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Advocacy

PI's submission to High Commissioner for Human Rights

Privacy International’s submission for the UN report on the right to privacy in the digital age

Despite repeated recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly to review, amend or enact national laws to ensure respect and protection of the right to privacy, national laws are often inadequate and do not regulate, limit or prohibit surveillance powers of government agencies as well as data exploitative practices of companies.

Even when laws are in place, they are seldom enforced. In fact PI notes how it is often only following legal challenges in national or regional courts that governments are forced to act. This is not a sustainable position: CSOs

Long Read

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WFH - Watched from Home: Office 365 and workplace surveillance creep

Working from home bolstered the use of remote surveillance software to monitor employees. - It's not only tools that are developed specifically for surveillance, traditional productivity suites might also enable an intrusive level of monitoring. - PI and UCL students looked into Office 365 and found features that can enable employers to access all communications and activities on Microsoft services - These features can be operated without the employees' knowledge and there seems to be a lack of transparency for users in terms of what data is collected and for what purpose

Press release

PI and migrant rights organisations shine a light on 10 years of the 'hostile environment' with a vast light projection on Home Office building

Privacy International, Migrants Organise and Bail For Immigration Detainees joined forces to shine a light on the plight of migrants who are subject to hardline and dehumanising Home Office policies.

Key Resources

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Challenging Public Private Surveillance Partnerships: A Handbook for Civil Society

Privacy International has designed a handbook for civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, academics and individuals to navigate public-private partnerships, providing keys to obtain crucial information, understand the technology at stake and identify privacy and governance concerns.

Video

Violence at the EU’s borders: Tech and surveillance in Europe’s Human Rights Crisis

The migration crisis in 2015 brutally exposed the divisions in Europe. People who fled war and make it to Europe are being met with violence and intrusive surveillance at the border at the hands of state authorities.

We sat down with Natalie & Sergio from the Border Violence Monitoring Network to learn more about the situation at Europe’s borders.

Explainer

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Free to Protest (Paraguay edition)

This country-specific protest guide was developed by PI partner TEDIC, and is available in Spanish.

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Featured Campaigns

Stop GPS tagging migrants

The latest roll out of GPS tags to monitor migrants is another step in creating a 'hostile

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Shining a light on the hostile environment

Briefing: Controlling the UK's Private Intelligence Industry

Top 10 achievements in 2021 and why they are important for everyone

For a world where technology will empower and enable us, not exploit our data for profit and power.