Security Architectures in the EU

Author: Matthias Monroy

  • Joint Investigation Teams: European authorities get digital cooperation platform

    Joint Investigation Teams: European authorities get digital cooperation platform

    EU investigators want to set up a new information system for the exchange of digital evidence. Criminal justice authorities would be connected, but not customs. The German Ministry of Justice therefore issues a protocol declaration. With a new regulation, the…

  • EU PNR Directive: Germany stored and processed 63 million passengers

    EU PNR Directive: Germany stored and processed 63 million passengers

    Four years ago, the German parliament passed a Passenger Data Act, and since then, more and more travellers have been dragnetted. Federal police and customs take over “follow-up measures”. German police authorities processed around 212 million passenger data last year.…

  • Ukraine war: USA plans to deliver large armed drones

    Ukraine war: USA plans to deliver large armed drones

    Equipping the Ukrainian military with the successor of the well-known Predator drones means three revolutions in warfare with drones at once. The U.S. government plans to deliver four MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed drones to Ukraine in the coming days and…

  • Against school massacres: Axon wanted to develop taser drone

    Against school massacres: Axon wanted to develop taser drone

    The leading manufacturer of taser devices wants to mount them on quadrocopters in the future. Civil rights organization EFF warns against normalization of arming drones and robots. After the recent school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, it is unclear whether the…

  • EU instead of EC: New directive facilitates cross-border data exchange

    EU instead of EC: New directive facilitates cross-border data exchange

    The 2006 “Swedish Initiative” is being replaced by a new set of rules. This “Lisbonization” of EU-wide information exchange comes with a uniform case management system and file format, and requires shorter deadlines for processing requests. The European Union could…

  • New regulation: Europol becomes the Big Data police

    New regulation: Europol becomes the Big Data police

    Following the decision of the EU interior ministers, the new Europol law will come into force in June. The police agency will thus receive new areas of responsibility and powers. Comparatively quickly, EU member states and the Parliament have launched…