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New EU data protection law: MEPs want to protect LGBT people’s privacy
Today, the European Parliament adopted two new laws at first reading to reform data protection in the European Union. Until now, the EU regulated data protection via a 1995 directive, ill fitted for the modern omnipresence of personal data. The European Commission proposed a new EU framework in the form of two legal texts: a directive and a regulation.
Tags: charter of fundamental rights privacyPosted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 12th, 2014
Response to the parliamentary question on phallometric testing
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström answered a written question on the phallometric testing of gay asylum seekers by Czech authorities. The Intergroup will closely monitor follow-up on this issue. Answer given by the Commissioner for Home Affairs: The …
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Posted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on March 3rd, 2011
Parliamentary question to the Commission: Phallometric testing for gay asylum seekers
In a report published recently, the Fundamental Rights Agency points to the use by Czech immigration authorities of phallometric testing. The report Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity highlights that gay men seeking asylum …
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Posted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on December 2nd, 2010
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights