"You don't have to be a civil rights defender or an opposition voice to end up on a police list. You don't even have to commit a crime."
Could you be in the Europol databases? How do we counter such police overreach?
✍️ Read an op-ed by Romain Lanneau & @chlobemy in @euobserver euobserver.com/opinion/157513
Why your data might already be on a Europol list
Police forces around Europe seem hooked on the habit of collecting information on a massive scale and forwarding it to the EU's police agency, Europol. This undermines privacy, fair trial rights and the presumption of innocence.Romain Lanneau and Chloé Berthélémy (EUobserver)
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Webinar: Activists and NGOs under watch! Are you are in Europol’s databases? - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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Ellen Timmer
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"Police forces around Europe seem hooked on the habit of collecting information on a massive scale and forwarding it to the EU's police agency, Europol. This undermines privacy, fair trial rights and the presumption of innocence.
Once the police have your data, you may inadvertently become a suspect in an open investigation. In defence of hard-fought freedoms, the public needs to curb police overreach."