The European Commission's desire to modernise copyright law is a good thing, but a key part of its proposal would seriously threaten our freedom of expression.

The US administration is dragging its heels to comply with a data privacy pact known as Privacy Shield, frustrating the European Commission. The EU commissioner for justice, Vera Jourova, on Monday told reporters in...

At Amsterdam Central Station, the built-in cameras of 35 advertising screens will soon be turned off. There was some commotion about the fact that the cameras could register how long someone looked at the...

Hungary used to be a privacy protection pioneer in Europe, but that has changed. Here's the joint opinion of Access Now and HCLU on current Hungarian regulations related to the decree on data protection.

Facebook was fined €1.2 million Monday by Spain’s data protection watchdog for breaking the country’s privacy rules, the latest in a series of legal problems that have beset the social networking giant in recent...

Romania violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights by allowing a worker to be fired for using company internet for personal communication.

Companies must tell employees in advance if their work email accounts are being monitored without unduly infringing their privacy. In a judgment of European Court of Human Rights in the case of a man fired 10 years...

A law allowing the government entrust a central repository with retaining visual and audio records made by various bodies would let the Hungarian state create anyone's complete profile. HCLU says that, thanks to its...

The private travel data of hundreds of students has been passed on by Translink, the company behind the public transport chip card, to the Dutch Ministry of Education. DUO (Educational Services) requested the...

Liberties member the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the Helsinki Committee in Poland expressed their utmost concern over the government's surveillance of non-governmental organizations.