Post by @edri@eupolicy.social

1/4 🚨 The European Commission is working on a new EU surveillance regime and it's not looking great - as reported by POLITICO Europe this morning.

The leak shows that the Commission’s own quality control body, the Regulatory Scrutiny Board, points to serious shortcomings in the impact assessment for a potential EU-wide data retention framework.

Wondering what exactly is at stake for you with a data retention framework? Read our new briefing to find out ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/data-retention-is-mass-surveillance-of-peoples-phone-and-internet-activity/

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Data retention is mass surveillance of people’s phone and internet activity - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

In 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared mass retention of internet traffic and location data as contrary to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

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EDRi

@edri@eupolicy.social 9 hr. ago

2/4 🕵‍ “Data retention” means internet and telecom companies are required by law to store data about us, like internet browsing history or location data, for a longer period of time than technically necessary, in case police need to access it to investigate crimes. The type of data retained is very intrusive into people’s privacy, it can reveal things like where people are going, who they are communicating with for how long, which websites people are visiting, and more.

EDRi

@edri@eupolicy.social 9 hr. ago

3/4 👎🏾 This is not the first time EU has tried to impose this mass surveillance instrument - in 2014, the EU Data Retention Directive was annulled by the EU Court because it targeted everyone without suspicion and discrimination, which is unlawful.

Once again, the European Commission has failed to learn from its past mistakes by planning a new data retention regime without proving its necessity or proportionality.

EDRi

@edri@eupolicy.social 9 hr. ago

4/4 🚨 Law enforcement already has access to huge amounts of data. Moreover, it seems that the Commission also did a poor job at assessing the different impacts such a surveillance regime would have on investigations, costs, cyber security and fundamental rights.

We deserve better from EU lawmakers than just another way of enforcing surveillance on us. Mass surveillance through data retention will not make us safer. Upholding privacy protections across all EU countries will 🩵

Synapsenkitzler (Andrej)

@synapsenkitzler@digitalcourage.social 9 hr. ago

@EUCommission ???? 😮

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