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Submission on Argentina's Draft Law on the Protection of Personal Data, 2018

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El Derecho a la Privacidad en Chile

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The Right to Privacy in the United Mexican States

The Right to Privacy in the United Mexican States
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No Presten Atención al Hombre Detrás de la Cortina: Exponiendo y Desafiando a los Gobiernos que Recurren al Hackeo para Fines de Vigilancia

No Presten Atención al Hombre Detrás de la Cortina: Exponiendo y Desafiando a los Gobiernos que Recurren al Hackeo para Fines de Vigilancia
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Pay No Attention To That Man Behind the Curtain: Exposing and Challenging Government Hacking for Surveillance

Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain: Exposing and Challenging Government Hacking for Surveillance
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El Derecho a la Privacidad en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos

El Derecho a la Privacidad en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
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El derecho a la intimidad en Colombia

El derecho a la intimidad en Colombia
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The Right to Privacy in Colombia

The Right to Privacy in Colombia
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El Derecho A La Privacidad En Argentina

El Derecho A La Privacidad En Argentina
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What Policy Makers Can Learn About Cyber Security From Thornsec

What policymakers can learn about cyber security from Thornsec
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Letter And Briefing On The Human Rights Implications Of Reported Mexican Government Hacking Targeting Civil Society

Letter And Briefing On The Human Rights Implications Of Reported Mexican Government Hacking Targeting Civil Society
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The Right to Privacy in Argentina: UPR 28th Session

The Right to Privacy in Argentina: UPR 28th Session
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Presentación Previa Al Examen de la República Argentina, Comité de Derechos Humanos, 117ma Sesión, 27 de Junio- 22 de Julio 2016

Presentación Previa Al Examen de la República Argentina, Comité de Derechos Humanos, 117ma Sesión, 27 de Junio- 22 de Julio 2016
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Submission In Advance Of The Consideration Of Argentina, Human Rights Committee, 117th Session, 27 June – 22 July 2016

Submission In Advance Of The Consideration Of Argentina, Human Rights Committee, 117th Session, 27 June – 22 July 2016
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Presentación Previa Al Examen de la República Argentina, Comité de Derechos Humanos, 117ma Sesión, 27 de Junio- 22 de Julio 2016

Presentación Previa Al Examen de la República Argentina, Comité de Derechos Humanos, 117ma Sesión, 27 de Junio- 22 de Julio 2016
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The Right to Privacy in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

The Right to Privacy in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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The Right to Privacy in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

The Right to Privacy in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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The Right to Privacy in Colombia

The Right to Privacy in Colombia
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The Right to Privacy in Paraguay

The Right to Privacy in Paraguay
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The Right to Privacy in Mexico

The Right to Privacy in Mexico

Reports and Analysis

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#IWD2019 Online gender-based violence: a privacy matter?

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We Need to Fix the ‘Data Wild West’

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Data Privacy Week: Privacy in Public Spaces

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Data Privacy Week: Confronting the Corporate Gaze

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Data Privacy Week: Exposing Harms, Fighting Back

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Exclusion and identity: life without ID

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Report

Derechos Humanos y Seguridad Digital: Una Pareja Perfecta

Una Pareja Perfecta
Feature

International Women's Day 2018 - A Day in the Life of Women, As Told by Their Data

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Surveillance And The City: Turning Urban Centres Into A Panopticon

Surveillance and the City
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Identity Policies: The Clash Between Democracy and Biometrics

Dimensions of identity
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Watching The Watchers: Accessing and Challenging Control Over Our Data

Access and Control
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Data and Control: Protecting Rights, Protecting People

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Gobierno Paraguayo Veta Ley De Registro Biométrico De Usuarios Móviles

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Feature

IMSI Catch 22: Understanding The Role Of Spying Equipment In The Mi Sangre Case

IMSI Catch 22: Understanding the Role of Spying Equipment in the Mi Sangre Case
Feature

Discussion About Cyber Security In Colombia

Discussion About Cyber Security In Colombia
Report

International Women's Day 2016: Initiative of the Privacy International Network

International Women's Day 2016: Initiative of the Privacy International Network
Report

Demand/Supply: Exposing The Surveillance Industry In Colombia

Demand/Supply: Exposing The Surveillance Industry In Colombia
Report

Shadow State: Surveillance, Law And Order In Colombia

Shadow State: Surveillance, Law And Order In Colombia
Report

Who's Watching The Watchers

Who's Watching The Watchers

News and Updates

Blog

Podcast: Sex and the Cyber

Podcast: Sex and the Cyber
Blog

Undone by his own spying operation, arrest of drug lord shows how surveillance is used to perpetuate gender-based violence

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman
Blog

Podcast: Fighting for Abortion in the 21st Century

Podcast: Fighting for Abortion in the 21st Century
Blog

The Next Frontier of the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

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News

Side Event - Confidentiality of Communications and Privacy of Data in the Digital Age

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Why data protection authorities are essential: A cautionary tale for Brazil

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Partner Update

Guía Básica de Seguridad Digital para Startups

Guía Básica de Seguridad Digital para Startups
Partner Update

El rol de la OEA en la agenda regional sobre seguridad digital

El rol de la OEA en la agenda regional sobre seguridad digital
Partner Update

Fe ciega: Identidad biométrica en Perú crece sin control ni garantías

Fe ciega: Identidad biométrica en Perú crece sin control ni garantías
Blog

The Right to Privacy in Colombia - UPR 30 Factsheet

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Partner Update

En la ONU se evalúan los compromisos de Colombia en Derechos Humanos

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Partner Update

La inteligencia al tablero

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Colombia’s UPR is an opportunity to improve the protection of the right to privacy

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El EPU de Colombia es una oportunidad para avanzar en el respecto del derecho a la intimidad

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Blog

A day in the life of Catalina, a forty-year-old cis woman living in Bogota

Catalina, Colombia
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A day in the life of Maritza, a 57-year-old cis woman living in Caracas

Maritza, Venezuela
Blog

A day in the life of Carolina, a 34-year-old cis woman living in downtown Santiago

Carolina, Chile
News

Privacy International at the Internet Freedom Festival 2018

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News

Side event on data intensive systems at the United Nations

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Online surveillance becomes a priority for the Human Rights Council, as Pakistan joins the wrong side of the debate

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Blog

Chilean Government To Subject Citizens To American Surveillance Apparatus

Chilean government to subject citizens to American surveillance apparatus
Press release

Press Release: Colombian Police Built A Shadow Surveillance State Outside Of Lawful Authority, Privacy International Investigation Reveals

Press Release: Colombian Police Built A Shadow Surveillance State Outside Of Lawful Authority, Privacy International Investigation Reveals
Partner Update

In Argentina, It’s Not Too Late To Make Things Right Regarding Privacy

In Argentina, it’s not too late to make things right regarding privacy
Partner Update

A Tracker In Your Pocket: The Colombian Cellphone Registry Is Bad For Human Rights

A tracker in your pocket: the Colombian cellphone registry is bad for human rights
Blog

Clear And Universal – The Right to Privacy at the 120th Session of the Human Rights Committee

Clear and universal – the right to privacy at the 120th Session of the Human Rights Committee
Blog

The Identity We Can't Change

The Identity We Can't Change
Partner Update

En Argentina, Todavía No Es Tarde Para Hacer Las Cosas Bien En Materia de Privacidad

En Argentina, todavía no es tarde para hacer las cosas bien en materia de privacidad.
Press release

Colombia’s record on privacy, surveillance, and human rights under renewed scrutiny at the United Nations

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Blog

8 Recommendations In 4 Countries: Not A Bad Score For The Right To Privacy At The 24th Universal Periodic Review

8 Recommendations In 4 Countries: Not A Bad Score for the Right to Privacy at the 24th Universal Periodic Review
Press release

El Historial De La Argentina Sobre Privacidad Y Vigilancia Bajo Escrutinio En Las Naciones Unidas

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Press release

Argentina's Record On Privacy And Surveillance Under Scrutiny At The United Nations

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Blog

Open Letter On The Financial Crisis Facing The Inter-American Commission

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Mexican Supreme Court Fails Test To Stand Against Mass Surveillance. Next Candidate: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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Mexican Supreme Court’s Unique Opportunity To Stand Against Mass Surveillance

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Colombia’s New Spying Scandal: Time For Real Change

Colombia’s new spying scandal: Time for real change
Blog

The Future of Biometric Surveillance in Brazil

The Future of Biometric Surveillance in Brazil
Blog

We've come a long, long way together: building coalitions around the right to privacy

We've come a long, long way together: building coalitions around the right to privacy
Blog

New investigation reveals Colombia's spy equipment suppliers

New investigation reveals Colombia's spy equipment suppliers
Press release

Press Release: Companies From The UK, The US, And Israel Provided Mass Surveillance Capabilities To Colombian Security Services

Press Release: Companies From The UK, The US, And Israel Provided Mass Surveillance Capabilities To Colombian Security Services
Blog

How Colombia built a shadow state, a new Privacy International investigation reveals

How Colombia built a shadow state, a new Privacy International investigation reveals
Press release

Colombian police built a shadow surveillance state outside of lawful authority, Privacy International investigation reveals

Blog

Eight things we know so far from the Hacking Team hack

Eight things we know so far from the Hacking Team hack
Blog

In wake of prosecutor's shooting, Argentinian human rights group releases report on troubled intelligence agencies

In wake of prosecutor's shooting, Argentinian human rights group releases report on troubled intelligence agencies
Blog

Going Dark? The Rule Of Law, The iPhone, And Closet Doors

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New report finds little oversight of surveillance, intelligence agencies in Latin America

New report finds little oversight of surveillance, intelligence agencies in Latin America
Blog

Watching The Polls: How Spying Imperils Elections

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NETMundial: a long way to go to combat mass surveillance

NETMundial: a long way to go to combat mass surveillance
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Monitoring Centres: Force Multipliers From The Surveillance Industry

Monitoring Centres: Force multipliers from the surveillance industry
Blog

Ignoring repeated warnings, Argentina biometrics database leaks personal data

Ignoring repeated warnings, Argentina biometrics database leaks personal data
Press release

General Assembly Should Pass Strong Resolution on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

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IGF 2013: Surveillance, Snowden fallout top of the agenda in Bali

IGF 2013: Surveillance, Snowden fallout top of the agenda in Bali
Press release

Germany and Brazil introduce UN resolution affirming right to privacy, condemning mass surveillance

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Blog

Corruption Scandal Reveals Use Of FinFisher By Mexican Authorities

Corruption scandal reveals use of FinFisher by Mexican authorities
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What Do Constitutional Privacy Protections Look Like Around The World?

What do constitutional privacy protections look like around the world?
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Privacy International submits stakeholder reports to Human Rights Council on the right to privacy in China, Senegal and Mexico

Privacy International submits stakeholder reports to Human Rights Council on the right to privacy in China, Senegal and Mexico
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Russian-made surveillance technologies being used in the West

Russian-made surveillance technologies being used in the West
Press release

Privacy International extends legal action against banking giant SWIFT

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Some personal views from around the world on ID cards

Some personal views from around the world on ID cards