Paris, 16 March 2016 — Today, more than two dozen civil society groups sent a letter to European leaders reviewing the “Privacy Shield” data-transfer agreement with a singular message: this arrangement is not enough. The Privacy Shield…

Paris, 3 March 2016 — Today, RespectMyNet.eu is being relaunched. This a joint initiative by Access Now, Bits of Freedom, Digitale Gesellschaft, EDRi, Initiative fur Netzfreiheit, IT-POL, La Quadrature du Net, Nurpa, Open Rights Group,…

Paris, 19 February 2016 — In a decision published today, the French Constitutional Council rejected a provision on digital searches in the law on the state of emergency. The Council decided that copying the data…

Paris, 15 February 2016 — The French Council of State has released an eagerly awaited decision (fr) on the validity of administrative access to connection data. La Quadrature du Net, French Data Network and the…

Paris, 10 February 2016 — On 6 October 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) invalidated the Safe Harbor, the agreement concluded in 2000 with the USA in order to give a legal framework to…

Paris, 10 February 2016 — As the French Council of State is set to render a first decision on this burning issue this FridayOn the 12 February at 2pm, the French Council of State is…

Paris, 25 January 2016 — On the 5th February, the French National AssemblyFrench lower legislative house will consider the law on the constitutionalisation of the state of emergency. Prime Minister Manuel Valls has already announced…

Platforms loyalty

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The concept of “Neutrality of the platforms”, or “Loyalty of the platforms”, emerged among editors and web hosts that suffer or question the commanding position of major players of the…

Paris, 22 December 2015 — La Quadrature’s fundraising campaign reaches a very successful end: our budget for next year will be covered, and we can even look forward to further strengthening our action!
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Paris, 4 January 2016 — La Quadrature du Net joins other organisations and individuals around the world by signing the open letter to governments in order to encourage them to promote encryption techniques for communications and IT…