other Ursula von der Leyen: Protect people, nature, and democracy in EU regulations We, the undersigned civil society and trade union organisations, urge the European Commission to uphold rules that protect health, nature, climate, and social justice, including workers’ and trade union rights. 13.01.2025
other Academics, technologists and other experts call for a key role in EU Technology Roadmap on encryption We are concerned that the foreseen framework for access to data by law enforcement authorities risks undermining the exercise of fundamental rights and our collective cybersecurity. 05.05.2025
other Open Letter on the Hungarian Bill Entitled “Transparency of Public Life” On 13 May, 2025, a member of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, submitted a new bill entitled the Transparency of Public Life, which would enable the government to target, defund and dissolve any organisation it designates as “a threat to Hungarian sovereignty”. 22.05.2025
Report Data Retention in Poland: The issue and the Fight This paper is aims to give a brief overview of the following issues: (i) Polish data retention regime and its drawbacks; (ii) the use of data retention in practice and available data on the subject; (iii) campaign run by the Panoptykon Foundation over last two years; and (iv) political shifts that occurred in Poland. 05.08.2012 Text
Article New project on public institutions’ surveillance practices Every year more and more public money is invested in surveillance technologies – everything from drones and video surveillance to data mining software for public administration. Recently, the Polish government announced a new programme of co-financing surveillance cameras in the schools. 05.11.2014 Text
