The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany has ruled that participants of demonstrations are allowed to produce video and images of the police without automatically having to fear identity verification. In the case...

Too little has been done to ensure that citizens' rights are protected following revelations of electronic mass surveillance, say civil liberties MEPs in an October resolution.

The French association of journalists APJ filed a claim before the ECtHR against the French Intelligence Law (loi de renseignement), which permits large-scale surveillance, on the day the law came into effect. The...

The Dutch government is opposed to the European plan to store passenger information of 500 million Europeans compulsorily. It believes the proposal is too great an infringement on the privacy of citizens and threatens...

The Romanian administrative body for gambling has assumed the responsibility of censoring which websites can be accessed by Internet users in the country.

Dozens of Dutch municipalities ask youth psychologists and psychotherapists confidential information, such as a child's name and address, the length of treatment and - in some municipalities - medical details, to be...

European identity is much more than race or ethnicity, but you wouldn’t know it from the actions of many EU members, typified by Hungary’s hate-filled campaign against migrants.

The Hungarian government is set to establish a central database containing the profile picture of every Hungarian citizen. The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union will provide its detailed opinion of the proposal, which...

Lithuanians are increasingly complaining about surveillance cameras, unsolicited direct marketing e-mails, the publication of the personal details of debtors on the Internet and other issues to institutions...

At variance with the principle of legality, two Dutch State Secretaries want youth workers to be compelled to list on their invoices the medical details of their patients.