Lionel Eddy
Privacy & Digital Governance
Lionel Eddy is an author, journalist and digital-rights commentator specialising in biometrics, digital identification systems and state surveillance technologies. His work examines facial recognition, CBDCs, smart-city infrastructures and the civil-liberty implications of digital governance. As Privacy & Digital Governance Correspondent for The European, he writes on privacy, biometric policy, government digital ID proposals and the societal impact of emerging identification technologies.
Is Europe sleepwalking into identity-linked internet access?
Europe’s expanding digital identity infrastructure is raising concerns about privacy, anonymity and online participation.
Facial recognition is leaving the US border — and we should be concerned
Facial recognition once limited to US borders is expanding into everyday policing, raising privacy and oversight concerns.
The digital euro is coming — and Europe should be afraid of what comes with it
The digital euro risks weakening privacy, distorting banking, and giving governments unprecedented control over everyday economic life.
