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Privacy International v. Information Commissioner's Office (IMSI Catcher FOIA)
PI challenges police forces' refusal to disclose information on mobile phone surveillance.
Colombia Police Code
Privacy International filed an intervention at the Colombian Constitutional court challenging the mass surveillance provisions contained in the Colombian Police Code.
Hungary Data Retention 2015
Privacy International challenged the compatibility of the Hungarian Electronic Communications Act with EU law in an intervention before the Hungarian Constitutional Court.
France Data Retention 2016
Privacy International filed an intervention at the Conseil d'État in support of a claim seeking to abrogate legislation enabling indiscriminate data retention
Smolen & Greenpeace Poland v Poland
PI intervened in a case challenging the covert surveillance of activists and human rights defenders through intrusive technologies.
Nabrdalik v Poland
PI together with ARTICLE 19 intervened at the European Court of Human Rights to submit that digital device seizures and extraction performed at the border interfere with the rights to privacy and freedom of expression, in particular when performed on journalists.
UK Migrant GPS Tracking Challenges
PI filed witness evidence in two cases brought by migrants against their GPS tracking by the UK immigration authorities.
European Commission's review of the Amazon/iRobot merger
Our intervention before the EU competition regulator in its review of the merger between Amazon and iRobot
Members of José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective v Colombia
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights holds Colombia accountable for arbitrary intelligence activities against human rights defenders. PI filed an amicus in this case challenging the surveillance of human rights defenders in Colombia.
ICO Complaint against the UK's GPS tagging of migrants
This legal challenge relates to a complaint filed with the UK's Information Commissioner (ICO) against the UK Home Office's policy and practice of using GPS ankle tags to monitor migrants released on immigration bail.