traitements de données des joueurs

Les opérateurs de jeux d’argent et de hasard doivent concilier les exigences du RGPD avec leurs obligations sectorielles. Pour accompagner les acteurs dans cette démarche, l’ANJ a…

The EU spends billions on AI, but can anyone track the money?

The European Union has pledged billions to establish itself as a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI). However, there is a significant transparency gap between the…

Slovenia’s democracy under siege: An urgent update

Following the March 2026 elections, Slovenia's newly appointed right-wing coalition government – led by Janez Janša in his fourth term – has launched an aggressive crackdown on…

Now or never: why the Digital Euro must not fail on privacy

Europe is developing a Digital Euro to reduce its reliance on US-controlled payment systems and give citizens a privacy-friendly digital payment option. Epicenter.works and other…

EDRi-gram, 1 July 2026

What has the EDRi network been up to over the past few weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter. In this edition: The heat is on

Bitkom Privacy Conference (#pco26)

The Bitkom Privacy Conference brings together leading privacy experts from supervisory authorities, companies, academia, and start-ups to discuss current regulatory developments…

re:publica Vienna

The first re:publica Vienna brings Europe's leading festival for digital society, politics, technology, and culture to Austria.

re:publica x New Fall Festival

On 9 and 10 October 2026, re:publica x New Fall Festival will transform the NRW-Forum and the Ehrenhof in Düsseldorf into a place for exchange about the digital society, politics,…

Brussels Privacy Symposium 2026

Marking its 10th anniversary edition, the Brussels Privacy Symposium celebrates a decade of examining, unpacking, and driving substantive data protection scholarship and thought…

40th Chaos Communication Congress (40C3)

Between Christmas and New Year's Eve, the Chaos Computer Club hosts its annual Chaos Communication Congress, a Europe-wide renowned gathering attracting more than 17,000…

IGF 2026 – Internet Governance Forum

The 21st annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, marking the first gathering of the global multistakeholder community since the UN General…

Véhicules connectés : la CNIL publie sa recommandation sur l’utilisation des données de localisation

À l’issue d’une consultation publique, la CNIL publie ses recommandations sur l’utilisation par les professionnels des données de localisation des véhicules connectés (voitures,…

Véhicules connectés : dans quelles conditions vos données de localisation peuvent être utilisées ?

Les véhicules connectés collectent des données de localisation pour proposer certains services liés au divertissement ou à la sécurité. Ces informations peuvent révéler des…

Victory! Supreme Court Says Constitution Protects People’s Location Data

You have an expectation of privacy in location data that reveals your movements in the physical world, and even short-term surveillance of these movements is a search subject to…

EFF to Gov. Pritzker: Veto Illinois’ HB 5511

The Illinois legislature recently passed House Bill 5511, which imposes a sweeping, device-level age-gating framework across nearly all internet-enabled hardware, operating…

EDRi Annual Report 2025: Championing digital rights in the deregulation era

In 2025, the EU entered an era of deregulation in which hard-fought digital rights protections are being diluted. With our long-term vision for digital futures in mind, EDRi's…

Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones

This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to rein in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we…

Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For

Poke your head into just about any online social network—or any general conversations about internet culture—and you’ll likely find a boogieman: the algorithm. Since at least the…

EFF to Grindr: This Pride Month, Put Safety and Privacy Over Profits

This Pride month, we’re calling on the dating app Grindr to prioritize LGBTQ+ user safety by making privacy the default across its platform. That means no more sharing personal…

Technologies émergentes et protection des mineurs : les autorités de protection des données du G7 s’accordent sur des principes clés

Les autorités de protection des données des pays du G7 se sont réunies à Paris les 25 et 26 juin à l’invitation de la CNIL dans le cadre de la présidence française du G7. Elles…

Russia used Cellebrite tool to jail activist after company claimed to have ended contract

A Citizen Lab investigation confirms evidence Russian authorities used Cellebrite tool to hack prominent Russian activist Andrey Pivovarov after the Cellebrite claimed to have…

The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online

Within the next week, Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sprawling package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing and private messaging. The…

Are Your Local Police Using Flock Safety ALPRs to Scan for Immigrants?

When a car passes an automated license plate reader (ALPR), its plate is captured and instantly compared against a list of vehicles that police are actively looking for or that…

The FCC’s Spam Call Proposal Is Just a Data Collection Scheme

The Federal Communications Commission wants to require telecommunications providers to collect vast amounts of personal information from every person who wants a phone number in…

Four Years After Dobbs, Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Keep Coming for Online Speech

This week marks four years since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for people seeking abortion care. Anniversaries…

EFF, TEDIC and CEJIL Challenge Secrecy in the Use of Face Recognition in Paraguay

Seeking transparency and accountability in Paraguay’s use of facial recognition, EFF, the Association of Technology, Education, Development, Research, Communication (TEDIC), and…

Primed for Malware: Stop Selling Compromised Android Devices

Time and time again, researchers have found numerous compromised Android devices for sale at large online retailers like Amazon. When these devices get individually reported, we…

Royal decoration for Aleid Wolfsen ⇄

On June 25, 2026, Aleid Wolfsen was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He received this special decoration from Claudia van Bruggen, State Secretary for Justice and…

🦅 Domestic Spying Takes an L | EFFector 38.12

Sold to the public as a foreign surveillance tool, Section 702 is the law has let intelligence agencies spy on millions of Americans’ private conversations without a warrant.…

Victimes de violations de données : restez vigilants face aux offres d’accompagnement

Des victimes de violations de données personnelles reçoivent des courriels proposant une aide pour faire supprimer leurs informations en ligne. La CNIL invite à la prudence face à…

Remise du prix « Protection de la vie privée » 2026 par la CNIL et l’Inria

Lors de la Journée de recherche sur la vie privée, le 24 juin 2026, la CNIL et l’Inria ont remis le prix 2026 de la protection de la vie privée à une équipe de chercheurs…

Informations publiques

Cette page recense les informations publiques de la CNIL (documents, vidéos, open data).

Quatre auteurs reçoivent le deuxième prix CNIL/EHESS pour leur recherche sur la réception du règlement IA par les citoyens européens

Lors de la Journée de recherche sur la vie privée, le 24 juin 2026, Gabriel Lima, Gustavo Gil Gasiola, Frederike Zufall et Yixin Zou ont reçu le 2ème prix CNIL/EHESS pour leur…

Dutch DPA requests responses to list of DPIA exemptions ⇄

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) has compiled a list of types of processing for which a 'data protection impact assessment' (DPIA) is not…

Civil society launches demands for a just and flourishing digital Europe at Summit with Zuboff, MEP Benifei, DuckDuckGo, after guerrilla projection stunt in Brussels

On 23 June 2026, 13 civil society organisations – including EDRi – launched “Make It Real: Calls to Action for a Flourishing and Just Digital Europe”, a publication outlining…

Élections professionnelles dans la fonction publique et vote électronique : comment transmettre les rapports d’expertise à la CNIL ?

Lorsque le recours au vote électronique est prévu pour les élections professionnelles dans la fonction publique, le système de vote doit faire l’objet d’une expertise…

EDPB gets a new look: discover the new website and brand identity

Brussels, 22 June - Since its establishment in 2018, the core mission of the EDPB has been to uphold and safeguard the right to data protection. Over the years, the EDPB has…

EFF Joins 60+ Groups Urging the UK to Halt Face Estimation at the Border

This week, EFF joined Foxglove, Human Rights Watch, and 60 other organizations in writing to the UK’s Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum, Alex Norris, raising…

The UK’s New Under-16 Social Media Ban Will Cause More Harm Than It Prevents

This week, politicians in the UK pushed forward with plans to eviscerate privacy and free speech on the internet by announcing a ban on social media for users under 16 that is set…

La receta para una inteligencia artificial con sabor latinoamericano

El lanzamiento de LatamGPT, un sistema de procesamiento de lenguaje natural hecho por y para América Latina nos lleva a analizar dónde estamos y qué pasos debemos priorizar en…

AI Regulation Should Be Rational, Not Retaliatory

The Trump administration’s approach to AI safety, particularly the generative AI models that regularly grab headlines, has been haphazard at best. At worst, it’s unconstitutional.…

Field Notes from a Year of OPSEC Training

Late last year, as part of our annual “Year in Review” series, we summarized our efforts providing digital privacy and security advice to at-risk communities. OPSEC trainings…

Court Records Should Be Free

Court records belong to the public. Yet anyone seeking access to federal court filings through PACER, a government software system that stands for Public Access to Court…

A New Bill Takes Aim at Government Pressure to Silence Lawful Online Speech

Last week, Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden introduced the Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach to Networked Expression, or JAWBONE Act. The bipartisan legislation…

Call for Submissions: Digital Pride

This Pride season, join EFF and the Queer Arts Collective in building a creative space at the intersection of digital justice and artistic expression. We’re looking for fresh,…

EFF Thanks SerpApi For Helping Us Protect Free Speech Online

EFF is grateful for SerpApi’s generous support, helping us fight for your rights to speak and access information online. SerpApi has been giving to EFF every year since 2018, and…

Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill

With no serious debate, including on proposed amendments, Canada is blazing full speed ahead with Bill C-22, which would threaten encryption and increase surveillance. Also known…

Ordre du jour de la séance plénière du 18 juin 2026

La Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés s’est réunie le jeudi 18 juin 2026 à 9 h 30 avec l’ordre du jour suivant :

The NO FAKES Act Could Silence Satire, Commentary, And News

The NO FAKES Act is supposed to target harmful AI-generated impersonations. But in reality, it will make it easier to suppress commentary, satire, and other lawful speech. That's…

The Free and Open Web Is Under Attack at the IETF

The ability to access publicly available information using automated tools is a central value and benefit of a free and open internet. Automated access—often called crawling or…

Onward, Friends

After 26 years, today is my last day at EFF. It's been a terrific and wild ride — the organization has grown from a tiny band of fighty people trying to plant a flag for freedom…

AI-accelerated warfare must stop

As AI-accelerated warfare is rapidly becoming a means of rubber-stamping killing at unprecedented speed and scale, Access Now, Amnesty International, and more than 200 civil…

EFFecting Change: LGBTQ+ Solidarity Against the Tide of Surveillance

LGBTQ+ communities are facing an escalating wave of censorship and targeted surveillance, but we can push back through mutual solidarity. Join us live to learn how safer virtual…

Victory! 702 has Expired!

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act lets US intelligence agencies collect communications from foreigners abroad without a warrant, and routinely sweeps in…

Coordinated Supervision Committee extends scope to include Eurodac

Brussels, 12 June – As of today, coordinated supervision of the European Union’s asylum and migration database (Eurodac) will be carried out by the Coordinated Supervision…

LGBT Q&A: We’re Back With Season 2!

Last June during Pride, we launched a new initiative—LGBT Q&A—where we answered your most pressing queer-related digital rights questions on EFF’s Instagram and TikTok accounts.…

‘News’ Site Keeps Hallucinating EFF Staffers

What do EFF staffers Sarah Chen, Javier Morales, Caitlin Chin, Emma Rodriguez, and Mikko Kopponen have in common? For one thing, they don’t exist. For another, all have been…

Yes to California's Bill to Ban Surveillance Pricing

Corporations harvest and monetize ever-growing amounts of our personal data, such as our browsing history and physical location. One bitter fruit of this poisonous tree is known…

Enshittification Merch That Actually Fights Enshittification

Enshittification isn't just a sweary word to describe the accelerating decay of the online platforms, apps, and services that we rely on. It's a framework for understanding the…

The 702 Ultimatum: Warrant Requirement or Bust

For months now, Congress has been kicking the ball down the road—temporarily postponing the expiration of the mass surveillance authority Section 702 of FISA in hopes that some…