Civil society fights back
As a member of European Digital RightsVisit the EDRi website (EDRi), an association of civil and human rights organisations from across Europe, we worked together and continued to fight back. Among other things we had to explain that data leaks are dangerous and need to be reported, and that it’s not acceptable to track and profile people without their consent. We were up against the combined resources of the largest multinational corporations and data-hungry governments, but we also had two things in our favor: the rapporteur Jan Philipp Albrecht and his team were adamant about safeguarding civil rights, and in 2013 the Snowden-revelations made politicians more keen on doing the same. Against all odds, we prevailed!