Mastodawn

Data protection is fundamental right & backbone of many other digital rights we rely on every day.

Strong data protection limits surveillance, curbs profiling, exposes discrimination & gives people ways to challenge automated decisions. Without it, words like fairness, equality & accountability quickly lose their meaning, online & offline.

Today & any other day, our message should be clear: this right matters, it's not negotiable & deserves full protection.

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EDRi

2/ 🚧 That’s why the current political moment is worrying. Under the banners of “simplification” and “competitiveness”, deregulation is accelerating.

The #DigitalOmnibus proposal feels more like a bulldozer, heading straight for core data protection safeguards. Rights are reframed as technical hurdles: they easy to reopen, easy to weaken.

Read more about the impacts of this proposal on core rights to data protection & the confidentiality of communications

https://edri.org/our-work/why-the-digital-omnibus-puts-gdpr-and-eprivacy-at-risk/

Why the Digital Omnibus puts GDPR and ePrivacy at risk - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

On 19 November, the European Commission has published two Omnibus proposals: one that rewrites key parts of the GDPR and ePrivacy rules.

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

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Svante Jan 28

@edri

A “risk” is something that might not happen.

This is not a risk, it is certain.

Better headline probably: “How the Digital Omnibus damages GDPR and ePrivacy rights”