We are alarmed by Europol arrogating to itself the right to develop surveillance tools, which are likely to dramatically transform the landscape of policing across the EU, in almost complete secrecy. Yet, despite this opacity, political support for Europol is growing in Brussels and EU capitals.

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On 27 January, the Trump Administration dismissed three Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an independent body responsible for ensuring transparency and accountability in U.S. surveillance practices. With the removal of these members, including the Chair, PCLOB has lost its quorum, leaving it unable to function effectively, as only one […]

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Paragon's establishment in Germany comes as places like Italy and Barcelona are becoming key European hubs for the spyware industry, attracting international hacking talent.

Exclusive: Decision comes after it emerged an Italian investigative journalist and two activists targeted by Paragon Solutions spyware

Growing politicization of the intelligence oversight board draws international concerns.

Growing politicization of the intelligence oversight board draws international concerns.

Growing politicization of the intelligence oversight board draws international concerns.

The firing of Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board is a danger to civil liberties and trans-Atlantic data flows.

Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware

The Trump administration’s decision to order the resignations of all Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) could jeopardize a transatlantic data privacy agreement designed to protect the flow of commercial data between Europe and the U.S.

The Trump administration’s decision to order the resignations of all Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) could jeopardize a transatlantic data privacy agreement designed to protect the flow of commercial data between Europe and the U.S.

How precedent-setting is it?

CDT Europe, alongside thirteen civil society organisations, many of which are members of the Spyware Coordination Group, have sent a joint letter to the Polish Presidency of the Council of the Europea...

FBI and CISA officials said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.

Key Recommendations isinfo.eu/">EU DisinfoLab organised a webinar on Article 22 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) as a follow-up to a workshop from CDT Europe’s Civil Society Roundtable on ‘Vetting Ke...

A member of Poland’s central bank’s management board was detained by police on Monday to make him cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into the use of Pegasus spyware under the previous govern...

The investigative journalist takes on the shadowy world of invasive surveillance technology in frightening new documentary Surveilled In 2017, while reporting a story on Harvey Weinstein that would, along with a New York Times report, kick off the #MeToo…

Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here?

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