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Surveillance

Technological progress in the last few decades have made monitoring, tracking and profiling techniques easier, cheaper and more accurate. As a result, surveillance has increased in both the public sector (for law enforcement purposes and public security for example) and in the private sector (for targeted advertising for example). These practices can profoundly affect how individuals think and act, as well as other personal rights (such as freedom of expression or association). Any form of surveillance is an intrusion on the fundamental rights to the protection of personal data and to the right to privacy.  It must be provided for by law and be necessary and proportionate.

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14
Jan
2021
Formal Comments

EDPS formal comments on a draft Commission Implementing Regulation on the monitoring and reporting of data relating to CO2 emissions (Case 2020-1123)

EDPS formal comments on a draft Commission Implementing Regulation on the monitoring and reporting of data relating to CO2 emissions from passenger cars and light commercial vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1014/2010, (EU) No 293/2012, (EU) 2017/1152 and (EU) 2017/1153.

Available languages: German, English, French
Topics
Transport
Surveillance
28
Aug
2020
Formal Comments

EDPS comments on draft Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation 2015/2447

Formal comments of the EDPS on the draft Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation 2015/2447 as regards formats and codes of common data requirements and certain rules on surveillance

Available languages: German, English, French
Topics
Surveillance
21
Jan
2020
Events

EDPS-Civil Society Summit 2020

The EDPS-Civil society summit is an annual meeting between the EDPS and civil society organisations organized to discuss the state of data protection and privacy in the EU.

The 2020 edition will focus on a number of issues relating facial recognition, biometric surveillance technologies and its effects on activists
in the EU.

The Summit is part of Privacy Camp 2020.

Register here.

You can follow the event on our Twitter account and participate in the conversation using the hashtag #PrivacyCamp20.

Topics
Surveillance
Technologies
Biometrics
21
Mar
2018
Opinions Prior Check and Prior Consultations

"Data Processing for Social Media Monitoring" at the European Central Bank (ECB) - ECB

Priorcheck Opinion on "Data Processing for Social Media Monitoring" at the European Central Bank (ECB) (Case 2017-1052)

Available languages: German, English, French
Topics
Surveillance
Profiling
Technologies
Social Networks