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In December 2021, PI intervened in a case before the European Court of Human Rights which, among others, deals with a disclosure order that would facilitate “the decoding of communications”.

Investigating brands using Facebook for advertising, exposing how difficult it is to understand how our data's used and demanding Facebook make it easier to exercise our rights

Hand holding a phone with text saying: "We're selling this phoe below cost" with an asterix explaining that it's because it sells your personal data

Buying a brand new low-cost phone can leave you with an outdated operating system and exploitative apps.

Exploiting new technologies that are in our homes and on our bodies as part of criminal investigations and for use as evidence, raises new challenges and risks that have not been sufficiently explored.

We look at how apps are exposing peoples' activities and behaviours to Facebook.

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The use of ‘mobile phone extraction’ tools enables police forces to download all of the content and data from people’s phones. This can apply to suspects, witnesses and even victims – without their knowledge.

Privacy International filed a complaint urging the National Crime Agency to investigate the facilitation of surveillance of Bahraini activists by Gamma International UK

Privacy International filed an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the use of Cisco technology for the persecution of the Falun Gong minority in China.

Privacy International highlighted the privacy risks posed by the extraterritorial reach of US warrants authorising hacking operations in a series of amici curiae briefs

Privacy International submitted a 186-page dossier of evidence against Gamma to HM Revenue and Customs, the body responsible for overseeing the enforcement of export regulations, and called for an investigation.