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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

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Handbook / Guide / Manual
Asylum, migration and borders
Asylum, migration and borders
Access to asylum
Borders and information systems
Child protection
Irregular migration, return and immigration detention
Legal migration and integration
Trafficking and labour exploitation
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Borders and information systems
Data protection
Unlawful profiling
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people
People with disabilities
Hate crime
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
Roma
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights
Defendants’ rights
Civil justice
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
Security
Business and human rights
Support for human rights systems and defenders
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Inter-governmental human rights systems
National human rights systems and bodies
Civil society
6
September
2024

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Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Data protection
10
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.
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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Video
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Data protection
Children, youth and older people
Roma
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Video blog Michael O'Flaherty: New COVID-19 bulletin

In this vlog Michael O'Flaherty outlines fundamental rights considerations when developing technological responses to public health, as he introduces the focus of FRA's next COVID-19 bulletin.
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Azil, migracija i granice
Granični prijelazi i informacijski sustavi
Zaštita podataka
16
January
2020

Pravo na informacije ― Vodič za nadležna tijela prilikom uzimanja otisaka prstiju za Eurodac

Ovaj letak pomaže službenicima i nadležnim tijelima da na razumljiv i pristupačan način obavijeste podnositelje zahtjeva za azil i migrante o obradi njihovih otisaka prstiju u Eurodacu.
Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Civil society
12
June
2019

The General Data Protection Regulation – one year on

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has applied across the European Union (EU) since 25 May 2018. One year on, this paper looks at how the new regulation has affected the daily work of civil society organisations (CSOs).
Handbook / Guide / Manual
Unlawful profiling
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Data protection
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Security
5
December
2018
Last versions available are EL and NL
11 March 2021

Preventing unlawful profiling today and in the future: a guide

This guide explains what profiling is, the legal frameworks that regulate it, and why conducting profiling lawfully is both necessary to comply with fundamental rights and crucial for effective policing and border management. The guide also provides practical guidance on how to avoid unlawful profiling in police and border management operations.
Handbook / Guide / Manual
Zaštita podataka, privatnost i nove tehnologije
Zaštita podataka
25
May
2018
New language version - Polish
30 April 2020

Priručnik o europskom zakonodavstvu o zaštiti podataka. Izdanje iz 2018.

Brz razvoj informacijske tehnologije povećao je potrebu za snažnom zaštitom osobnih podataka. To je pravo
zaštićeno instrumentima i Europske unije (EU) i Vijeća Europe. Zaštita tog važnog prava podrazumijeva nove
i značajne izazove dok tehnološki napredak dovodi do pomicanja granica područja poput nadzora, presretanja
komunikacija i pohrane podataka. Ovaj je priručnik namijenjen pravnicima koji nisu specijalizirani u području
zaštite podataka kako bi se upoznali s ovim novim područjem prava.
Report / Paper / Summary
Sigurnost
Zaštita podataka, privatnost i nove tehnologije
Zaštita podataka
Pravosuđe, prava žrtava i pravosudna suradnja
9
May
2018

Nadzor obavještajnih službi: mjere za zaštitu temeljnih prava i pravni lijekovi u Europskoj uniji – Svezak II. - Sažetak

Zbog rastućih prijetnji od terorizma, kibernapada i sofisticiranih prekograničnih kriminalnih mreža posao obavještajnih službi sve je više žuran, složen i odvija se na međunarodnoj razini. Takav posao može znatno zadirati u temeljna prava, osobito u prava na privatnost i zaštitu podataka. Iako kontinuirani tehnološki napretci potencijalno pogoršavaju opasnost od takvog zadiranja, učinkovit nadzor i pravni lijekovi mogu ograničiti mogućnost zlouporabe.
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.
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.
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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.
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Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Data protection
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Security
18
November
2015

Surveillance by intelligence services - Volume I: Member States’ legal frameworks

This report, drafted in response to the European Parliament’s call for thorough research on fundamental rights protection in the context of surveillance, maps and analyses the legal frameworks on surveillance in place in EU Member States.
Report / Paper / Summary
Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Borders and information systems
Data protection
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Security
26
January
2015

Fundamental rights considerations for law enforcement when processing Passenger Name Record data

FRA was requested by the European Commission (EC) in January 2014 to provide practical guidance on the processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for law enforcement purposes, in light of efforts by Member States to establish national PNR systems. As a result, in informal consultation with EC services and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and building on opinions FRA, the EDPS and the Article 29 Working Party on PNR, FRA presented twelve fundamental rights considerations to EU Member States experts at technical level.
Opinion
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Data protection
9
October
2012

FRA opinion on proposed EU data protection reform package

Following a request by the European Parliament on 5 September 2012 for an analysis of the fundamental rights issues associated with the proposed EU data protection reform package, FRA issued its opinion on the draft legislation on 1 October 2012.
Report / Paper / Summary
Unlawful profiling
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Data protection
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Racial and ethnic origin
11
October
2010

Towards More Effective Policing, Understanding and preventing discriminatory ethnic profiling: A guide

When a decision to stop an individual is motivated solely or mainly by virtue of a person's race, ethnicity or religion, this constitutes discriminatory ethnic profiling. Such practices can serve to alienate certain communities in the EU, and in turn can contribute to inefficient policing. The FRA guide aims to help the police address and avoid discriminatory ethnic profiling, and is designed to be used as a tool for more effective policing.
Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Data protection
Support for human rights systems and defenders
National human rights systems and bodies
7
May
2010

Data Protection in the European Union: the role of National Data Protection Authorities (Strengthening the fundamental rights architecture in the EU II)

The EU plays a pioneering role in the protection of personal data. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU enshrines the right to data protection as an autonomous fundamental right. Despite the underlying importance and centrality of the right to data protection in the EU, many deficiencies are present in the data protection system. This study on data protection identifies deficiencies in the EU Member States.