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Dataskydd, integritet och ny teknik

<p>More of our everyday lives are online &mdash; both at work and home. Meanwhile, terror attacks intensify calls for more surveillance. Concerns grow over the safety of our privacy and personal data.</p>
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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Highlights

Produkter
GDPR Report 2024 - Cover
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Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
11
June
2024

GDPR in practice – Experiences of data protection authorities

Data protection rules protect privacy and prevent personal information from misuse. When the general data protection regulation (GDPR) came into force in 2018, it strengthened the role of data protection authorities. These supervisory bodies are the key enforcers of the fundamental right of protection of personal data. This report analyses the challenges they face in the GDPR implementation. The findings complement the European Commission's forthcoming evaluation of the GDPR.
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Fundamental Rights Report 2024 - Cover
Fundamental Rights Report
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
5
June
2024

Fundamental Rights Report 2024

FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2024 analyses the year’s developments in fundamental rights. It focuses on the most pressing fundamental rights concerns facing Europe in 2023: the cost-of-living crisis, rights concerns at the EU’s external borders and migration, and threats to democracy. Re-structured, this year’s new approach is a shorter and sharper analysis. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a summary of the evidence supporting these opinions.
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Fundamental Rights Report 2024 - FRA Opinions
Fundamental Rights Report
Stöd till människorättssystem och människorättsförsvarare
Asyl, migration och gränser
Dataskydd, integritet och ny teknik
Jämlikhet, icke-diskriminering och rasism
Rättvisa, brottsoffers rättigheter och rättsligt samarbete
5
June
2024

Rapport om grundläggande rättigheter 2024 – FRA:s yttranden

År 2023 innebar både framgångar och motgångar för skyddet av de grundläggande rättigheterna. FRA:s rapport om grundläggande rättigheter 2024 innehåller en granskning av händelserna på området och pekar ut både framsteg och återstående problemområden. I publikationen presenteras FRA:s yttranden om den huvudsakliga utvecklingen på de berörda tematiska områdena, tillsammans med en översikt över det underlag som ligger till grund för dessa yttranden. Den ger en kortfattad men informativ översikt över de viktigaste utmaningarna för EU och dess medlemsstater när det gäller grundläggande rättigheter.
Report / Paper / Summary
Hate crime
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
29
November
2023

Online content moderation - Current challenges in detecting hate speech

Online hate speech is a growing problem in today’s digitalised societies. Women, Black people, Jews and Roma are often targets of online hate speech. Online hate proliferates where human content moderators miss offensive content. Also, algorithms are prone to errors. They may multiply errors over time and may even end up promoting online hate. This report presents the challenges in identifying and detecting online hate. Hate of any kind should not be tolerated, regardless of whether it is online or offline. The report discusses the implications for fundamental rights to support creating a rights-compliant digital environment.
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Report / Paper / Summary
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
20
October
2023

FRA Strategic Plan 2023-2028

FRA’s strategic priorities and objectives are based on the agency’s role and mission as defined in its amended founding regulation. They build on FRA’s 2018–2022 strategy as well as how it performed, its experience and its vision. Their design takes into account future fundamental rights challenges facing Europe, the agency’s mandate, the broader operational context and the resources available.
Fundamental Rights Report 2023 - Ukraine flag, data protection, eyeball with hand and child in poverty
Fundamental Rights Report
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
8
June
2023

Fundamental Rights Report 2023

FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2023 reviews major developments in the field in 2022, identifying both achievements and areas of concern. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a synopsis of the evidence supporting these opinions.
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Fundamental Rights Report
Jämlikhet, icke-diskriminering och rasism
Asyl, migration och gränser
Dataskydd, integritet och ny teknik
Rättvisa, brottsoffers rättigheter och rättsligt samarbete
Stöd till människorättssystem och människorättsförsvarare
8
June
2023

Rapport om grundläggande rättigheter – 2023. FRA:s yttranden

År 2022 innebar både framgångar och motgångar för skyddet av de grundläggande rättigheterna. FRA:s Rapport om grundläggande rättigheter 2023 innehåller en granskning av de viktigaste händelserna på området och pekar ut både framsteg och återstående problemområden. I publikationen presenteras FRA:s yttranden om den huvudsakliga utvecklingen på de berörda tematiska områdena, tillsammans med en översikt över det underlag som ligger till grund för dessa yttranden.
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Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
24
May
2023

Surveillance by intelligence services: Fundamental rights safeguards and remedies in the EU - 2023 update

This report provides a partial update on the findings of the 2017 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) report Surveillance by intelligence services: Fundamental rights safeguards and remedies in the EU. It was prepared at the request of the European Parliament, which asked FRA to update its 2017 findings to support the work of its committee of inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA).
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Report / Paper / Summary
Artificial intelligence and big data
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
8
December
2022

Bias in algorithms - Artificial intelligence and discrimination

Artificial intelligence is everywhere and affects everyone – from deciding what content people see on their social media feeds to determining who will receive state benefits. AI technologies are typically based on algorithms that make predictions to support or even fully automate decision-making.
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Video
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Video blog by Michael O'Flaherty: AI and Algorithms

In this vlog, FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty talks about artificial intelligence and algorithms. While AI can be a powerful force for good, he points out that humans must supervise very closely the application of AI and a permanent testing of every possible application is needed. On 8 December, FRA is publishing a new report on bias in algorithms.
Report / Paper / Summary
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
11
November
2022

Putting human rights at the heart of Europe’s future - Meeting report

Europe stands at a delicate moment in its history. It is a moment of existential significance for the wellbeing and sustainability of our societies. It is emerging from the pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease, only to face a set of major overlapping challenges. These pose profound questions about the political, economic and societal future of the continent. To discuss elements of a human rights vision for the future and to identify opportunities for action, FRA brought together a group of sixty human rights leaders and experts with diverse backgrounds
from across the continent. This report distils the meeting discussions, including analysis and ideas, and concludes with proposals for action. It does not represent the views either of individual participants or of FRA.
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Video
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Automating Human Rights? FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty at the Web Summit 2022

Automation and AI have radically transformed how we work, live and play. In this video, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Michael O'Flaherty, discusses the implications of AI for our most basic of human rights.
Putting human rights at the heart of Europe’s future - Rust, Austria, 7-8 September
Report / Paper / Summary
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
16
September
2022

Putting human rights at the heart of Europe’s future - Summary meeting report

Europe stands at a delicate moment in its history, facing a convergence of major tests. Each of them taken on their own is significant. Together, they pose profound questions about the political, economic, and societal future of the continent. This is a moment for strong commitment to put human rights at the heart of our vision for Europe’s future. It is also time to demonstrate our determination to work together to this end. Against this backdrop, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) brought together around sixty human rights leaders and experts from across the continent to discuss elements of a human rights vision for the future and to identify opportunities for action. A full conference report will be available soon, including the specific ideas and proposals which arose from the meeting. Meanwhile, this is a summary of the conclusions.
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Fundamental Rights Report
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
8
June
2022

Fundamental Rights Report 2022

FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2022 reviews major developments in the field in 2021, identifying both achievements and areas of concern. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a synopsis of the evidence supporting these opinions.
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Read press release
Fundamental Rights Report
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Support for human rights systems and defenders
8
June
2022

Social rights and equality in the light of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

This focus looks at the impact of the pandemic on social rights. It examines the measures in national recovery and resilience plans that address the social vulnerabilities among a variety of population groups in the EU, including women, children and young people in situations of vulnerability, people with disabilities, older people, Roma and people in precarious working conditions.
Fundamental Rights Report
Jämlikhet, icke-diskriminering och rasism
Asyl, migration och gränser
Dataskydd, integritet och ny teknik
Rättvisa, brottsoffers rättigheter och rättsligt samarbete
Stöd till människorättssystem och människorättsförsvarare
8
June
2022

Rapport om grundläggande rättigheter – 2022 – FRA:s Yttranden

År 2021 innebar både framgångar och motgångar för skyddet av de grundläggande rättigheterna. FRA:s Rapport om grundläggande rättigheter 2022 innehåller en granskning av de viktigaste händelserna på området och pekar ut både framsteg och återstående problemområden. I publikationen presenteras FRA:s yttranden om den huvudsakliga utvecklingen på de berörda tematiska områdena, tillsammans med en översikt över det underlag som ligger till grund för dessa yttranden.
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Handbook / Guide / Manual
Children, youth and older people
Asylum, migration and borders
Child protection
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
7
April
2022
German version now available
19 January 2024

Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child - 2022 edition

Children are full-fledged holders of rights. They are beneficiaries of all human and fundamental rights and subjects of special regulations, given their specific characteristics. This handbook aims to illustrate how European law and case law accommodate the specific interests and needs of children. It also considers the importance of parents and guardians or other legal representatives and makes reference, where appropriate, to situations in which rights and responsibilities are most prominently vested in children’s carers. It is a point of reference on both European Union (EU) and Council of Europe (CoE) law related to these subjects, explaining how each issue is regulated under EU law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as under the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter and other CoE instruments.
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Fundamental rights in the digital age
Video
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 - Fundamental rights in the digital age

The Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 was the space for dialogue on the human rights challenges facing the EU today. In this video, participants talk about the challenges of fundamental rights in the digital age.
Covid-19 information on a mobile phone
Video
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Video blog by Michael O'Flaherty: tackling disinformation

In this vlog, FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty points to the urgent need to tackle disinformation. He provides examples of what can be done to combat disinformation, including what the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights could contribute to this challenge.
Fundamental Rights Report
Jämlikhet, icke-diskriminering och rasism
Asyl, migration och gränser
Dataskydd, integritet och ny teknik
Rättvisa, brottsoffers rättigheter och rättsligt samarbete
Stöd till människorättssystem och människorättsförsvarare
10
June
2021

Rapport om grundläggande rättigheter – 2021 – FRA:s yttranden

År 2020 innebar både framgångar och motgångar för
skyddet av de grundläggande rättigheterna. FRA:s
Rapport om grundläggande rättigheter 2021 innehåller
en granskning av de viktigaste händelserna på
området och pekar ut både framsteg och återstående
problemområden.