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Covid-19 doesn't discriminate based on immigration status - nor should the Home Office

Privacy International has joined JCWI, Liberty, Medact and other UK civil society organisations to call on Priti Patel, the UK Home Secretary to enact urgent changes to ensure the safety of migrants in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Extraordinary powers need extraordinary protections

PI's response to proposals by governments to use mobile phone location and other traffic data from telecos to help with Covid-19 response.

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Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19

Tech companies, governments, and international agencies have all announced measures to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Some of these measures impose severe restrictions on people’s freedoms, including to their privacy and other human rights. Unprecedented levels of surveillance, data exploitation, and misinformation are being tested across the world.

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...it protects those fleeing from persecution

If you are persecuted at home, you have the right to seek protection in another country.

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The UN’s Legal Identity Task Force: Opportunities and Risks

The future of identity systems is being shaped by the UN's Legal Identity Task Force, which has opportunities for a positive influence, yet severe risks remain.

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Kenyan Court Ruling on Huduma Namba Identity System: the Good, the Bad and the Lessons

PI presents its analysis of the Huduma Numba judgment in three parts: the clear wins, the parts that make some small steps forward but could have been better and the dissapointing losses.

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No Body’s Business But Mine

People all over the world share with menstruation apps their deeply intimate data - the date of
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