MrBruh2d ago

The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/?foo=bar

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

Show threadderefr2d ago

So... if we all care so much about shooting down the bad idea, why is nobody proposing opposite legislation: a bill enshrining a right to private communications, such that bills like this one would become impossible to even table?

Is it just that there's no "privacy lobby" interested in getting even one lawyer around to sit down and write it up?

Or is there at least one such bill floating around, but no EU member state has been willing to table it for discussion?

Show threadtriska2d ago

Quoting from the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12... :

"Article 7

Respect for private and family life

Everyone has the right to respect for his or her private and family life, home and communications.

Article 8

Protection of personal data

1. Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her.

2. Such data must be processed fairly for specified purposes and on the basis of the consent of the person concerned or some other legitimate basis laid down by law. Everyone has the right of access to data which has been collected concerning him or her, and the right to have it rectified.

3. Compliance with these rules shall be subject to control by an independent authority."

EUR-Lex - 12012P/TXT - EN - EUR-Lex

Show threadpetermcneeley
You know that those pieces of paper mean nothing.
Mar 25 at 8:55pmWeb
Show threadrvz2d ago
Thank you for telling them. Governments do not care about anyone.
Show threadrolandog2d ago
In theory, governments are made up of citizens. In practice, once the citizens are corrupted into corporate shills, they become politicians. They have traded their humanity for business class seats and dining at restaurants that cater to those whose entire personality is talking about their investment portfolio.
Show threadMacha2d ago
In theory these limit the power of the EU, while anything the EU parliament passes can just be undone as easily by a future EU parliament. If you don't believe the EU charter provides any protection, why would you believe an EU law would be any different?
Show threadport112d ago
The Charter has been used by the courts to shoot down incoming legislation. So, in a way, those pieces of paper mean everything, as without them legislation would pass without the judiciary branch being a check on the Bloc’s powers. Your comment is merely cynical.