Public consultations are an opportunity to influence the future legislation at an early stage, in the European Union and beyond. They are your opportunity to help to shape a brighter future for digital rights, such as your right to an open internet, a private life, and data protection, or your freedom of opinion and expression.

Below you can find a list of public consultations we find important for digital rights. We will update the list on an ongoing basis, adding our responses and other information that can help you get engaged.

Public consultation for inputs to BEREC Report on Internet of Things Indicators by BEREC.



Deadline: 23 January 2019

EDRi’s response

Feedback on the Commission proposal for a Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online.

Deadline: 26 November 2018

Public consultation on the data economy by BEREC.

Deadline: 21 November 2018

EDRi’s response

Feedback on the Commission proposal to create a cybersecurity competence network with a European Cybersecurity Research and Competence Centre.

Deadline: 12 November 2018

Public consultation on the 2019 draft work programme of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)

Deadline: 7 November 2018

EDRi’s response

Public consultation on the evaluation of the activities of the EU Intellectual Property Office related to enforcement and the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (Regulation No 386/2012).

Deadline: 2 October 2018

Public consultation on the Proposal for a Regulation on European Production Orders for electronic evidence and a Directive on legal representation.

Deadline: 20 July 2018

Public consultation on digital ethics from the European Data Protection Supervisor.

Deadline: 15 July 2018

Public consultation on the Proposal for a Directive on EU whistleblower protection.



Deadline: 13 July 2018

EDRi’s response

Public consultation towards a Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime by the Council of Europe



Deadline: 25 June 2018



Joint civil society response supported by 41 NGOs in total.

Public consultation on measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online.

Public consultation on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the re-use of public sector information/ Data Package III.



Deadline: 22 June 2018

Public consultation on the evaluation of the application of Regulation (EU) 2015/2021 and the BEREC Net Neutrality Guidelines by BEREC

Deadline: 25 April 2018



EDRi’s and epicenter.works’ response

Public consultation for inputs to BEREC Work Programme 2019 by BEREC

Deadline: 20 April



EDRi’s response

Feedback on Inception Impact Assessment “Measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online” by the European Commission



Deadline: 30 March 2018

EDRi’s response

Online consultation Phase II on Internet universality indicators by UNESCO

Deadline: 15 March 2018

EDRi’s response

Public consultation on fake news and online disinformation by the European Commission



Deadline: 23 February 2018

EDRi’s response

Online consultation on ICANN’s compliance with the GDPR by ICANN

Deadline: 29 January 2018

EDRi’s response

Feedback on the 2nd data package or proposal for a Regulation on the Free flow of non-personal data by the European Commission



Deadline: 23 January 2018

EDRi’s response

You can find public consultations of importance to digital rights and EDRi’s responses from previous years here: