Data

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>
<p>FRA helps lawmakers and practitioners protect your rights in a connected world.</p>

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Highlights

Produkter
Handbook / Guide / Manual
Dataskydd, integritet och ny teknik
Dataskydd
25
May
2018
Latvian version now available
13 April 2022

Handbok om den europeiska lagstiftningen om skydd av personuppgifter - 2018 års upplaga

Informations- och kommunikationsteknikens snabba utveckling har gjort att det mer akut behövs ett ordentligt skydd av personuppgifter, en rättighet som garanteras av instrument från både Europeiska unionen (EU) och Europarådet. Att slå vakt om denna betydelsefulla rättighet medför nya och markanta utmaningar, då de tekniska framstegen bryter in på områden som övervakning, avlyssning av kommunikation och datalagring. Den här handboken är utformad för att jurister som inte är specialiserade på dataskydd ska kunna bekanta sig med detta framväxande område inom juridiken.
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Report / Paper / Summary
Asyl, migration och gränser
Dataskydd, integritet och ny teknik
Jämlikhet, icke-diskriminering och rasism
Barn, ungdomar och äldre
Personer med funktionsnedsättning
Hatbrott
Romer
Kön, sexuell läggning och könsidentitet
Rättvisa, brottsoffers rättigheter och rättsligt samarbete
17
May
2018

Utmaningar för civilsamhällesorganisationer som arbetar med mänskliga rättigheter i EU - Sammanfattning

Civilsamhällesorganisationerna i EU är avgörande för främjandet av grundläggande rättigheter, men deras arbete har försvårats – på grund av både rättsliga och praktiska begränsningar. Det finns utmaningar i alla EU-medlemsstater, men deras exakta natur och omfattning varierar. I allmänhet saknas data och forskning i frågan – däribland jämförande forskning.
FRA:s rapport är därför inriktad på olika typer av och mönster för de utmaningar som det civila samhällets människorättsorganisationer står inför i EU. I rapporten framhävs också
lovande praxis som kan motverka dessa oroande mönster.
Report / Paper / Summary
Säkerhet
Dataskydd, integritet och ny teknik
Dataskydd
Rättvisa, brottsoffers rättigheter och rättsligt samarbete
9
May
2018

Underrättelsetjänsters övervakning: skyddsåtgärder för grundläggande rättigheter och rättsmedel i Europeiska unionen – Volym II - Sammanfattning

I och med de ökande hoten från terrorism, cyberattacker och sofistikerade gränsöverskridande kriminella nätverk har underrättelsetjänsternas arbete blivit allt viktigare, komplexare och mer internationellt. Deras arbete kan allvarligt kränka de grundläggande rättigheterna, särskilt rätten till integritet och skydd för personuppgifter. Medan de ständiga tekniska framstegen potentiellt förvärrar risken för sådana kränkningar, kan en effektiv tillsyn och effektiva rättsmedel hindra möjligheterna till missbruk.
Video
Data protection
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Video blog by Michael O'Flaherty: data protection

This video blog by FRA Director Michael O'Flaherty is released periodically and will address burning fundamental rights themes.
Opinion
Borders and information systems
Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
19
April
2018

Interoperability and fundamental rights implications

This Opinion by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to inform the European Parliament position concerning legislative proposals on interoperability between EU information technology systems (IT systems) presented on 12 December 2017 and currently discussed by the EU legislators.
Report / Paper / Summary
Borders and information systems
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Borders and information systems
Security
28
March
2018

Under watchful eyes – biometrics, EU IT-systems and fundamental rights

This report outlines the fundamental rights implications of collecting, storing and using
biometric and other data in EU IT systems in the area of asylum and migration.
Video
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

European Parliament discusses FRA surveillance report findings

Mario Oetheimer presented FRA’s second surveillance report to the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee on 21 November in Brussels.
Video
Data protection
Security
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Press Briefing: Mass surveillance - rights vs security?

This is the recording of the online press briefing about mass surveillance as presented by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on 16 October 2017.
Page
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Quotes on surveillance by intelligence services: fundamental rights safeguards and remedies in the EU

This second volume, ‘Surveillance by intelligence services: fundamental rights safeguards and remedies in the EU’, explores legal changes since the first volume in 2015 and how these laws are applied in practice. It is based on data from all EU Member States on the legal framework governing surveillance and complemented by field research in seven Member States: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. This involved more than 70 interviews with a range of stakeholders related to surveillance. These included overseers and controllers from the executive, indedepent expert bodies, parliamentary committees, the judiciary and actors from the civil society. These quotes are contained in the report. Below are a selection of some of them:
Page
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Surveillance by intelligence services: Findings Q&A

Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
23
October
2017

Surveillance by intelligence services: fundamental rights safeguards and remedies in the EU - Volume II: field perspectives and legal update

This report is FRA’s second publication addressing a European Parliament request for in-depth research on the impact of surveillance on fundamental rights. It updates FRA’s 2015 legal analysis on the topic, and supplements that analysis with field-based insights gained from extensive interviews with diverse experts in intelligence and related fields, including its oversight.
Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
13
July
2017

Data retention across the EU

In 2006 the EU issued its Data Retention Directive. According to the Directive, EU Member States had to store electronic telecommunications data for at least six months and at most 24 months for investigating, detecting and prosecuting serious crime. In 2016, with an EU legal framework on data retention still lacking, the CJEU further clarified what safeguards are required for data retention to be lawful.This paper looks at amendments to national data retention laws in 2016 after the Digital Rights Ireland judgment.
Opinion
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems
Borders and information systems
11
July
2017

The impact on fundamental rights of the proposed Regulation on the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)

The European Parliament requested this FRA Opinion on the fundamental rights and personal data protection implications of the proposed Regulation for the creation of a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), including an assessment of the fundamental rights aspects of the access
by law enforcement authorities and Europol.
Report / Paper / Summary
Borders and information systems
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Borders and information systems
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
Security
7
July
2017

Fundamental rights and the interoperability of EU information systems: borders and security

Various proposals on EU-level information systems in the areas of borders and security mention interoperability, aiming to provide fast and easy access to information about third-country nationals.
Fundamental Rights Report
Children, youth and older people
Asylum, migration and borders
Roma
Hate crime
People with disabilities
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
30
May
2017

Fundamental Rights Report 2017 - FRA opinions

Diverse efforts at both EU and national levels sought to bolster fundamental rights protection in 2016, while some measures threatened to undermine such protection.
Fundamental Rights Report
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Roma
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Children, youth and older people
Hate crime
People with disabilities
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
30
May
2017

Fundamental Rights Report 2017

Diverse efforts at both EU and national levels sought to bolster fundamental rights protection in 2016, while some measures threatened to undermine such protection.
Fundamental Rights Report
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Roma
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Asylum, migration and borders
Children, youth and older people
29
May
2017

Between promise and delivery: 10 years of fundamental rights in the EU

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. Such a milestone offers an opportunity for reflection – both on the progress that provides cause for celebration and on the lingering shortcomings that must be addressed.
Video
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Asylum, migration and borders
Equality, non-discrimination and racism

FRA exchanges views with MEPs on the Agency priorities for 2017

The Agency’s Director, Michael O’Flaherty, took part in a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on 9 February.
Opinion
Child protection
Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Borders and information systems
Children, youth and older people
25
January
2017

The impact of the proposal for a revised Eurodac Regulation on fundamental rights

The European Parliament asked the Agency to provide its Opinion on the fundamental rights impact of the proposed revision of the Eurodac Regulation on children.
Report / Paper / Summary
Borders and information systems
Asylum, migration and borders
Access to asylum
Borders and information systems
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Borders and information systems
5
December
2016

Scope of the principle of non-refoulement in contemporary border management: evolving areas of law

EU Member States are increasingly involved in border management activities on the high seas, within – or i cooperation with – third countries, and at the EU’s borders. Such activities entail risks of violating the principle of non-refoulement, the cornerstone of the international legal regime for the protection of refugees, which prohibits returning individuals to a risk of persecution. This report aims to encourage fundamental-rights compliant approaches to border management, including by highlighting potential grey areas.