Targeting Governments
Achieved Results
Governments reform intrusive surveillance practices and develop strong safeguards
We expose the over-reaching surveillance regimes of governments and statutory bodies, as well as how they outsource and work closely with the corporate sector in both developing surveillance capabilities and sharing our data. We litigate and make complaints to regulators and data protection authorities, to hold state bodies to account.
From facial recognition to social media monitoring, from remote hacking to the use of mobile
The ways in which we're called to identify ourselves is changing, and leaving us open to
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Increasingly counter-terrorism strategies and policies are decided at the international level, most
Rising concerns around austerity, transparency, efficiency and financial management have fed into a
Trade, and the people who negotiate trade agreements, fundamentally misunderstand data, privacy and
Powerful countries encourage and enable other governments to deploy advanced surveillance
Our data stored in the cloud is increasingly sought after by law enforcement agencies. Increasingly
UK local authorities (Councils) are looking at people’s social media accounts, such as Facebook, as
Governments are secretly collaborating with private companies. Here is why PI is concerned about