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The ways in which we're called to identify ourselves is changing, and leaving us open to exploitation.

Increasingly, political parties, political campaigns and those who work for them tap into and exploit our data to seek to influence us.  It is essential that legal safeguards are in place and enforced to challenge these practices.

Governments are profiling people using their social media data -- effectively weaponising the devices and the platforms we use everyday.

From facial recognition to social media monitoring, from remote hacking to the use of mobile surveillance equipment called 'IMSI catchers', UK police forces are using an ever-expanding array of surveillance tools to spy on us as we go about our everyday lives.

Rising concerns around austerity, transparency, efficiency and financial management have fed into a narrative of technology as a magic cure-all to socio-economic and political issues.

There is a growing push towards identity systems around the world - leading to some of the world's largest biometric databases, as well as other technologies that can be used to track and profile individuals and communities.

After months of research, we filed complaints against seven of data broker companies: Acxiom, Criteo, Equifax, Experian, Oracle, Quantcast, and Tapad.

We must compel governments to promote and respect the highest data protection standards.

We want a world which is safer for everyone, and at the heart of this is technologies which are secure by default.

Trade, and the people who negotiate trade agreements, fundamentally misunderstand data, privacy and data protection.