Privacy Victory: EU Waters Down Mass Surveillance Plan
The decision comes as the commissioner responsible for drafting the plan is caught up in an extensive conflict of interests scandal.
The decision comes as the commissioner responsible for drafting the plan is caught up in an extensive conflict of interests scandal.
‘Spy clause’ to scan private encrypted messages not ditched—just kicked down the road for the next government to implement.
Fifteen member states are in favor of extending the EU’s upcoming surveillance law to end-to-end encryption, while Spain would outright ban it in the entire EU.
The new proposal “doesn’t want users to be informed that their correspondence has been (falsely) reported,” the European Pirate Party’s assessment reads.
The Commission aims to make the regulation mandatory for all email and messaging apps currently in use. According to critics, Chat Control would effectively mean “the end of privacy of digital correspondence” in the EU.
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