Which Member of the EU Parliament wants to reduce people's privacy? noyb has analysed over 1,000 GDPR and ePrivacy amendments in the Digital Omnibus to find out

cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/euro@feddit.online/p/2022016/ranking-who-in-the-eu-parliament-fights-for-your-privacy-and-who-for-big-tech

If the European Commission and the EU Member States have their way, the so-called Digital Omnibus will result in a fundamental change to EU privacy laws. But what about the European Parliament? To find out more, noyb has analysed more than 1,000 amendments that Members of Parliament (MEPs) have tabled for the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive to shed a light on their actions. This shows that many MEPs are in favour of stripping people of their privacy rights – while others still push back.

Go to gdpr-omnibus.eu to see who tries to defend your privacy and who wants to undermine currently existing protections. Look up your MEP by country and political group.

  • macros@feddit.orgEnglish
    1·
    9 hours ago

    As expected a Pirate Party Member (Markéta Gregorová) on top of the defenders list :)

    Sad that they didn’t get a seat in Luxembourg and Germany (So incredibly close! Only 18.000 Votes missing over all of Germany)

    I hope that next election Patrick Breyer runs again in the next election. It would be awesome to have him at the forefront of the fight for privacy again.

  • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    Fuck denmark, is what a lot olf people were saying just a year ago or so, as the were trying to admit the trojan horse into the walls of liberal democracy.

    Is that what is going on here too?

  • Enkrod@feddit.orgEnglish
    172·
    2 days ago

    That’s it, VOLT just has earned my vote on the european level. I liked them before, but what Damian does in parliament needs my support and will get it.

      • Enkrod@feddit.orgEnglish
        10·
        2 days ago

        Volt are part of the Greens/EFA group. He is the highest ranking German parliamentarian on the “Privacy Champs” list.

        Only German parties on the Privacy Champs side are:

        Near the top
        1x Volt

        Lower middle
        1x SPD

        Near the bottom
        2x Die PARTEI
        1x AfD

        • macros@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          9 hours ago

          It was quite close that Anja Hirschel (Piratenpartei) also got a seat. Sad that it didn’t work out. I am sure she would have been as active as #1 (Czech Pirate Party - Česká pirátská strana).

          • Enkrod@feddit.orgEnglish
            3·
            1 day ago

            She’s only a net +1; 2 bad ammendments, 3 (relatively) good ammandments.

            She’s the worst among the “Champs”. And if you read her profile… oh boy… and what she’s done in parliament since 2025… she’s a shit person all around. A Charlie Kirk fangirl.

  • brem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    528·
    2 days ago

    Truth: You’re on your own, no matter the governing party. The greedy bastards have taken the reigns & it’s up to individuals to stand up to the constructs of trending society which is owned by corporations and sponsored ambassadors.