Overview

Country	IG	IPR	Privacy
Global	The year the open Internet came under siege: 2017 year in review December 23, 2017 Resolution on transparency of trade negotiations endorsed at UN Internet Governance Forum meeting December 19, 2017 EFF to ICANN's registrars: don't pick up the censor's pen November 2, 2017 more »	While EU copyright protests mount, the proposals get even worse June 2, 2017 EFF on TPP and how it affects digital rights February 5, 2016 New open letter on TPP to include user safeguards September 22, 2015 more »	EPIC joins call for increased oversight of intelligence agencies February 9, 2018 Global civil society groups call for suspension of the EU-US Privacy Shield March 3, 2017 American illegally wiretapped at home by Ethiopian government October 25, 2016 more »
EU	Public money, public code: show your support for free software in Europe October 24, 2017 EDRi writes to EU Commissioner Gabriel about tackling illegal content online October 20, 2017 The Freedom Index – easing access to information on rights issues June 28, 2017 more »	Civil society calls for the deletion of the #censorshipmachine October 16, 2017 EU copyright should protect users’ rights and prevent content filtering January 9, 2017 Unlocking copyright for users: Make law, not licenses September 13, 2016 more »	End of the privacy debate in the European Parliament: overview December 21, 2017 Cross-border access to data: EDRi delivers international NGO position to Council of Europe September 18, 2017 Are we on the right track for a strong e-Privacy Regulation? June 28, 2017 more »
Ireland	No items.	No items.	Irish court reviews U.S. surveillance developments June 9, 2017 Privacy advocates challenge EU-US data transfer agreement October 27, 2016
Spain	No items.	No items.	No items.
Lithuania	No items.	No items.	No items.
Malta	No items.	No items.	No items.
Belgium	Belgian coalition demands suspension of the TTIP negotiations July 2, 2015	No items.	Belgian coalition demands suspension of the TTIP negotiations July 2, 2015
Italy	Italy proposes regulation for government hacking May 4, 2017	No items.	No items.
Austria	No items.	No items.	Success Story: A win on Austrian surveillance legislation October 18, 2017 Privacy experts say: Internet surveillance has terrorism-like effects September 29, 2016 Europe vs. Facebook class action attracts over 60 000 plaintiffs August 27, 2014
Slovakia	No items.	No items.	No items.
Bulgaria	No items.	No items.	No items.
Portugal	No items.	No items.	No items.
Finland	No items.	Finnish copyright initiative: Unbalanced expert hearings September 10, 2014	Finland: Web service to request verifying of secret registry data November 5, 2014
Poland	No items.	No items.	Poland: New project on public institutions’ surveillance practices November 5, 2014
Netherlands	Dutch NRA: T-Mobile may continue to violate net neutrality October 18, 2017 Dutch civil rights group highlights dangers of ISDS in trade deals March 11, 2015	No items.	Data Protection Lobby-tomy 1: Influencing the Dutch government September 11, 2016 Lawyers, journalists take Dutch state to court over Internet privacy December 6, 2014
Germany	Germany: Fighting the anti-whistleblower provision January 25, 2017	No items.	Germany: Constitutional complaint against intelligence agency BND February 7, 2018 Berlins digital exiles: where tech activists go to escape the NSA November 9, 2014
Czech Republic	No items.	No items.	Proposal to revoke data retention filed with the Czech Court January 10, 2018 Czech Big Brother Awards shine light on privacy invasions March 11, 2015
Estonia	No items.	No items.	No items.
Hungary	No items.	No items.	No items.
Greece	No items.	No items.	No items.
Sweden	No items.	No items.	No items.
UK	UK Open Rights Group crowdfunds mass surveillance explainer January 4, 2016 Don't Spy on Us condemns the fast-tracking of UK new surveillance legislation November 26, 2015 Open Rights Group response to UK draft Investigatory Powers Bill November 4, 2015	Open Rights Group response to public consultation on copyright infringement sanctions August 6, 2015	European Court to decide whether UK mass surveillance revealed by Snowden violates human rights November 11, 2017 EU judges may be asked to rule on legality of UK surveillance powers June 5, 2017 UK Open Rights Group crowdfunds mass surveillance explainer January 4, 2016 more »
Denmark	No items.	No items.	No items.
France	No items.	No items.	A second Privacy Shield legal challenge increases threat to EU-US data flows November 3, 2016 Civil society intervention against the French data retention law February 10, 2016 Surveillance of international communication legalized November 27, 2015 more »
Slovenia	No items.	No items.	No items.
Romania	FOIA requests for blocking porn websites in Romania July 28, 2017 Romania: Open letter for sound cybersecurity regulation February 9, 2016 Internet blocking powers granted to the National Gambling Office August 19, 2015	Copyright Directive discussed in Romania July 26, 2017	New draft law on national e-identity cards in Romania March 21, 2017 Romania: Open letter for sound cybersecurity regulation February 9, 2016 Is Romania in cooperation with the NSA? August 1, 2014

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