Notices by EDRi (edri@eupolicy.social), page 2

3/15 At the same time, @bisilisib will lead a conversation on #HealthData 🏥 with Elisa Leila Elhadj from KU Leuven, Nicola Hamilton from Understanding Patient Data, Benoit Marchal from Opens profile photo
PicAps Association & Francesco Vogelezang from @greensefa @europarl_en

Read more about the session: https://privacycamp.eu/health-data-from-eus-ehds-to-englands-nhs-national-data-opt-out/

5/15 🤝#PrivacyCamp24 is organised by @edri along with Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS), Privacy Salon, Institute for European Studies at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, Institute for Information Law (IViR) & the Racism and Technology Centre.

💪You can still register to join us: https://civicrm.edri.org/civicrm/event/register?id=4&reset=1

Stay tuned for more details about sessions👀

6/15 💻🌳 Later, Maximilian Jung from Bits & Bäume will discuss the extractivist foundation of #tech solutions for the climate crisis with Madhuri Karak, Diego Marin from @green_europe, & Mariana Riquito Pereira.

See session details here: https://privacycamp.eu/extractivism-and-resistance-at-europes-frontlines/

9/15 ⚡️ Registrations for joining us at #PrivacyCamp24 close soon!

Make sure you register NOW to secure your spot: https://privacycamp.eu/registrations-open-and-final-programme-out-now/

Registration is 🆓 and necessary for attending both the in-person event in Brussels and for joining us online.

9/15 How can we effectively enforce #DataProtection & #Privacy in tumultuous times? 🌪️

Join @EDPS supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski @EDPS_supervisor, EDPS's Thomas Zerdick, technologist and researcher @DannyMekic & @edri's @chlobemy and @ella in discussion.

See more: https://privacycamp.eu/bark-and-bite-why-we-need-privacy-data-protection-watchdogs-in-times-of-turmoil/

6/8⚠️concerns about #DetectionOrders mandating #MassSurveillance

Instead of implementing sweeping surveillance measures, we suggested:

➡️alternative, structural approaches to tackling the root of the horrific crime of child sexual abuse: https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CSAR-summary-booklet.pdf

5/8 EDRi supported the 23 activists to come to Brussels & meet with several dozen MEPs.👏

📢They spoke as students, parents, tech experts & researchers about the:

🔐importance of #encryption to ensure digital safety
🛂risks of #AgeVerification to everyone's data protection

4/8📢EDRi has been sharing legal & technical analysis on children's safety online since 2012, calling on EU lawmakers to ensure their #privacy.

Now our concerns with the dangerous measures in #CSAR have been voiced by an extremely wide range of experts: https://edri.org/our-work/most-criticised-eu-law-of-all-time/

3/8 👁️ promoted surveillance industry interests in the #CSAR draft : https://edri.org/our-work/press-release-csa-regulation-who-benefits-from-the-eu-commissions-mass-surveillance-law/

It's key that Members of @europarl_en hear from these activists & ensure everyone's digital security. https://edri.org/our-work/activists-come-to-brussels-to-tell-meps-to-ensure-everyones-digital-security-amid-mas-surveillance-measures-in-csa-regulation/

2/8 Public scrutiny is more important than ever!

Recent scandals show that @EUHomeAffairs

🎯illegally targeted people based on their religious & political views to manipulate public & political opinion in the states where govs opposed #CSAR: https://twitter.com/edri/status/1712769534191378779

1/8 Between 9 & 11 Oct, 2⃣3⃣ activists from Greece, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Denmark, Romania, Germany, Spain & France came to Brussels to:

tell MEPs to ❌ reject the #CSAR proposal to prevent mass surveillance.

https://edri.org/our-work/activists-come-to-brussels-to-tell-meps-to-ensure-everyones-digital-security-amid-mas-surveillance-measures-in-csa-regulation/

1/5 @edri & over 87 human rights orgs call on the EU governments to NOT agree to the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation #CSAR proposal.

🙅♂️No one can be protected by making the internet less secure.

Read & share our public letter: https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-eu-countries-should-say-no-to-the-csar-mass-surveillance-proposal/

The #AIAct must empower people through accountability & transparency by including:

📜 required fundamental rights impact assessments by deployers

🗃️ use of high-risk AI to be registered in European database

📢 right to lodge complaints & seek remedy on violation of rights

There must be limits on harmful and discriminatory #surveillance by law enforcement using AI systems. This means bans on:

👁️all remote biometric identification in public

❌ AI systems in migration used to curtail migration

🛑 discriminatory AI like predictive policing systems

When AI systems are used for law enforcement and migration control, there is an even higher risk of harm and violations of fundamental rights, especially for already marginalised communities.

✊🏾We need an #AIAct that puts people first and prioritises our #FundamentalRights.

🚨150 civil society orgs are calling on @europarl_en, @EU_Commission and @EUCouncil to ensure just that as EU institutions kick off negotiations.

Read our statement: https://edri.org/our-work/civil-society-statement-eu-protect-peoples-rights-in-the-ai-act-trilogue-negotiations/

🚨Recent POLITICO Europe leak revealed that US and EU officials have agreed to cooperate on measures to turn public opinion against #encryption.

Experts' statements by EDRi and Global Encryption Coalition have called out against this plan:

➡️https://edri.org/our-work/eu-us-plan-offensive-to-legitimise-police-access-to-data-civil-society-responds-amid-growing-fears-press-release/
➡️https://www.globalencryption.org/2023/04/statement-on-eu-us-cooperation-against-encryption/

1/5 📢 #OpenLetter: @edri
along with health and #DigitalRights orgs is urging EU lawmakers to give patients control over their private medical records in the new #HealthDatalaw.

📜Read the full letter: https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Joint-public-letter-on-consent-in-EHDS-1.pdf

2/5 The proposed #CSAR law promises to protect children from sexual abuse by breaking encrypted, secure communications. However, 🔥Yyoung people say it loud & clear: #StopScanningMe !

Will @europarl_en Members listen to the voice of young people?

https://edri.org/our-work/press-release-poll-youth-in-13-eu-countries-refuse-surveillance-of-online-communication/

@epicenter_works @chaosupdates @bitsoffreedom @digiges @eff @Volksverpetzer Mnemonic, Gong hr, European Youth Forum, JAAKLAC iniciativa

5/5 🚨Sign the petition to urge your representatives in the EU Parliament to reject the badly-drafted Child Sexual Abuse Regulation proposal #CSAR: https://civicrm.edri.org/stop-scanning-me

Our demand is supported by 125 orgs & thousands of individuals. Join us! #StopScanningMe

1/5 ✊🏽Young people in 13 EU countries refuse surveillance of their online communication!

New poll results reveal that the proposed CSA Regulation would disempower youth, stop them from organising for social change & exploring their sexuality.

Read more: https://edri.org/our-work/press-release-poll-youth-in-13-eu-countries-refuse-surveillance-of-online-communication/

@epicenter_works @chaosupdates mnemonic Gong hr European Youth Forum
@bitsoffreedom @digiges @eff @Volksverpetzer JAAKLAC iniciativa