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Surveillance technologies are radically transforming the ability of authorities to monitor civic spaces that see the space around them increasingly shrinking

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.

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

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

Effective competition is necessary for privacy and innovation. Increasingly the digital economy is characterised by a few companies in dominant positions. These companies are able to impose terms and conditions that exploit our data and violate our freedoms.

PI challenges police forces' refusal to disclose information on mobile phone surveillance.

Powerful governments are financing, training and equipping countries — including authoritarian regimes — with surveillance capabilities.
 

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 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.

In September 2016, Privacy International intervened in the case of Catt v the United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights.