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Report and Analysis

Key Resources

Timeline of complaints against AdTech

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable on May 25th 2018. Since then, complaints against the AdTech industry are piling up, attacking intrusive tracking and profiling practices, unfairly obtained consent and insufficient legal basis, all of which we consider to infringe GDPR. This timeline is a list of some of the key actions taken against this ecosystem, a reminder of the challenges that AdTech companies are facing and a demonstration that GDPR still has to be implemented and enforced.

Long Read

(Questions/Réponses) La plus haute Cour de justice de l’UE a jugé que les régimes de surveillance de masse du Royaume-Uni, de la France et de la Belgique doivent respecter la vie privée

La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a rendu ses décisions concernant trois affaires au Royaume-Uni, en France et en Belgique. Voici quelques réponses aux questions principales.

Long Read

Q&A: EU's top court rules that UK, French and Belgian mass surveillance regimes must respect privacy

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued judgments in three cases in the UK, France and Belgium. We answer some of the main questions.

News

13th September 2019

Privacy International Joins Call to Stop EU Militarisation

2nd May 2019

BREAKING: following PI investigation into exploitation of data, Quantcast is under investigation by Irish Data Protection Commission

30th April 2019

GDPR loopholes facilitate data exploitation by political parties

25th April 2019

European Parliament elections – protecting our data to protect us against manipulation

15th April 2019

New faith in privacy regulation? We need proof of conversion

13th February 2019

EDPB reminds national data protection authorities to exercise their powers proportionally and in respect of fundamental rights

Examples of Abuse

Want to know how this translate in the real world? Here is the latest example in the news.

Denmark embraces wellbeing audits in schools

Data-driven wellbeing audits are becoming common in classrooms in Denmark, which has long invested heavily in digital teaching aids and interactive learning. In the last few decades, depression among Danish children has sextupled, and a quarter of ninth-graders report having attempted self-harm

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Our Advocacy

The EU needs to provide assistance to migrants affected by Covid-19: our briefing to the European Parliament

Summary

The EU urgently needs to step up and provide assistance to protect the health and safety of people trapped in camps on the Greek islands: our briefing to the European Parliament.