epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Sept 2022 | Werner Stengg Cabinet member | Telecom, Open Internet Regulation. | — |
| 08 Sept 2022 | Werner Stengg Cabinet member | Telecom, Open Internet Regulation. | SRC |
| 09 Dec 2020 | Thierry Breton Commissioner | Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA | SRC |
| 09 Dec 2020 | Thierry Breton Commissioner | Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA | — |
| 06 Nov 2020 | Werner Stengg Cabinet member | Austrian NetzDG and Digital Services Act | — |
| 06 Nov 2020 | Filomena Chirico Cabinet member | Austrian NetzDG and Digital Services Act | — |
| 06 Nov 2020 | Filomena Chirico Cabinet member | Austrian NetzDG and Digital Services Act | SRC |
| 06 Nov 2020 | Werner Stengg Cabinet member | Austrian NetzDG and Digital Services Act | SRC |
Mission & Goals
Epicenter.works is a Vienna-based digital rights NGO that has been fighting for human rights in the digital age since 2010. We have our roots in the anti-surveillance and privacy debate where we campaigned and then successfully sued against the indiscriminate mass surveillance law called data retention. A lot of our work is focused on legislation in the EU, UN and on national level. We have a team of nine staff members and fund most of our work via individual small donations. Our organisation has three core principles: 1. Independence, from all political parties, companies and ideologies 2. Fact driven, we are solemnly grounded on scientific, legal and technical facts 3. Solution oriented, we only critique if we can point to alternative solutions
EU Legislative Interests
- Open Internet Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 / Net Neutrality / Digital Networks Act - eIDAS Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 / digital identity / Digital Public Infrastructure - Digital Euro 2023/0212 (COD) - Legal Tender of Euro Banknotes and Coins 2023/0208 (COD) - CSA Regulation 2022/0155(COD) - Upcoming proposal on Data Retention and HLG "Going Dark" - Digital Services Act (EU) 2022/1925 - Digital Markets Act (EU) 2022/2065 - EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU) 2021/953 - Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (EU) 2019/790
Communication Activities
* Advocacy work for Fundamental Rights in the digital age * Participatory campaigns (e.g. www.pledge2019.eu, www.savetheinternet.eu, https://dearmep.eu/) * Evaluation of implementation and enforcement efforts for European legislation (e.g. https://en.epicenter.works/document/1522, https://epicenter.works/en/documents?tx_news_pi1%5BoverwriteDemand%5D%5Btags%5D=19) * Publication of Policy proposals (e.g. https://platformregulation.eu/, https://epicenter.works/en/documents) * Media and social media work (e.g. https://epicenter.works/en/medienspiegel)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
https://edri.org https://solidaritaetspakt.org https://gemeinnuetzig.at/ https://demokratieindex.at/ https://noyb.eu/en https://www.oenz.at/ https://hr4id.org/
Organisation Members
over 1454 supporting members, 58 full members
Additional Information
More detailed financial information available here: https://epicenter.works/en/transparency
Connected Legislation